Posted on 02/05/2026 7:23:42 AM PST by MtnClimber
Democrats, lacking a positive agenda, bet on chaos, Trump hysteria, and media allies to spark a midterm backlash as Trump’s economic rebound gains steam.
Recent regional special elections have seen Democratic candidates win a number of special election races.
Now energized left-wing politicos remind the nation daily that every incumbent president, except three over the last century, has suffered substantial midterm losses in Congress.
Polls show Trump suffering an average 11-point negative unfavorability rating.
So Democrats promise to soon stop all new legislation and end Trump and his counterrevolution itself.
But the left will never offer any alternative agenda on the economy, the border, crime, or foreign policy.
Instead, the new Democrat-Socialist Party views the Biden disaster of 2021-2024 not as a result of his puppeteers’ toxic policies of open borders, 21 percent aggregate inflation, dead-end green energy subsidies, DEI mandates, trans fixations, and an appeasing foreign policy that led to wars abroad and emboldened China.
Instead, they now blame those catastrophic years on Biden’s own enfeebled state—as if he were merely a hapless, debilitated messenger for their otherwise superb radical message.
So absent a positive agenda, Democrats will simply run all their state and federal campaigns as if Trump, their Satanic monster, is on every ballot.
Their Trump obsessions result in three now well-worn strategies.
The first, of course, is still more chaos.
The left believes that the unending 2020 riots cost Trump the election.
Ever since, they have sought to concoct a nihilist replay—whether the Tesla hysterias, the perpetual threats of government shutdowns, tough-guy talk of open insurrection against the federal government, or the current, performative-art, anti-ICE violence in Minneapolis.
They concede most Americans still support Trump’s closed borders and legal-only immigration, but hope they want a return to “normalcy” even more.
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Largely meaningless.
There were fewer than 25 House districts in 2024 decided by < 5% and most of those were Dem.
There is no point in talking about national matters it they don’t affect those districts. Rather, correct focus would be on putting military bases in those districts, which moves new voters in.
You can’t listen to the mainstream media. Millions of young people, even on college campuses are turning to God. Millions more are fed up with paying exorbitant taxes only to discover the theft and graft of democrat politicians. A great awakening is underway and there is nothing that can stop it.
All that is needed before the midterms is not controversial new initiatives, but more focus on the current boom in GDP, lower inflation, and increased purchasing power—all in contrast to Biden’s inflation disaster.
In short, Prof Hanson suggests that we focus conservative efforts on what is REALLY happening in America, and not the scare tactics of the Dem aligned media. Good article to read in full.
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Town Hall: Victor Davis Hanson on Town Hall
American Greatness: Victor Davis Hanson on American Greatness
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[[The left believes that the unending 2020 riots cost Trump the election. ]]
Yep- they gonna try the same thing this time too probably
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proff Hansen is in pretty bad shape right now health-wise-
“In December, Hanson, 72, a famed author, scholar and conservative commentator, announced he would have a significant procedure after an alarming biopsy. Although the surgery was a success, an arterial bleed developed, requiring a second operation and additional recovery time.
“As a result, over the last 30 days, I developed low red blood counts, fatigue, and bouts of arterial fibrillation. All that has sort of slowed my recovery,” Hanson wrote on X.”
From what I’ve seeing, they’re going to succeed. Trumps big mouth and ego are going to destroy the stupid party.
I agree 100%! I’m so excited with the young adults I see in church! Not just attending, but even volunteering!
“...but hope they want a return to “normalcy” even more.”
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In what warped version of reality could Democrat rule ever be considered normal?
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