{"id":43357,"date":"2026-02-16T16:00:32","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T22:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=43357"},"modified":"2026-02-27T20:32:42","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T02:32:42","slug":"the-2026-senate-campaign-the-burned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2026\/02\/16\/the-2026-senate-campaign-the-burned\/","title":{"rendered":"The 2026 Senate Campaign: The Burned"},"content":{"rendered":"

But Wait<\/strong><\/h3>\n

After my relative disaster of the 2024 Senate Campaign posts<\/a> – let’s not review, for example, the trumpeted Selzer & Co<\/strong><\/em> poll at the end of the race which claimed Harris had a 3 point lead over Trump in Iowa, followed by the news that Trump won Iowa<\/a> by 13+ points – I had considered skipping this summary for us regular folks who work in non-political jobs and don’t have time for this<\/em>.<\/p>\n

But I keep running across news, so what the heck, hey?<\/p>\n

The GOP in The Senate Isn’t Going To Lose That Many Seats … Right?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Right. That’s what I think. Why bother wasting my time on this? They have 53 when only 50 is required, with VP Vance voting to break ties. Throwing four seats away, even in the dysfunctional Senate, would be horrible incompetence on the Republicans’ part, and require voters to develop a trust for the Democrats that doesn’t seem to be there, and the Democrats’ elements of autocracy and arrogance are nearly a match for the Republicans’.<\/p>\n

But then there’s this:<\/p>\n

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For the first time, GOP strategists are telling Axios that losing the Senate \u2014 where Republicans have a 53-47 majority \u2014 is a distinct possibility.<\/p>\n

According to GOP internal polling, even deep-red states like Alaska, Iowa, and Ohio are now in play<\/p>\n

Top GOP strategists\u2026<\/p>\n

— InteractivePolls (@IAPolls2022) February 6, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n