The too-often insufferable Punchbowl AM newsletter on Thursday declared their patrons and muses in the GOP to have “lost their groove” after Tuesday’s beatdowns in Virginia, New Jersey, California, Pennsylvania, and New York City. writing that “Since Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act into law four months ago, Republicans have seemed adrift. Trump has his own agenda; he’s consumed with foreign affairs, immigration and remodeling the White House, among other things. The president seems to view Congress as a nuisance he’d rather avoid than have to deal with.”
Further down in the roundup however they find something approximating a silver living for the reich, writing “But Democrats didn’t flip any seats that Trump won by more than five points, though one such race does remain too close to call. That’s not great news for Democrats when you extrapolate it out. In Congress, there are only three Republicans in Harris-won seats. And there are only a dozen or so GOP-held House seats that Trump won by five points or less, thanks to redistricting. That number is growing smaller thanks to the mid-decade round of remaps.” Phew, right?