Trump Is Blowing Up the Majority? What Majority?
The article discusses the implications of recent GOP Senate primary losses and their connection to former President Trump's influence. It argues that the voting public, rather than Trump, is responsible for the changes in the Senate majority. The piece emphasizes the failure of Senate leadership to pass significant legislation despite widespread public support.
- ▪The GOP currently holds a 53-47 majority in the Senate, but recent primary losses are jeopardizing that hold.
- ▪The article compares the Senate's situation to a sports team undergoing a roster overhaul after a disappointing season.
- ▪It suggests that the real 'management' making changes in the Senate is the voting public, not Trump.
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I notice that when I talk about sports in this space, some of our grouchier commenters invariably take the opportunity to pronounce themselves happily rid of sports affections owing to the wokeness of the leagues or their being too sophisticated for the bread and circuses, or whatever.And that’s fine. I do concur in the need for caution lest one allow oneself to live too vicariously through the exploits of college-aged, or slightly post-college-aged, total strangers. Perhaps the best lesson along these lines was delivered by Chazz Palminteri in A Bronx Tale. I give you the Mickey Mantle scene…One salutary benefit of following sports, though, is that it will teach excellent lessons from time to time about organizational behavior, particularly in a competitive setting.
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Excerpt limited to ~120 words for fair-use compliance. The full article is at The American Spectator | USA News and Politics.
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