At the first post-election meeting of our Liberty Nation News team, it was appropriate that the first and immediate answer to the big burning question was undoubtedly the same among the professionals here as in discussions among voters of all stripes across the land. The question was, in the wake of the GOP meltdown in the 2026 midterms, what comes next? The immediate response: 2028. Indeed, we all know a significant change of direction is coming on Capitol Hill, investigations and impeachment are on the docket, and the next presidential election is still two years away. But 2028 is already weighing on the minds of not just political insiders on both sides but rank-and-file Americans.
Republican voters are busy trying to figure out how to stanch the bleeding and just how badly their shellacking will affect their chances in two years. Democratic voters likely fear the expected and typical overreach of their party after such a stunning victory on Nov. 3. They know the infusion of multiple socialists and far-left progressives into their ranks could lead to a fiasco like 2024, when the party was severely punished and stripped of all power. And they might rightfully fear the certainty of a wide-open primary like 2020, when a parade of not-ready-for-prime-time candidates flung around one radical idea after another. We will discuss the dozen or more Democratic hopefuls for 2028 on another day, but front and center now is how the severity of the GOP defeat has altered calculations about the presidential race on the right.
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