When you think things will come off the tracks, Donald Trump rebounds. We’ve seen it time and again. He thrives in high-stress environments and has become one of the most astute politicians in the country. He’s transformed not just the Republican Party but the entire political landscape. The old Democratic Party playbook of winning elections needs to be trashed. It doesn’t work. When everyone thought that April would bring economic death, things rebounded, big league. Yet, another thing has me beaming for the future but also a bit wary.
We have the Obama coalition. I would've died laughing if you told me that during my sophomore year of college when Barack Obama won the 2008 election. There was no way. Democrats were “cool,” they had an unbeatable coalition, their operatives were the gold standard, and their voter outreach operations were top-notch. As Republicans, everything about our party remained stuck in the caveman era.
Sure, we have Voter Vault, but that was old-school. The GOP let things atrophy, and they allowed themselves to become victims of the great unicorn of politics: the permanent political majority. After 9/11, there was this narrative that the GOP would remain in power forever due to national security issues. Bush invaded Iraq, the occupation went miserably (until the 2007 surge), and the 2006 midterms became a killing field for the GOP. The Iraq War obliterated the neoconservative wing of the party, exposing the limits of American power and the lofty goal of establishing a base of American power by exporting liberal democratic values to the Middle East.
Obama’s team had behavioral scientists involved in touching voters who otherwise Democrats might have overlooked. It worked. This was before American academia had become “woke” and engulfed with pro-Hamas clowns. I remember those dark days, however, when we were subjected to 18 months about how the GOP is dead and the “end of conservatism” was on the horizon.
In less than a generation, the Democratic Party has become so debased that it’s spending $20 million on how to talk to dudes again. Democrats think biological males can be women, adore vicious criminal illegal aliens, and have an agenda so exclusionary, niche, and esoteric that only the dense, hyper-progressive, and insane can understand it. They’ve lost working-class voters, white and non-white, young voters, a significant number of black men, and Hispanics by the fist-full. The Hispanic shift is why Trump won the popular vote. He won the Latino vote in 16 states.
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We’re lucky that when the left started to become inundated with the snobby Acela Corridor types, they opted to move away, stunningly, from an issue where liberals have long held primacy: health care. They abandoned that to flood the nation with illegals, so then we would have to pass mass amnesty and a pathway to citizenship, two issues that never polled well with Latino voters.
It's amazing that post-2012, Republicans have become the defenders of women’s rights/sports by simply acknowledging what a woman is and the party of the working and middle classes. We’re a multiracial working-class party that is unbeatable, but here’s the catch: what about the next election?
I won’t fall into the trap of thinking the Democrats are dead, though they could be in for an extended stay in the wilderness if they keep dying on these horrible public policy hills. Like the GOP, what can happen when a charismatic leader takes the reins is amazing. Who that will be for liberals is unknown, but we must prepare for that day. We also must figure out the future of the Trump coalition. As Hillary Clinton learned in 2016, these aren’t transferable. And we’ve already seen what happens to GOP turnout when Trump isn’t on the ballot.
There are many ways to skin the electoral cat, and I will miss the days when the Rust Belt and the blue wall states were in play for us when Trump was at the top of the ticket. Until 2016, the GOP only won Pennsylvania, for example, in 1988. We’ve won it twice in the past three presidential elections. You could never expect that with the GOP of old. Enjoy the Trump days, Republicans. We have a leader with supporters that dot everywhere on the map, especially in places where national elections are decided.
We have a lot on the docket, not least how to keep the White House in 2028. It’s a long way off, but we must start thinking now. Public opinion is shiftable sand, meaning permanent political majorities can never exist. Both parties got bit by that fantasy. Both parties have traded coalitions and forced each side to shred their respective election playbooks. It’s funny how things play out, but here we are.
All glory is fleeting. But for now, enjoy the moment; we might not have this sort of success for another generation.
.@POTUS: “Every U.S. Steel worker will soon receive a well-deserved $5,000 bonus.” 🔥‼️🚨
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🚨PRESIDENT TRUMP: We are TOTALLY COMMITTED to making the DOGE cuts PERMANENT! pic.twitter.com/QK9qnS1fjZ
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🚨Personal income is UP!
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Democrats were screeching about the economy crashing, but it's IMPROVING for the average American.
Golden Age! pic.twitter.com/NpWGmLIUOw
BREAKING: The S&P500 had the best may since 1990 pic.twitter.com/TjYUhC5Fll
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