The Best Day to Get Ready for 2026 Was Yesterday; the Second Best Is Today
Kurt Schlichter
The special elections of April 1st have gotten lost in the sound and fury of Donald Trump’s reciprocal tariffs and the stock market dump, but we need to learn their lessons because we’re going to be dealing with the question of how to win elections with a new Trump coalition long after our 401(k)s have quit nosediving. Remember that November 2026 is everything – if the House of Representatives gets taken by the Democrats, or we lose seats in the Senate such that the Murkowski wing becomes decisive, the Trump administration, and America, are screwed.
The fact is that we are the in-party, and the out-party has some significant advantages in midterm elections. The most obvious is enthusiasm. In this cycle, that’s more important than ever. These people are crazy, insane in their hysterical hatred of Donald Trump. But there’s another factor at play – the elite is under assault by Donald Trump in a way it’s never experienced before. Oh, we’ve had Republicans talk a good game about cutting budgets and changing things in the past, but Trump‘s actually doing it, and his attack on the status quo was always going to draw a backlash. Our failed elite isn’t just going to give up its elite status because Trump has asked politely.
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