Friends, don't get me wrong: DJT is always a ray of sunshine, but I, on the other hand, sometimes get despondent about our country's future, especially when I consider the political resilience of the Democrats, who ought to have been consigned to the dustbin of history a long, long time ago. Well, they haven't been. In fact, they're prospering, thanks to the, uhh, resilence of TDS! And that's the subject of my latest article.
Democrats Think They're Winning –
and, Sadly, They're Right!
There's
no question that the ongoing U.S./Israeli campaign against Iran has
opened
some fissures
in the conservative/MAGA movement, and that in itself is something
to concern
those who wish President Trump well, but a more troubling and
possibly long-lasting realignment is happening concurrently: leftists
and Democrats are reviving, despite the fact that we
left them for dead
in the wake of the 2024 election. Their squabbles are long forgotten,
as the Trump haters find common purpose in – what else? – hating
Trump.
Witness,
first of all, the steady drumbeat of anti-Trump coverage in the
mainstream media and on social media, exemplified in uniquely
horrifying fashion by the tendency of the talking heads to
root openly for Iran
in the present conflict, and to portray the noble efforts of
President Trump and the U.S. military to bring down the mullahs as
aggression,
inhumanity,
and pure
stupidity.
Whether this incessant calumny has any relationship to the facts or
not, it is having a cumulative effect: Trump's approval ratings are
drifting
down,
and the Democrats' advantage in generic ballot polls is gradually
increasing.
A point here and a point there may not seem like much, and the
President's base remains
broadly enthusiastic,
but no one can question that Trump and Republicans are in a steadily
weakening political position. The Left's lies, including its damned
lies, are having an effect.
Second,
it's getting increasingly hard to ignore the trend in special
elections, which is almost
uniformly favorable to Democrats,
and not in a subtle way. Democrats routinely outperform the results
they obtained in 2024 in these special elections by 15
or 20 points.
That's a lot! Republicans even lost in Trump's “backyard”, as the
Dems love to point out, in a
race for a Florida House seat
in an area that includes Mar-a-Lago. Ouch! Meanwhile, Republican-held
state legislative seats in Texas, Iowa, Mississippi, Georgia, New
Hampshire, and elsewhere have turned
blue,
and emphatically so. The Democrats think the momentum is on their
side, and there's very little evidence in the results of these
special elections to contradict them.
Lastly,
money makes the world go 'round, and politics even more so. The
Democrats and leftists aren't just taking to the streets in
their millions,
shaking their fists at “King Trump” – they're also putting
their money where their big, obnoxious mouths are. Contributions
are pouring into
special election campaigns and into the coffers of liberal candidates
running in the midterms. The Democrats have become, lest anyone
forget, the
party of the well-heeled,
and they are, as a result, tapping into an almost inexhaustible
reservoir of financial support. They have massively
outspent us
in most recent election cycles, and they may well do so again in
2026, especially when dark
money
is factored in.
It
is worth remembering that President Trump and Republicans face these
severe headwinds despite the fact that the U.S. economy is basically
sound,
inflation low, and the markets buoyant. What would happen if, say,
the market tanked, or unemployment rose, or inflation heated up? How
hard would it be to revive GOP fortunes then? An economic slowdown,
moreover, is looking
increasingly possible,
according to economists.
The
solutions to these challenges are by no means apparent, but one thing
is for sure: the Democrats and leftists cannot be written off as
perennial losers, and they cannot be depended on to sink their own
ship. On the contrary, we should recognize that President Trump's
victory in 2024 came despite
the inherent and broad-based strength of the Democratic Party and the
Left, with all their ingrained advantages and prodigious
institutional and popular support. To hold on to the House of
Representatives in November (not to mention the Senate, which is
looking increasingly
shaky),
it will take wise decisions from the President and his top
lieutenants, as well as a maximum effort from Republicans,
conservatives, and the MAGA movement. Even then, we may fall short.
That's just the
sad, unvarnished truth.
Dr.
Nicholas L. Waddy is a history professor at SUNY Alfred and blogs at:
www.waddyisright.com.
He appears on the Newsmakers show on WLEA/WYSL.
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In other news, Senate Republicans are considering the use of another reconciliation bill to get the DHS funded, possibly pass a version of the SAVE Act, and otherwise advance the GOP agenda. I think this is an excellent idea, as getting the dastardly Dems to support anything common sensical, or even vaguely sensical, is a lost cause. Reconciliation bills only require a simple majority. I say: get on with it!
https://rollcall.com/2026/03/24/in-the-senate-thune-resurrects-idea-of-reconciliation/
Finally, in a first for any U.S. president, Donald Trump's signature will soon be appearing on our paper money! Wow. Perhaps Trump believes this will cause all Americans to think of him with reverence and gratitude every time they spend money. Fat chance of that! Still, I have no problem with Trump's signature, likeness, or shoe size appearing on U.S. dollars, and we might also consider appending a short message mocking the Democrats on every bill too. Why the heck not???
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz0el909yp3o
