USA divided

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Don't get me wrong. Of course I'd love to see Democrats defy historical gravity and retain the House and Senate - since if they don't, nothing meaningful will be passed in the next 2 years, and Republicans will use their power to grandstand, shutting down critical investigations like the Jan. 6 panel in favor of delivering political catnip to their base in the form of Hunter Biden investigations and even a possible groundless Biden impeachment, possibly even shutting down the government with more debt-ceiling baloney.

But if Republicans retake Congress and get up to their usual nonsense, then they'll be in the spotlight again when the much more important 2024 election rolls around. They'll have a record to defend, which they've consistently been horrible at doing.

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In 2008, Americans elected Barack Obama because they desperately wanted change. Two years later, they elected a Tea Party Congress to stop Obama’s changes. Then, in 2012, they reelected Obama to stop the Tea Party Congress. Two years after that, they expanded the Republican House majority to check Obama. In 2016, they elected Donald Trump to stop everybody. In 2018, they elected a Democratic majority to stop Trump. In 2020, they chose ideological consistency by electing Joe Biden. A year later, they revolted at the polls by choosing Republicans in state and local elections because they wanted to constrain Biden. If Republicans win Congress in the 2022 midterms, it's par for the course. So what? History suggests that if anything, a Republican Congress will put Democrats in an even better position for 2024.