40th President of the United States of America

RONALD WILSON REAGAN

February 6, 1911 - June 5, 2004

 

 

 

“Whatever else history may say about me when I'm gone, I hope it will record that I appealed to your best hopes, not your worst fears; to your confidence rather than your doubts. My dream is that you will travel the road ahead with liberty's lamp guiding your steps and opportunity's arm steadying your way.”

 

 

 

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OCTOBER 12-18, 2026 

THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS ARE LESS THAN A MONTH OUT. WHAT ARE THE STAKES THEIR RESULTS WILL DECIDE?

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  Is the country in for a BLUE wave?  

 

The short answer: If a "blue wave" materializes, the nation’s national security will be greatly compromised and almost no new federal judges or cabinet appointments of any kind will occur. The sort of defense spending the country definitely and urgently needs will not be appropriated, and if he becomes majority leader in the Senate, Chuck Schumer will shut down confirmations of almost all nominees from President Trump. 

What difference would those changes make? 

People expecting a "blue wave" may be disappointed that one or both houses of Congress do not flip on election night, but even if they do, a different kind of disappointment awaits the left. 

First, even the rosiest of scenarios for the left does not give Democrats veto-proof majorities in both legislative chambers, the sort of one-party governance that, for example, has wrecked California. Divided government is a recipe for repeating government shutdowns, which can annoy and even destroy some things, but cannot bring about fundamental change. 

Democrats in D.C. cannot make all of America into California or New York without at least partisan control of all three branches of government and even then, the sort of change the Democratic Socialists of America demand, abolition of the Senate and packing the Supreme Court are two of their must have require at least supermajorities and probably Constitutional amendments. The fever dreams of the left are thus going to remain unfulfilled for a very long time. 

But considerable damage would be done nonetheless, especially to national security spending. A lame duck Congress run by Republicans could try and pass a three-year defense appropriation, but if it can’t get that done between November 4, 2026, and January 3, 2027, the American military will be subject again to the sort of national security self-harm done during the years of "the Sequester." 

Democratic control of the Senate is also a guarantee that not a single federal appeals court or Supreme Court nominee would pass through a Chuck Schumer managed Senate. 

It is no secret that the hard-left of the Democratic Senate nominees this year, Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan, James Talarico in Texas, Peggy Flanagan in Minnesota, Sherrod Brown in Ohio, Chris Pappas in New Hampshire and Mary Peltola in Alaska will be united with the anti-defense doves already in the Democratic caucus. What the country must have is a budgeted demand signal for the defense industrial base. The rebirth of American shipbuilding will disappear too, even as China’s Communist Party cheers on the smothering blanket of big government regulation of AI/SI descending on its competitors in the United States. 

A blue wave would do great damage, but there are some things such a wave could not do. President Trump’s continued command of the American military would be unimpaired, for example, nor would such a wave wipe out the re-mooring to the Constitution that has been ongoing at the Supreme Court for the past decade. 

A blue wave would be unbelievably bad news, but it would not overturn the Republic. GOP candidates are on firm ground with warnings about the mess that would follow. Our adversaries abroad who are hoping for a Democratic wave should also remember that President George W. Bush ordered "the surge" after Republicans got "thumped" in 2006. If the Trump regime in Iran is counting on Democrats to save it from Trump, they could not be more wrong. 

Vote Republican to keep the country defended and the Constitution intact. But do not do so because the Republic is in peril. It is not. 

COMMENTARY & MY OPINION 

Do not forget that the Donkeys want to add more Supreme Court Justices (pack the court). I wonder how the Demo’s would react if the Elephants did that a year ago? They would be livid. 

I will be watching closely on election night. A divided government has a history of gridlock. Even with a slim majority in both the Senate and House. It is still gridlock and the American people are the ones that suffer. No Congressperson has ever suffered with a divided government. 

I have watched quite a few congressional hearings in the past several months. It is a crap show. The congresspeople show up, get 5 or 10 minutes of questions, and then get up and leave. The person appearing before the congressional hearing under a Republican administration, the Donkey’s go on the attack, but the same thing happens during a Democrat administration. 

Is a blue wave possible on November 3, 2026? Yep, it is a real possibility. However, regardless the outcome of the election, Americans will wake up the day after elections and will continue to live their lives as they have for the past 250 years. Then, we get a few weeks of break before everyone starts talking about the next election. 

 

 

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