{"id":44622,"date":"2026-05-27T08:42:47","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T13:42:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=44622"},"modified":"2026-05-29T19:38:42","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T00:38:42","slug":"the-2026-senate-campaign-updates-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2026\/05\/27\/the-2026-senate-campaign-updates-16\/","title":{"rendered":"The 2026 Senate Campaign: Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"

I CAN’T STOP WATCHING HIM FLOP<\/strong><\/p>\n

It’s all bad news for President Trump, no matter how he spins and snaps his bubble gum.<\/p>\n

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Source: Gallup<\/strong><\/a>.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

As he flies his arrogant amateurism, “Only I can fix it” flag, the average American citizen becomes more and more stand-offish of Trump and<\/strong> his supporters. Then there’s the Quinnipiac University Poll<\/strong><\/em><\/a>:<\/p>\n

More than two months after the U.S. launched an attack on Iran and with a jump in oil prices, one third of voters (33 percent) approve of the way President Donald Trump is handling the economy and 64 percent disapprove, the lowest approval on the economy Trump has received in either of his terms as president, according to a Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pea-ack) University national poll of registered voters released today. …<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Critically,<\/p>\n

Among independents, 70 percent disapprove of the way Trump is handling the economy, while 27 percent approve.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And,<\/p>\n

When it comes to the way President Trump is handling his job overall, 34 percent of voters approve of the way he is handling his job as president, while 58 percent disapprove.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The best part about it? I bore easily.<\/p>\n

BUT THIS ISN’T GOOD NEWS FOR GOP<\/em> HOPES<\/strong><\/p>\n

WaPo<\/strong><\/em> reports<\/a> on the last week of legislative, ah, activity<\/em>:<\/p>\n

President Donald Trump has repeatedly bent congressional Republicans to his will, pushing his proposals through meager resistance with the threat of mobilizing the Republican base against disloyal members of his party.<\/p>\n

This week, GOP lawmakers in both chambers indicated that their patience with that strategy may be wearing thin.<\/p>\n

A series of setbacks on Capitol Hill \u2014 on issues spanning the Iran war, a $1.8 billion \u201canti-weaponization\u201d fund and the proposed White House ballroom \u2014 illustrated simmering tensions between GOP lawmakers and the president ahead of what could be bruising midterms in November.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But more just went by despite the punishment of Indiana:<\/p>\n

The South Carolina Senate rejected a new congressional map Tuesday that Republicans hoped would eliminate the state\u2019s only Democratic seat, a Black-majority district represented for more than three decades by\u00a0Rep. James Clyburn<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The vote against the new map \u2014 which would have helped Republicans in their quest for a clean sweep of the state\u2019s seven congressional districts this fall \u2014\u00a0was an unexpected rebuff of President Donald Trump, who had pushed for the redistricting effort in hopes of retaining his party\u2019s slim majority in the U.S. House of Representatives past November.<\/p>\n

The new map\u00a0passed the state House last week<\/a>. But a motion to end debate on the map failed in the state Senate on Tuesday after 12 Republicans joined their Democratic colleagues in voting against it. [MS NOW<\/strong><\/a>]<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Republicans facing re-election may see another face in the mirror, the stereotypical MAGA<\/strong> voter who’s infuriated his favorite leader isn’t getting his way. A split in the Republican vote, or MAGA<\/strong> staying home, may hand rivals seats they mightn’t have otherwise won.<\/p>\n

POLLSY, POLLSY<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yes, there’s been polls since the last update. No, I’m not reporting most<\/em> of them because the pollsters are unknown or their last rating from FiveThirtyEight<\/strong><\/em> was godawful.<\/p>\n

AND NOW FOR THE NEWS: YOUR POPCORN’S BEEN …<\/strong><\/p>\n

Oh, just follow this link<\/a> for the old news about your popcorn.<\/p>\n