George Will never liked Kamala Harris, I think, but in the process of condemning her, he’s made the sort of prediction that leaves toothmarks in the wannabe prophet, so deep it’s worth quoting:
A minimally articulate Democratic nominee would have contrasted nicely with Trump’s rhetorical style of digressions piled upon previous digressions. Instead, Harris got lost in her syntactical labyrinths. And she spent too much time belaboring two subjects: Trump’s boorishness and abortion.
The former is familiar to everyone and appealing to many. The latter issue was heated to a red glow by the Supreme Court’s June 2022 overturning of the constitutional right to abortion. But by 2024, it had cooled somewhat as various states, including some red ones, passed pro-choice laws and/or state constitutional amendments, and sentient people recognized that it is politically impossible for Congress to pass a national abortion ban.
It has been said that the future is a mirror without glass in it. But Trump’s scatterbrained approach to almost everything makes it likely that he will fail to do much of what he has vowed to do. Then, in 2028, Americans get to do this again. That is the good and bad news.
A national abortion ban won’t happen? Will may be right, but I will put no money on it.
And if it does happen, the Republicans will then get mugged in the next election – and wail mightily about it afterwards. Which Erick Erickson has already predicted, just in general.
But wow the GOP will get annihilated in the 2026 midterms if Trump wins.
Chins up and self-examination time, for those readers considering this a loss. White hot anger at the voters is just another form of Cover Your Ass.
