The two-week temporary ceasefire has done little to quell GOP fears about the war in Iran costing the party seats in November.
Republicans are relieved over Trump’s steps toward reconciliation in Iran — but they worry the measures are too little, too late to save them from a brutal midterm election cycle.
Behind the public celebration by many Republicans of the temporary two-week ceasefire announcement, longtime party operatives continue to warn of a bleak political reality as the cost-of-living concerns around the war including spiking gas prices that are likely to continue for weeks if not longer even if the fragile ceasefire holds.
A person close to the White House, granted anonymity to speak candidly, put it bluntly.
“This war in Iran almost cements the fact that we lose the midterms in November — the Senate and House,” the person said.
If democrats ran on a hard stance of “We will prosecute the fuck out of everyone involved in the current administration”, they’d sweep the midterms. Then if they actually followed through on it, they’d also sweep in 2028, but we all know they won’t do either.
If they ran on that, I wouldn’t be surprised if the regime arrested them for sedition and thus proved their point even more.
It’s not like they can do that overnight.
Also, don’t pretend that the Democrats oppose this war on moral grounds. The only criticisms most national Democrats have been able to muster are either that the trump admin has failed to follow appropriate procedure (i.e. not informing Congress, which is a whole tangent alone), or that they are incompetent in their execution of the war, which…
Also, don’t pretend that the Democrats oppose this war on moral grounds.
They generally oppose it on economic grounds at least. I’ll take the outcome of “no war” even if I disagree with the reason we get there.
You’re not wrong, I do think that falls under criticism of the execution more than anything, and even the likes of schumer are at least verbally pushing for legislation to force it to end. If that comes around, well, better late than never.
I still doubt the Democrats willingness to engage in any policymaking that would actually make it difficult for the executive to engage in wards like this in the future
Yep. Democrats are pretty right wing
If Democrats were capable of that sort of backbone, Donald Trump would never have become president. At least, not for a second term.
Democrats
Taking a hard stance
Pick ONE.
I don’t have much faith in the Democrats. I’m reading Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States. It’s a great book, and everyone should give it a read. It basically sums up the entire history of America from a Liberal law professor’s point of view.
… regardless. In terms of taxes, Democrats are largely responsible for increasing taxes on the poor and subsidizing the rich. They at the same time give weak concessions to the lower class, but these are flimsy enough to be overturned the minute Republicans are in charge.
He summed it up in one sentence:
In a two-party system, if both parties ignore public opinion, there is no place voters can turn.
I like Zinn, but a lot has happened in the 46 years since publication (23 since last updated). Book remains a must read, but you have to remember that.
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I’ve been seeing these type of headlines of Republican “fear” of losing elections due to the horrible shit they do when they are in power. The money behind Republicans don’t care. It’s built into the plan. Republicans just hunker down, switch to obstructionsm to limit undoing the damage they caused and wait for the voters to get fed up with the lack of change and blame the party in power (not the party that created the situation and is preventing it from changing). Then they find themselves back in power and continue burning the world and push for every more oppression.
there’s a name for it: “racheting”
Maybe it should be costing them their livelihoods and their freedoms. Throw the bastards in jail.
It gets much worse in coming months.
2027 budget cuts 10% from non-military, requests $600B more permanent military. Adds $200B special funding to rebuild from Iran fiasco.
Getting a peace deal with Iran with just nuclear and SoH demands will need $100B in commitments to pay Iran.
No peace deal, just leave, will put GCC allies in Iran/China camp instead of US. Zionazi congress, led by GOP, will push for more Israel gifts. Controlled DNC opposition, Schumer, will get primaried and lose their zionazi purpose.
Asian colonies will need to get closer to China to have access to oil.
Giving Europe colonies freedom (NATO exit threats), will worsen US economic perfromance. World in general will move away from oil/NG use, that the US is all in on.
Best chance for GOP is to impeach Trump/Hegseth.
You don’t amass 6 bankruptcies by not going all in on a pair of 2s very often.
Can we just stop doing this? It’s exhausting. I just want healthcare. My money to stop blowing people up across the world. And stop fucking with other countries.
I don’t give a shit what the midterms news is. Go vote. And keep people voting.
It should. There should be no question about it. But the loyalists will still vote for the world to burn.
Don’t forget all the purity ponies and the low-info that won’t bother to vote for equally stupid reasons.
Don’t underestimate the Democratic establishment’s ability to run godawful candidates. I think they actually believe they can run even worse candidates when the Republicans are unpopular
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It’s never ‘no reason’, getting the votes out is an essential part of being a politician in a democratic country. If voters don’t connect with an otherwise good candidate, blame the politician, not the electorate.II think the campaign was bad and too invisible. She was running on “not Trump” and lacked a positive vision for the country
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PEDOPHILES, the fascist paramilitary executing people in the streets, AND ISRAEL COST YOU. Thank you for your attention to this matter. -DC
Also the blatant corruption, the absolute bad faith effort at governing since obama, and the generally insulting way they view citizens and dehumanizing way they regard non israeli non citizens.
The magas I know are ecstatic about the war with Iran. They’re also the most vocal about the gas prices. Completely unable to link the two together.
You don’t become MAGA by being able to draw a line between cause and effect
Good. Unpopular political decisions should have consequences for those that make them. Doubly so when those decisions are to get people killed.
Yah, that’s what’ll lose you the midterms. Not the complete abdication of restraining the executive branch from destroying the US international reputation and completely fucking the economy for decades to come.
Fucking numpties.
Clutch those pearls, assholes. Don’t worry, your base is too stupid to cast blame on you. I’m sure your war-criming, pedophile-enabling, constitution-hating ilk will do just fine.
I certainly won’t be voting for anything remotely resembling GOP/MAGA, but I know plenty of people who will because they apparently can’t learn what would actually be good for them. Only the “undecideds” can really make the decision…Hopefully they bother to cast enough intelligent votes.
The midterms will be decided by no mail-in voting and ICE at every polling place. Red Wave.
It will lose you the midterms until the elections are determined to be rigged and the newly-elected Reps are not seated.
I’m not so sure the Democrats don’t have some trick up their sleeves to still lose it naturally lol
Or the old “Iran” blew up a dirty nuke in a US city so its martial law and no election trick.
Worry about their seat and not about the war crimes
