Republican divisions could bring Democratic midterm additions

There is an ebb and flow to the tide of American politics that makes it confusing, fascinating and exasperating. The New Deal coalition that brought Franklin Delano Roosevelt to power had a decades long generational run. Two dramatic and traumatic events in recent days illustrate the fragility of the unholy coalition which brought Donald Trump to power only ten years ago. These divisions increase the odds for a big Democratic win this November.

The first mega MAGA meltdown occurred at the annual confab of the Conservative Political Action Committee. The group’s chair, Matt Schlapp tried to warn the crowd that a Democratic midterm takeover of the House of Representatives would lead to Trump’s impeachment. Failing to read the room, he asked the right-wing faithful if they favored their Dear Leader’s removal. The crowd reacted with cheers and applause. Schlapp responded that was the “wrong answer.” It certainly wasn’t the response he expected.

Wrong answer or not, the unexpected incident put the simmering tensions within MAGA on full display for everyone to see. Frustrated right-wing activists vented their spleen towards their erstwhile hero for breaking his promise to fully release the infamous Epstein Files and neglecting his “America First” pledge to avoid foreign entanglements by starting an unwarranted war against........

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