Posted BY: Richard Moss
By every account, this was a strange election. Having had some time to think about it, I have determined the best explanation for November 8 is that this midterm election was intended to turn out pretty much the way it did.
Who intended it? The Republican establishment. Why? To get rid of Trump.
How did they do this, and where is the proof? It wasn’t too hard, and the proof is all around us.
This was a midterm election, so there are no real consequences beyond the control of Congress. This means that if you can control one house, even by a slim margin, you can stall the agenda of the other side. How large a majority you have is secondary and, in the long view, not that meaningful.
The establishment Republicans were willing to settle for less than expected numbers in the House to eradicate what they see as by far their biggest problem. This was their chance to bury Trump and avoid a great deal of damaging unpleasantness at very low to no real cost.
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It makes sense. The Democrats funded the Trump senatorial candidates in the primaries because they thought they could make them lose. The Republicans seemed to think that might be a good idea. If necessary, they could help those candidates lose, which could seriously weaken Trump but still leave them with sufficient winners.
Nice analysis but midterms are a referendum of the president not the former president. Nice try. Why did governors in Nevada, New York, and possibly AZ switch to Republican? You can’t have it both ways. I don’t think Trump had anything to do with the results good or bad. It was the GenZr’s that we underestimated the the power of mail in ballots.
Cross out New York above. Wishful thinking.