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Dragged down by an unpopular president, Republicans are bracing for a midterm trouncing (www.theguardian.com)

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It was a wake-up call for America. In January, Donald Trump took the oath of office, declared himself “saved by God to make America great again” and issued a barrage of executive orders. In the ensuing months the US president and his allies moved at breakneck speed and seemed indomitable.

But as 2025 draws to a close with Trump struggling to stay awake at meetings, the prevailing image is of a driver asleep at the wheel. Opinion polls suggest that Americans are turning against him. Republicans are heading for the exit ahead of congressional contests next November that look bleak for the president’s party.

“He came into office and, like a blitzkrieg, was violating laws and the constitution,” said Larry Jacobs, director of the Center for the Study of Politics and Governance at the University of Minnesota. “The American political process is slow-moving and so he was able to do things that were extraordinary.

“But this is a guy whose legacy may well be the political collapse of Republicans in this era. Put another way, rather than asking who is going to be the inheritor of the Trump mantle and the so-called Maga movement, we may be talking in a year or so about which candidates can escape the odious distinction of having been connected with Trump.”

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[–] TronBronson@lemmy.world 3 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

My happy future where nobody can get elected with a (D) or (R) next to their name because partisanship has become so toxic it was renounced..... is INFINITELY more likely than the democrats saving your ass in November. I'm still gonna vote for them but c'mon man, put this clown make-up on with me.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 3 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

You're preaching to the choir, Brother, I've been an Unafilliated Independent since I first registered to vote in 1977. So forgive me if after decades of trying other paths (I voted for Ross Perot, twice, although I wouldn't do that today), I've long given up on some sort of a reconfiguration of our election system. At least until we can get total control, and have the will to make bold changes in the direction of this nation, we will have to work within the system and hack it, game it, hijack it, push it, cajole it, market it into getting what this country needs.

The best way to get what we want is to hijack the Democratic Party, the same way MAGA hijacked the Republican Party. In the case of the MAGAs, they just forced the Republicans out of their larval stage, and into their inevitable final form - MAGA.

The Democratic Party is supposed to be the party of the people, and the workers, and it has been tempted to stray from it's mission by many of the same toxins of The Right. It's time to force the Dems from their larval stage, and into their final form as a true representative of the vast majority of Americans, and not just a tiny group of extremely mentally ill financial hoarders.

[–] TronBronson@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

Yea I just don't see it happening under the current leadership. Like can you really imagine the democrats respecting democracy again? Sitting at the table with all their donors and piles of money like...

"Do you think we should allow more local candidates to primary for important seats? Should we allow our congress to become a bunch of people who act and vote on behalf of their constituents interests instead of their party. Should the age of our leadership reflect the age of voting base? Should we be fostering more young leaders and replacing sitting congress people before they shit themselves to death in a seat of power?"

We'll get to see what policy platforms they push this fall, and the bar for my expectations is in hell.