Democrats blue wave may crash into a dead end

Whatever the final count, it looks like voters are unhappy with President Trump.The Iran war is unpopular, and sky-high gas prices are, well, fuel for voters’ continued fury over the ongoing affordability crisis.But what will Democrats do with that discontent?As Axios noted in a prescient preview, Democrats’ celebration of their triumph — be it a ripple or a wave — might be short-lived.Follow for live updates on the 2026 Midterm ElectionsAfter all, their banner isn’t just less popular than that of their Republicans counterparts; it’s more reviled than the IRS’s.For good reason, too.The party’s elites and their media allies have spent the better part of two decades now shaming the rest of the country for not joining them on their reckless ride leftward.Joe Biden and his hapless deputy Kamala Harris were run out of Washington, DC, just two years ago, after foisting on Americans an agenda they’d never agreed to.Wide-open borders, transgender madness, profligate spending and a submissive, self-conscious approach to geopolitics that compelled a surrender to the Taliban in Afghanistan — while inviting the invasion of Ukraine and the atrocities of Oct.

7.Voters’ last memories of Democratic governance aren’t pretty ones.And even if they end up with control of both chambers of Congress come January, it’s unlikely that Democrats will be doing much governing at all.With President Donald Trump in the White House and his veto pen in hand, they won’t be able to push through any of their major agenda items — even if they succeed in nuking the Senate filibuster, doing away with the much-needed check on majoritarian impulses that’s kept our out-control-politics from really spinning out.Of course, they could pursue a more prudent strategy of horse-trading that could move their ball forward.Trump is extremely susceptible — the opposite of immune, really — to a charm offensive; just ask Mayor Mamdani or Tsar Putin.When it comes time to fund the gove...