Let's assume that the Republicans don't do well in the midterm elections which is historically what always happens after 2 years of single-party rule. What is the downside from a public policy / legislative perspective? Nothing of substance ever gets done in congress without a 60 vote majority in the Senate anyway. Sure, Trump will be impeached but that's a toothless tiger - nobody cares and just makes the Dems look crazy. I am wondering if 2 years of a Democratic congress won't put the Republican's in a better position to win back Congress and the Presidency in 2028. If that's the case, Trump should hold firm on Iran, ICE and the other more challenging agenda items and get as much done in the next 3 years as possible.

Judges. DA's. Republicans can't lose the senate or we are in deep trouble with the Fens basically bringing our legal system to a functional crawl, and trying to extort closet leftist activist judges to get through only.

The GOPe is useless with Johnson and Thune leading things now in Congress.

Because the pendulum swing is undefeated and the GOP in it's current form does not have the balls to do what it takes to stomp the D's into submission, I'd rather lose the midterms now and hope that burns the left pendulum swing for two years so it can 'swing back' to the right in 2028.

Ideally, the GOP wins in 26 with the most conservative candidates feasibly AND we hold in 2028 too, but I'd guess if we win now and have two more years of useless GOPe nonsense that conservatives will stay home in 2028 and the pendulum swings left then.

All bad outcomes because the GOPe now is useless. What could have been if they actually governed conservatively instead of their usual uniparty all talk no action.

Gridlock is good.

Beware the Deranged Democrats furthering their cultural marxism, weaponizing the government, non-stop impeachments, riots, mayhem and their usual attempted assassinations are bad.

Milquetoast Republicans with weak spines are bad but not anywhere close to the danger represented by the Deranged Democrats.

There will be an unending stream of impeachment charges and administration figureheads summoned to testify before Congress. Most if not all of the more aggressive changes to society and government writ large are frozen.

Ironically might setup a win in '28 a little better (projecting out from today's status quo). But also hard to say what other positive impacts may matriculate over the next 2+ years which could sway the '28 general elections with a R candidate winning.

The worse case scenario which is likely is we don't get the save America act passed. Dems retake house and senate and we never have fair elections again. Dems never give up the power seat of presidency and Congress. Radical judges in every corner of America pushing socialism and the great replacement.

EO everyday and pure entertainment for 2 years

BrazosDog02 said:

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Impacts of losing midterms:

For people with their nose buried in the news and hand wringing over every detail of politics: depression, stress induced increase in blood pressure, angry F16 posting.

For everyone that lives life and owns a businesses: Nothing. We go about our day because politics really don't impact us in a way that alters our life.

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Needs another star.

BrazosDog02 said:

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Impacts of losing midterms:

For people with their nose buried in the news and hand wringing over every detail of politics: depression, stress induced increase in blood pressure, angry F16 posting.

For everyone that lives life and owns a businesses: Nothing. We go about our day because politics really don't impact us in a way that alters our life.

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Don't mind the decay foisted upon America by the cultural marxists and the left.

BrazosDog02 said:

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Impacts of losing midterms:

For people with their nose buried in the news and hand wringing over every detail of politics: depression, stress induced increase in blood pressure, angry F16 posting.

For everyone that lives life and owns a businesses: Nothing. We go about our day because politics really don't impact us in a way that alters our life.

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Doesn't impact or alter our life ...Yet.

I believe times are coming where this is going to change. The economy has been shi$ for about 6 years now . Job mobility is non-existent and AI along with a meh economy is going to lead to massive job losses - you have been seeing that now for a while, and its going to get worse.

Still doesn't alter your way of life, but this is when politicians start to "do something" and its usually stupid things that almost always make things worse.

I think Trumps H1B is a fine example. Good intentions, but the net result is that jobs that were previously shared between H1s and Americans are pretty much all going overseas. Its a predictable outcome. Thats when it starts to affect everybody.

deddog said:

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BrazosDog02 said:

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Impacts of losing midterms:

For people with their nose buried in the news and hand wringing over every detail of politics: depression, stress induced increase in blood pressure, angry F16 posting.

For everyone that lives life and owns a businesses: Nothing. We go about our day because politics really don't impact us in a way that alters our life.

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Doesn't impact or alter our life ...Yet.

I believe times are coming where this is going to change. The economy has been shi$ for about 6 years now . Job mobility is non-existent and AI along with a meh economy is going to lead to massive job losses - you have been seeing that now for a while, and its going to get worse.

Still doesn't alter your way of life, but this is when politicians start to "do something" and its usually stupid things that almost always make things worse.

I think Trumps H1B is a fine example. Good intentions, but the net result is that jobs that were previously shared between H1s and Americans are pretty much all going overseas. Its a predictable outcome. Thats when it starts to affect everybody.

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Jobs are not going overseas. Lots of announcements sure, but companies are laying off in India also. Read blind and reddit, you will see them crying out in anguish.

Note: Never trust a CEO.

Oracle lays off 12,000 employees in India; another round likely in a month
https://www.business-standard.com/companies/news/oracle-lays-off-12-000-employees-in-india-another-round-likely-in-a-month-126033101247_1.html

Yesterday, there was news that an Indian software engineer lost his job in the US in 2025, came back to India, could not find a job so he committed suicide. His wife who had gotten a job at IBM India saw her dead husband and jumped from the 17th floor and killed herself.

'Lost US Job Due To AI': What Led To Bengaluru Tech Couple's Suicide
https://www.news18.com/cities/bengaluru-news/lost-us-job-due-to-ai-what-led-to-bengaluru-tech-couples-suicide-ws-l-10008476.html

The reality is he may have lost his job because his co wanted to throw money into AI infra. Not that AI was so good it could do his job.

That is the latest lie these companies and others who stand to benefit from H1Bs try to push out to scare everyone else. Either way, I prefer the H1Bs stay in their own country than flood every state of the US.

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Pour money into the senate races

Whatever it takes

Judicial appointments, cloture rules hang in the balance, and the alternative is Marxist hell on earth

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Totally agree. Especially if Alito, Thomas, Sotomayer retire/die in the next 2 years.

It's not a question is it? Blood bath.

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deddog said:

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BrazosDog02 said:

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Impacts of losing midterms:

For people with their nose buried in the news and hand wringing over every detail of politics: depression, stress induced increase in blood pressure, angry F16 posting.

For everyone that lives life and owns a businesses: Nothing. We go about our day because politics really don't impact us in a way that alters our life.

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Doesn't impact or alter our life ...Yet.

I believe times are coming where this is going to change. The economy has been shi$ for about 6 years now . Job mobility is non-existent and AI along with a meh economy is going to lead to massive job losses - you have been seeing that now for a while, and its going to get worse.

Still doesn't alter your way of life, but this is when politicians start to "do something" and its usually stupid things that almost always make things worse.

I think Trumps H1B is a fine example. Good intentions, but the net result is that jobs that were previously shared between H1s and Americans are pretty much all going overseas. Its a predictable outcome. Thats when it starts to affect everybody.

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Jobs are not going overseas. Lots of announcements sure, but companies are laying off in India also. Read blind and reddit, you will see them crying out in anguish.

Note: Never trust a CEO.

Oracle lays off 12,000 employees in India; another round likely in a month
https://www.business-standard.com/companies/news/oracle-lays-off-12-000-employees-in-india-another-round-likely-in-a-month-126033101247_1.html

Yesterday, there was news that an Indian software engineer lost his job in the US in 2025, came back to India, could not find a job so he committed suicide. His wife who had gotten a job at IBM India saw her dead husband and jumped from the 17th floor and killed herself.

'Lost US Job Due To AI': What Led To Bengaluru Tech Couple's Suicide
https://www.news18.com/cities/bengaluru-news/lost-us-job-due-to-ai-what-led-to-bengaluru-tech-couples-suicide-ws-l-10008476.html

The reality is he may have lost his job because his co wanted to throw money into AI infra. Not that AI was so good it could do his job.

That is the latest lie these companies and others who stand to benefit from H1Bs try to push out to scare everyone else. Either way, I prefer the H1Bs stay in their own country than flood every state of the US.

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They aren't going overseas. YET.

It is the predictable, natural next step for companies trying to reduce cost in a average to bad economy, when importing cheap talent options are now expensive.

Oracle and a lot of other companies, are laying off people everywhere, because they are trying to free up resources for AI spending. Some of that spending might be in the US (especially around infrastructure) but a lot of it will be overseas.

BrazosDog02 said:

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Impacts of losing midterms:

For people with their nose buried in the news and hand wringing over every detail of politics: depression, stress induced increase in blood pressure, angry F16 posting.

For everyone that lives life and owns a businesses: Nothing. We go about our day because politics really don't impact us in a way that alters our life.

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Insane statement in bold.

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It's not a question is it? Blood bath.

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Trump is going to face the wrath of a bad economy, ironically, i think hes the ONLY one that cares.
RINOs don't give a shi$.
Democrats answer to everything is more government [Edit] and more taxes.

It's going to be a disaster if democrats win but he's teeing it up for them.

I think the House is toast. Hope R's can keep a slim majority in the Senate at least but jeez, Thune and spineless RINOs have really done little.

some have mentioned the Voting Rights Act case that I think is on SCOTUS docket that if a favorable ruling comes down might help Rs realign congressional districts in some red states to take up to 20-30 more House seats but admittedly I'm not talking from any kind of learned position on that, just what I've read.

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BrazosDog02 said:

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Impacts of losing midterms:

For people with their nose buried in the news and hand wringing over every detail of politics: depression, stress induced increase in blood pressure, angry F16 posting.

For everyone that lives life and owns a businesses: Nothing. We go about our day because politics really don't impact us in a way that alters our life.

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Needs another star.

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Because it's proverbial bull *****

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You have to be a vile, dumb nut job to vote Democrat at this point in your life.

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We have a well established cult in this country that manufactures vile nut jobs in our society by the millions every year.

jja79 said:

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It's going to be a disaster if democrats win but he's THE GOPe is teeing it up for them.

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FIFY

A concern amongst local level politicians is the down ballot impact. If statewide (not likely in Texas) or county wide (very possible in some teetering counties in Texas) switch to the Ds, you create a new layer of leaders on the other side. You also build up blue wave narratives and then resources that follow, to support additional candidates. Republicans learned years ago to flood the bottom of the ballot and work up. That builds candidates for higher offices and it helps to block Ds from doing the same. Big election shifts that bring out new voters can have lower ballot consequences that are harder to unseat/change.

Greener Acres said:

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A concern amongst local level politicians is the down ballot impact. If statewide (not likely in Texas) or county wide (very possible in some teetering counties in Texas) switch to the Ds, you create a new layer of leaders on the other side. You also build up blue wave narratives and then resources that follow, to support additional candidates. Republicans learned years ago to flood the bottom of the ballot and work up. That builds candidates for higher offices and it helps to block Ds from doing the same. Big election shifts that bring out new voters can have lower ballot consequences that are harder to unseat/change.

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2018 in Harris County is a perfect example.

The Betomania swept the Democrats into total control, with the worst being the huge number of Democrat, black, female judges who are most often responsible for career criminals back out on the street over and over.

I got absolutely laughed off stage last fall when I stated that the GOP House was toast in the midterms. Now, everyone is coalescing on the topic. This opinion is a no-brainer at the moment. Hopefully the RNC can see the writing on the wall and focus on protecting the Senate majority.
If the GOP can somehow keep from stepping on it's own D and keep the Senate, Thomas and Alito must be replaced.

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I got absolutely laughed off stage last fall when I stated that the GOP House was toast in the midterms. Now, everyone is coalescing on the topic. This opinion is a no-brainer at the moment. Hopefully the RNC can see the writing on the wall and focus on protecting the Senate majority.
If the GOP can somehow keep from stepping on it's own D and keep the Senate, Thomas and Alito must be replaced.

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The truth is, no one knows what will happen in November.

If the Republicans had a 30-50 seat advantage in the House, much better chance to hold it.

However, they don't, and almost always the party in the White House loses seats in the House and it only take a handful to flip it.

Regardless, November is 7 months away, and that is an eternity in politics.

Can't wait for the next version of Trump impeachment as a lame duck that of course will go nowhere in the Senate. That's what the American people want!

Of course nobody knows FOR CERTAIN what will happen.
But, the House flipping is one of the least enticing bets out there. 100%? No. 99%, likely so.

The 1% is for the brainless Libs that have been screeching that Trump is going to suspend elections and Democracy as we know it is dead, lol

You have to understand… losing is plan A for the GOP. "Aw shucks we can't do anything to help you since we don't have power. Guess you'll have to donate more to WinRed."

The impact of this is that any Supreme Court appointment is going to have to get through the Democrat controlled Senate, and the Democrat controlled House will impeach the president at the first opportunity.

House is basically lost. I think it will be close though, neither side will have a huge majority, whoever wins it.

For the Dems to get the senate they would have to sweep Ohio, Alaska, Maine and North Carolina

Along with holding Michigan, NH and Georgia

Good luck with that. I just do not see Rs losing the senate right now.

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annie88 said:

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You have to be a vile, dumb nut job to vote Democrat at this point in your life.

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We have a well established cult in this country that manufactures vile nut jobs in our society by the millions every year.

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I agree the liberal and Democrat cults are completely vile. You can just interchange their names, BLM, antifa, domestic terrorists, media, lying Democrat members of congress, the two terrorists in congress, The terrorist socialist mayor in New York City and his racist wife, White liberal women, nut jobs, perverts, you name it. Pure evil people.

Thank God, those of us on the sane side are battling this.
Thank God for President Trump.