Commentary: Republicans poised to win big next year â unless they self-destruct
By LaVarr Webb
It presently appears only one thing can stop the Republicans from taking over Congress next year â themselves.
The path is clear. The country is ready. Democrats have overreached and underperformed. The presidentâs job approval rating is abysmal. The country is rebelling against the Democratsâ âwokeâ ideology and culture wars. Suburban Republicans, including women, are ready to come home to the Republican Party â assuming it stays reasonable.
But Republican in-fighting, a tilt to the ultra-right, and especially ill-timed and unwanted intrusions by Donald Trump, could allow the Democrats to avoid a severe beating in the mid-term elections one year from now.
Glenn Younkin, the governor-elect of Virginia, showed Republicans how to win. He was genuinely conservative; he took the fight to the Democrats on identity politics and victimhood; he welcomed Trumpâs support and especially the turnout of the GOP base; but he still kept Trump at armâs length and, although the Democrats tried hard, they were never able to make the race a referendum on Trump.
If Republicans can replicate the Youngkin formula across the country, and hold together the coalition he built, they will be resoundingly successful.
But they will manage to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory if they nominate ultra-right candidates or allow Trump to become the center of 2022 races â which is where he seems to want to be. (Read More)
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