The outcome of elections is never inevitable, less so when one side can lock out observers or pretend boxes, suitcases, or trucks full of ballots appearing in the middle of the night is not suspicious. But this November does not look good for team blue.
We had a similar reckoning back in November of 2010. A nightmare for Dems at the state level and a change of guard in the US House. The states put that victory to some use, but Congress was Congress, and the result was not much more than speeches.
November 2022 could be a more significant washout for the left than 2010 despite boxes, suitcases, and trucks, oh my. The sheer weight of public response to the misery created by the Biden Administration and the Dems who backed the policies that exacerbated the pain appears epic. A tidal wave that no amount of chicanery can overcome.
I think the Dems will give up the US House to keep the Senate (look for trucks, boxes, and suitcases), so watch those races, but by the morning of November 9th, Republicans should have improved their “field position.” And that’s nice, and all, but what will they do with it?
History tells us nothing. Even if Republicans overcame the excess luggage and seized a majority in the Senate, Congress will make speeches and do nothing while State legislative victories produce bones with more meat.
Sorry, let me rephrase. They had better deliver at the state level, or there could be trouble in Dodge. Your electoral sugar daddy is not just disenfranchised Republicans content to watch machine politicians rearrange deck chairs. There is a vast quantity of center and center-left independent/libertarain-leaning folks who have been (for lack of a better word) red-pilled by the current Democrat leadership.
They are jilted.
It will be up to you as the freshman class or just the next majority to move the needle. And what does that mean? The simple answer is less government intrusion into every aspect of everyday life. Full stop.
Repeal, back off, and where needed, add laws that protect people from intrusions.
Need some examples of intrusions? Marty Bent at TFTC wrote a great piece here that turns on how legions of voters got “duped by central planners who got just-a-tad-bit-too-cocky and attempted to push further than the Common Man was willing to stomach.”
It has a list of annoying things being pushed on people in pursuit of their new normal.
- Stop driving your car.
- Stay six feet away.
- Eat the bugs.
- Don’t you dare try to own anything.
- We’re taking your farmland.
- You can’t work unless you take these shots.
- Sorry, not going to be able to let you in to granny’s funeral.
- The gym is closed but the liquor store is open late.
- We need some of you to lose your jobs to save the economy.
- You, over there, no pulling yourself out of poverty by leveraging hydrocarbons.
- Call that dude a chick and let him compete against chicks.
- Step into this security scanner.
- Give us your guns.
- Cow farts are killing the planet.
- The inflation you think you’re experiencing isn’t real.
- This isn’t a recession.
- We must aid Ukraine.
- Those people wandering aloofly in the Capitol Building are insurrectionists.
- Don’t ask us about Building 7.
- Use this windmill instead of oil and gas.
- Nuclear energy is bad.
- Iraq has weapons of mass destruction.
- Trust us. The banks needed to be bailed out.
- Six-year-olds need to learn about bl*w jobs.
- Drag queens getting dolla bills stuffed into their thongs for reading your kid’s books is completely normal.
- Watch this game.
- Look at this feud.
- Take this pill.
- Read this thinkpiece.
- Think about your shortcomings.
- It’s your neighbor’s fault.
If there is a red wave, you need to push back. Congress is not going to do it (and bless you for trying if you make it there), but we don’t have time for them to get around to it if even they wanted that. We have to do this at the state level, as many states as possible, and for as long as possible.
Only the States can constrain the federal government. If you get elected and have the majority, do your best to save your state and work with like-minded states to protect the nation.
You might not win every effort, but at this point, if you don’t go long (the way the Dems always do it), the people who voted for you will want to know why.
