Once upon a time Democrats used to ask, “What’s the matter with Kansas?” Now it’s Republicans who may be tempted to adopt the phrase. For almost a century – 94 years, to be exact – Democrats have not won a senatorial seat in the sunflower state. But what’s rapidly developing is a red undertow, thanks to President Trump’s mounting unpopularity. The widely respected Cook Report has just announced that a Senate majority is squarely in the sights of the Democrats – and moved Kansas from “lean Republican” to a toss-up state.

Blimey! It’s no wonder that Trump has been barnstorming in deep red America to try and rescue the midterm elections. The polls suggest that Democrats are headed for a landslide but they’ve been wrong before. More than a few Republicans are hoping against hope that the 2026 election is reminiscent of Joe Biden’s 2022 midterm, when the Democrats managed to stave off a big defeat. 

Mainly what I hear on the political right, though, is that this election will likely lead to an intra-party war after November. One Republican political operative told me that “The GOP is headed towards a historic wipeout, and that’s in the Senate. The presidential election begins at........

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