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The midterms -- an autopsy

Editorials and columns

In the 126 years since 1900, nearly 90 percent of the midterm elections have led to the party in the Oval Office losing House seats, and two-thirds of those same elections have led to it losing Senate seats. Given this history, midterm losses of some sort in 2026 were almost a sure bet. But what ensued in November went well beyond all normal expectations. When all the votes are tabulated, the current blue wave may match the massive midterm losses that buried Bill Clinton in 1994 and Barack Obama in 2010. First, what does this massive 2026 slapdown now portend? A second-term president ...

JD Vance has no idea what 2028 voters actually want

Editorials and columns

I regret to inform you that we are now one week into the 2028 presidential election cycle. This is the stage where various factions try to shape the conventional wisdom to support their particular agenda. For Democrats, that's a difficult process, because they so wildly overperformed in the ...

GOP failed to make the argument

Editorials and columns

One week after the Republican midterm election debacle, questions about how it happened while sorting through the debris that left Democrats in charge of Congress, many governorships and state legislators will likely continue for some time. If the election had been solely about the many ...

More than a thumping, possibly a realignment

Editorials and columns

More than a "thumping." That's what George W. Bush called it when Democrats won majorities in both houses by gaining six Senate and 30 House seats in 2006. In Tuesday's midterm elections, Democrats won majorities in both houses, gaining seven Senate seats, with chances at two more, and have ...