"Trump has not gone away. The Jan. 6 committee has brought his transgressions back to the center of discussion. One of his most important legacies is a very right-wing Supreme Court that has begun a radical demolition of long-standing conceptions of the law on abortion, guns, environmental regulation and voting rights — with more to come.
"Tuesday’s primaries in Arizona, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri and Washington are a reminder of another factor working in the Democrats’ favor, particularly in key Senate races: GOP voters have picked a lot of very right-wing and thus highly vulnerable nominees.
"The result: If the public isn’t wild about Democrats, they like Republicans even less. That Pew survey found that 57 percent of Americans had an unfavorable view of the Democratic Party, but 61 percent had an unfavorable view of Republicans." -- E.J. Dionne, Jr., in the Washington Post on why 2022 shouldn't be seen as a "normal" mid-term election. The outlook for the Senate has already improved for Democrats, and continuing to focus on the radical Christofascist Republican Party and it's ultra- reactionary "agenda" may keep the bloodletting in the House to a minimum at least.
There are 99 days to go until November 8. It's not much, but it's still a lifetime in politics.
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