AMAC Exclusive – by Shane Harris
As it stands now, Republicans look to be in prime position to retake both chambers of Congress in next year’s midterm elections. With vulnerable Democrat incumbents like Raphael Warnock in Georgia, Maggie Hassan in New Hampshire, and Catherine Cortez Masto in Nevada up for reelection, the GOP has high hopes of breaking past the 50/50 tie in the Senate. The situation is even better in the House, with Democrats holding a razor-slim 3-seat majority after losing 13 seats in 2020. However, as COVID-19, BLM riots, and Biden corruption scandals showed last year, events have a way of shaking up political races in dramatic and often unpredictable ways. It’s often said that a few months is a long time in politics, and we have more than a year to go before November 2022.
Here are seven potential game-changers that could transform the midterm elections.
The Durham Probe Could Blow the Lid Off the Biggest Scandal in American History
Many Republicans had all but given up hope that they would ever see accountability for the FBI and Democrats’ long establishment malfeasance in the “Russia Hoax.” Yet finally, after years of silence, Special Counsel John Durham’s investigation seems to have come back out of nowhere. In August 2020, former FBI attorney Kevin Clinesmith plead guilty to altering an email in order to improperly obtain a surveillance warrant against former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page. Then, in an even more shocking development just last month, Durham secured an indictment against Washington attorney Michael Sussmann for lying to the FBI. According to the indictment, Sussmann presented allegations about the connection between the Trump campaign and Russia to the FBI without disclosing that he was acting on behalf of the Clinton campaign, in effect “[misleading] the FBI about the political nature of his work.” The indictment also made clear that Sussmann and his colleagues may have been fully aware that the information they were sharing was false.
Now, pressure is mounting on Attorney General Merrick Garland to release the full Durham report once it is complete. If the revelations thus far are any indication, the political fallout for Democrats could be significant. In the wake of the Sussmann indictment, left-wing comedian Russell Brand posted a video complaining about the Democrat deception—and if the millions of views the video has racked up are any indication, Brand may speak for the disaffection many liberals will feel when they finally realize they were lied to. Should the Durham report further expose a conspiracy between the Clinton campaign, the Obama administration, and the intelligence community to spy on and levy false accusations against President Trump, it would vindicate Trump’s assertions throughout his time in office of a Deep State effort to sabotage his presidency. Such a development would undoubtedly energize the Republican base and discredit Congressional Democrats in the eyes of the American people.
The Supreme Court Could Revise Roe v. Wade
In December, the Supreme Court is set to hear arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the most significant challenge to Roe v. Wade in nearly three decades. If the uproar over the Supreme Court’s decision to allow a Texas law banning most abortions to go into effect is any indication, the political ramifications of the Dobbs decision could be monumental. While changing Roe would be an undeniable victory for conservatives in a decades-long battle, the immediate political effect for Republicans may be more of a mixed bag. On the one hand, a victory for the pro-life movement could help galvanize Republicans behind this important issue. However, it could also energize the Democratic base, providing an issue to rally around as the Biden administration and Democrat leaders in Congress botch one crisis after another.
Justice Stephen Breyer Could Give in to the Woke Mob and Retire
It didn’t take long after President Biden took office for progressives to start clamoring for the retirement of Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer. Despite having one of the most liberal voting records of anyone on the Court, progressives have made clear that they want an even more radical, younger judge to take his place.
While Breyer has so far resisted calls for his retirement, he is nonetheless the oldest person on the Court at 82, and he has stated that he does not intend to remain on the bench until his death.
If Breyer announces his retirement at the end of the current Supreme Court term or shortly before the midterms, it would dramatically raise the stakes of the contest for control of the Senate. After watching President Trump and Senate Republicans put three justices on the Court, and knowing that there is no guarantee they win the White House again in 2024, liberals are desperate to preserve the seats they have left. If Republicans win back the Senate, they could potentially block any Biden nominee, much like they did with Merrick Garland in 2016. In effect, a Breyer retirement would make the midterm elections an election for a Supreme Court Justice as well.
Biden Could Be Forced to Step Down
Concerns about Joe Biden’s health and faculties have been well-documented throughout the 2020 campaign and the early months of his presidency, and compared to other recent presidents, he is rarely seen in public. While the White House has repeatedly dismissed concerns about Biden’s cognitive decline, aides have privately admitted that they can’t even watch Biden’s public appearances for fear that he will take questions from the media. According to one recent poll, 56% of Americans think that Biden is not mentally sharp. Most Americans also report that they do not believe he is the one really running the country.
It is simply a reality that an individual of Biden’s age could face an unforeseen health issue that would leave him incapable of performing the very demanding job he holds. Should that happen, the Democrat Party would suddenly find itself in a leadership crisis ahead of the midterms as Kamala Harris, a historically unpopular vice president, took Biden’s place. In this scenario, a succession fight over who would be on the Democratic ticket in 2024 would suddenly take center stage, further hampering Democrats’ efforts to project a unified front and distracting from Congressional battles throughout the country.
A similar situation faced Republicans following the resignation of President Nixon in 1974. After Vice President Ford assumed the presidency, a leadership battle ensued, and Ford was nearly defeated by Ronald Reagan in the 1976 Republican primary. That internal struggle likely contributed to Ford’s loss to Jimmy Carter that fall, a precedent that would not bode well for Harris and Congressional Democrats in the event of a Biden exit.
Pelosi Could Actually Be Forced Out As Speaker
Joe Biden isn’t the only major Democratic leader who could be in peril between now and next November. Following disastrous results for Democrats in last year’s House elections, Pelosi has struggled to keep her conference together as she faces simultaneous revolts from both the progressive and moderate wings of her party. Currently, the two factions are locked in a stand-off over Biden’s $3.5 trillion spending bill. If Pelosi can’t get that and the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill passed, it would be a major blow to Biden’s domestic agenda and could undermine the confidence of the Democratic caucus in Pelosi’s leadership.
Pelosi already faced calls to step down when Democrats took back the House in 2018, and some progressives were vocally unhappy when she stayed on as speaker after 2020. Pelosi previously pitched herself as a “transitional” leader for the party, and some aides have privately speculated that this could be her last term in the House.
If Pelosi were to be forced out, resign, or announce her retirement, it would amount to a seismic shift in the political landscape in Washington. Pelosi has led House Democrats for 18 years, and her absence would almost certainly touch off an internal battle amongst progressive and moderate Democrats to determine the future direction of the party.
The Economy Could Tank
After President Trump led a historic economic resurgence following the downturn caused by the coronavirus pandemic, that progress slowed, halted, and then began to reverse under President Biden. Inflation continues to be a persistent problem, energy prices are on the rise, the costs of everyday goods are soaring, and the country can’t seem to solve its supply chain issues.
Moreover, Biden and Congressional Democrats are pushing $4.5 trillion in spending, coupled with historic tax hikes—potentially amounting to an economic double-whammy that would fuel inflation while crushing Americans’ disposable at the same time.
The country could also face further economic hardship if Biden is unable to deliver on his promise to “shut down” COVID-19. Since Democrats have unified control of the federal government, they will likely have a difficult time convincing many Americans that Republicans are responsible for the economic direction of the country. In what was already going to be a tough year for Democrats, further economic woes would only make hurt their chances even more.
China Could Invade Taiwan—or some other unforeseen crisis
On the heels of a disastrous evacuation from Afghanistan and a highly visible public spat with France, Biden and Congressional Democrats are already on their heels when it comes to foreign policy.
Throughout the 2020 campaign, President Trump warned that Biden was “soft on China,” pointing to Biden’s previous statements calling for closer ties. Since Biden took office, those accusations appear to have been spot on, as China has only grown more aggressive around the world.
Tensions are especially high over Taiwan, which the Chinese Communist Party has long sought to bring back under its dominion. Taiwan is a key American trading partner and a vital supplier of semiconductors used in countless consumer goods, as well as military equipment. If China gains control of the island nation, it would be a historic defeat not only for Taiwan, but for the United States and free people everywhere.
In short, heading into next year, the only sure thing is that in politics, nothing is a sure thing.
While Republicans appear to be in a good position at the moment, history suggests that coasting into an election cycle and is not a wise move. Instead, the GOP should remain on the lookout for developments that they can use to their advantage—and also be cautious of how their political fortunes can turn on a dime.
The eight hundred pound gorilla in the room is that everyone in knows this regime is illegitimate. They may even have surprised themselves. Clearly America voted for Donald Trump. There is zero enthusiasm for Biden-Harris and no one can find any of the 81 million beyond the media, Big Tech and Hollywood. Their radical agenda is so to the left, even their own members can’t support it. Most concerning is the world is watching the vacuous marionette stumbling around, apparently exiled from the White House. Adventurism by our adversaries is increasing and we have no clue who will have their finger on the button while Joe snoozes.
Americans are still waiting for the first action by this pathetic, illegitimate regime that actually helps America. Democrats have seized power through hook and crook and have no idea what to do with it. Beyond spending money and blaming others for their failures.
What happened when they asked Ginsburg to step down? Or did they? She can get old and that is just fine. But he can’t get old. We can’t have that, now. What a farce.
Nothing will change if the voting system isn’t somehow fixed, and you can be sure blue states will do NOTHING to change what is now the norm (mail in ballots, no ID required to vote, anyone can vote – anytime and anywhere). Just look at the 2020 Presidential election. Fake and invalid through and through. Yet, here we have a senile old man in the White House who somehow got elected through no effort on his part.
Unless we can have an honest and lawful ballot count, we will not take back either the House or the Senate.
Where Democrats count the votes they DO NOT get removed from office. I think anyone discussing a big Republican sweep in 2022 is kidding themselves and their readers. The fix is ALWAYS in where Dems count the votes. What is being changed in the voting process from 2020?
I hate that big red circle requesting comments that covers over the article I am trying to read! People can leave comments at the end without that big red circle!! Please do away with it or at least make it so it can be minimized!!!
Or the aliens could land, or the poles could shift, or China might invade Taiwan, or on and on ad infinitum.
And pigs could fly.
If Breyer retires at the end of this term (likely), Biden will appoint and the Senate will confirm his replacement.
The Durham report, at best, will be viewed as a partisan hit-job that will not change a single mind, on either side.
Pelosi will not be forced out. If anything, she’ll stay longer than her announced intent to step down before the next Congress in 2023.
Maybe Roe will be revised on the current case from Mississippi, but more likely, Roberts knows that it would be disastrous for the GOP in the 2022 midterms, so they’ll duck the issue.
The economy is not going to crash unless the GOP blocks raising the debt limit. In that case, they will be blamed, quite properly.
As for something totally unforeseen, it won’t be China invading Taiwan. The deal to sell nuclear subs to Australia has already shown China that Biden will be tough on them.
So basically, this article is fairly stupid.
All of these things might happen, but the media will tell you otherwise.
Conservatives want to take away Social Security and healthcare from you!
Why do you let yourselves get FOOLED?
Are you all in the throes of Alzheimer’s?
Conservatives want to take away your benefits! Why do you fall for that?
Democrats nee “liberals” nee “progressives” are actually Marxians bowing the false religion of intellectual arrogance Marxianity…and collectively all who support their agenda have a major problem far bigger than any of those listed; the “God” of Jefferson’s “Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God” has chosen to empirically evidence existence.
He is the God of Sinai, Yeshua and 1776….yes, 1776 per the Convergence Matrix.
As one might expect He would provide clarity as never before given His unwillingness to compromise a plan 6000 years in the making nearing its end. Everything you know or thought you knew has changed with the matrices fusing mathematics and history…a sample of which you can find at the acorn from which a might oak will grow: http://www.givesendgo.com/G26Y5
I live in California, and I have decided there is no point in voting anymore due to institutional voter fraud. I’ll vote county races, but that’s it. The less participation the better.
This is a war of attrition. Pelosi, Schumer, and Biden, along with Bernie have a very short life span, remaining. Meanwhile, Traitor Joe and Harris are republicans strongest campaigners. Republicans need to be the adults in the room (adults that are not in their second childhood.). Despite the MSM’s allegiance to the democrats, the American people, especially independents and centrist republicans, are not, all, deaf, dumb and blind. The MSM will be going down with the democrat ship and fully exposed as the propaganda wing of the democrat party. Republicans need to pick their battles and always take the high ground. McConnell knows this. He pissed off most republicans when he extended the debt ceiling. But, he won over independents and moderate democrats. And look at Schumer’s reaction. Just enforcing the idea that democrat politicians are just, hateful, spoiled, brats that will always demand more, when you hold out an olive branch. And, they haven’t really one anything, since in December they have to address this again, and they just burnt the McConnell bridge. Stay united republicans, we are fighting an evil, deep state, autocracy. We need to seize the middle ground, if we are to win congress and the Supreme Court.
Anyone that thinks that we have a chance to reverse the downward spiral that USA is in just plain ignores the fact that the next generation in school today has been educated by the present set of American hating teachers. There is at least a one generation lag in changing the trend of the country and that change always starts in grade school.
Game Changer #8. China’s economy collapses due to systemic fraud and corruption. This leads to famine, civil war, and revolution that may or may not spill out into surrounding countries.
“It is simply a reality that an individual of Biden’s age could face an unforeseen health issue that would leave him incapable of performing the very demanding job he holds.” He’s incapable now of performing the duties. He has great difficulty just reading his teleprompter. He’s unfit and unelected.
The big difference and the reason the socialists are winning is our main stream media. Being 74 years old I never thought these people would protect one group and do everything they can to destroy another group. Don’t they understand that if their socialist buddies take power most of them will be eliminated if they don’t do everything their overlords demand of them.
Even the weakest Christian know Roe vs Wade is wrong yet it continues to remain in law. Let’s support change.
One can never underestimate the corrupt,socialist, power hungry useless democrats.
Their history is to use or create crisis,chaos and division to retain their destructive cycle toward America and freedom.
Our Country’s hope depends on Conservative, Constitutional, Common sense Citizens finally deciding and acting to END this assault on America!
The 2022 ,2024 elections and removal of anti american,American,self serving politicians is the start.
Along with the Citizens commitment to eliminate the democrats destructive policy’s, racist division, fiscal insanity, communist teaching and corrupt political tactics, are what it will take to retain freedom and our cherished American way.
It’s time for Real Americans to stand up and do Our part for freedom!
Unless election integrity somehow, someway, becomes a reality, the Democrats will maintain their power. It is what it is.. we will never win at the ballot box.
Right now,It would be a huge upset if we did not take both houses of congress .Biden’s approval numbers sit at 38 percent and his numbers among independents are almost as low as they are among republicans.I think it is going to be a red wave.The only thing in question is how big of a landslide it will be.
THE CANCEROUS libs WILL JUST CHEAT ON THE VOTING AGAIN. OUR NATION IS DYING
You could have added a #8. The Democrats’ illegal, corrupt and unethical meddling/outright cheating in the voting process. Save that alone, we wouldn’t be in this mess because President Trump would be nearly a year into his second term.
To be clear: the illegally inserted clown “acting” as President has literally and deliberately ruined, messed up and destroyed anything and everything which preserves, protects and defends, and supports, the people and the Constitution of the United States. Everything the current administration has done is tantamount to high treason.
Unless country gets rid of Dominion voting machines and changes our voting system, republicans better not count on anything.
The republicans don’t fight fire with fire and for that I am disappointed with them. They need balls like President TRUMP has in order to defeat the demon-crates. Also, we all need to rise up and do our part to save the USA. ????????????
The Republicans are weak , spineless ,and sit there like ducks in the water ! And the communist party of democrats are evil , cheats , and satanic !
Pelosi needs to be forced out of politics altogether!
Kamala is not eligible to be ‘president’ and the Communist Party knows it. Just as they knew Obama was not, and illegally changed the wording on his candidate document so he could run.
If piglosi is ousted, we will have a full-out Communist installed in her place. Like AOC.
At the end of the day….what America MUST have is meaningful fiscal discipline that imposes restraint upon Congressional spending. Case in point; paying $5Million per day for contractors to NOT complete the funded Southern border wall. This fiscal discipline must also include protection of citizen-funded Social Security funds which must prevent government “borrowing” which has jeopardized the whole program. Bottom line…deficit spending without appropriate legislative discipline is like giving a teenager a credit card….we all know what will happen, and it currently IS happening with America’s finances.
This is no longer America and with communist propaganda schemes along with completely compromised BANANA REPUBLIC voting system our fair and honest elections are over, This is not ever going to change with our current system in place and the socialist liberals are in the drivers seat . If you don’t think everything that happened over the last 18 months wasn’t a outright attack on our country and the only way the corrupt democrats who were desperate to stop trumps agenda then why else is all of these pieces of the puzzle falling into place for these socialist haters of our freedoms and our constitutional rights as free human beings, god bless and help all freedom loving and great true American citizens, may the truth set us all free . These democrats cannot tell the truth , lie , lie , and using the corrupt media lie even more.
Congressional Republicans should be meeting with their RINOs and setting them on their as_es. Shut them down, get them out of the way, and assist in replacing them a.s.a.p. NO MORE tolerance for Traitors.
According to the article ~56% of a group polled thought that Biden was not mentally sharp. One of the conclusions one can draw about the poll results is that ~44% of the people polled must not be too sharp either!
Lets all hope that the AMERICANS win and we can keep the real AMERICA for many,many,many more eons.
If we don’t settle the issue of getting the 2020 election fixed they will do it again. Wake up people there won’t be a mid term win!
Ungodly men and women of our government lack a moral compass. Many of them over many years of exposure to the Left’s criminal mindset and antics have grown accustomed to the misdeeds and criminal element by making excuses for and even aggressively ignoring their treasonous actions. The Left will stop at nothing to get what they want…not just a piece of the pie, or even the whole pie, but to control the making and distributing of the pies. They are never satisfied. That is their makeup, so as with the current set back on their ‘destruction of America’ bill, together they work secretly and tirelessly in the dark recesses of their totally Satan controlled minds to accomplish their goals. I believe we have received several Supreme warnings from our Creator in the forms of hurricanes, volcanic eruptions, wildfires destroying and taking human lives, destroying entire towns and millions of acres of land, and terrorist attacks like 9/11. And God was merciful yet again hearing the cry of his people. And as I believe at some point, God will say, enough is enough. We are facing what we are in this nation because, as a nation, we have rejected God’s ways and have chosen our own path….which He has ‘warned’, leads to destruction. If what the writer of this article has mentioned about gaining even the slightest foothold in the upcoming 2022 election, that there is the slightest hope we can be pulled out of the quicksand of our own selfish desires for power, then I give thanks to the God of Heaven for His unending love and mercy, and forgiving nature to save us. I pray it’s true, but I’m reserved in setting my hopes on our recovery, and instead setting my focus on what God’s Devine purpose will reveal.
May God have mercy on us all, and may God save America! Pray believing,
PRAY, PRAY, PRAY!!
Why are you people still hoping for a better outcome in the midterms when the 2020 election was so fraudulent and we know the dems cheated so outragueously
Given the rate of destruction of our country the midterms may not even be held. Our votes didn’t count in 2020 and we haven’t made much progress toward restoring voting integrity. Can enough state legislatures reform their voting laws to ensure a fair vote and count? It’s possible, but the current crises and chaos are distracting most people from this vital issue! We would have to find a way to imprison Obama and then put an incredible amount of pressure on Biden, Rice, Harris and others to force them to step down! It’s a longshot, but preferable to an all out civil war!
We have watched in about nine months now how bozo joe and the communist demorats have thumbed their noses at the law in our country. milley who is nothing other than a traitor, yet these clowns are ready to boil in oil Lt. Col. Scheller for calling a rat a rat. Then old joe and nancy want to suggest all those trillions will cost us ZERO! Where the hell did they learn math?, or do they just really need to be well cared for in a retirement home far more than we, the American public understand? joe wants to require everyone else to get virus vaccinations as he opens the southern border without a word spoken about vaccinations. This idiot and the circus he runs should do just that, open a circus, but not at our expense as he and the communist demorats are currently doing! What happened to the good old days when they would take bozos like these and either run them out of town on a rail or tar and feather them?
And if the Voting system is not fixed nothing will change.
The “Supremes” need to outlaw mail-in voting.
Why God does not call those evil persons to go either up or down is beyond me.
I want to know why I get the message “you are not allowed to vote on this comment” on some comments, even though I have not voted on it previously? How does AMAC determine which comments can & cannot be voted on? This censorship is getting ridiculous.
“As it stands now, Republicans look to be in prime position to retake both chambers of Congress in next year’s midterm elections.”
Nonsense. The Communists – er, I mean the Democrats – have institutionalized a mass program of voter registration and election fraud, and little has been done (Texas and Georgia are exceptions) in the way of ending the mass fraud and ensuring voting integrity. Unless something is done to guarantee free and fair elections in states comprising well more than half of the U.S. population, the Democrats will simply steal every election from now until the end of time. The “will of the people” won’t mean a thing.
The GOP should do well next year if the election is honest. But the 800lb gorilla in the room is election integrity. The Democrats are doing everything they possibly can to corrupt our election process opening the door to more and more fraud. If Pelosi’s HR4 passes, we will never see another honest election in our nation, and no democracy can survive if the people cannot trust the election results to be honest! The left really does believe the ends justify the means, so they will lie, cheat, and steal to influence the outcome of a vote.The author of this article is correct about these other issues having an impact, but I believe the biggest of all is election integrity which is at high risk today at the federal and even many state levels. I read Vermont wants to allow non-citizens to vote! If that’s allowed in state elections, once registered what prevents that non-citizen from voting in federal elections as well? This could all have a very ugly ending.
Realistic look at our future as a nation. I think that the equine manure is about to contact the rotating oscillator in the democRATic camp. Hopefully, the American public will see the dems for what they are. A pimple on the butt of our nation.
So, here we are…with all kinds of possible avenues of movement for the repubs and conservatives….but the question remains….what will they do? Sit on their hands? Conduct business “as usual?” Practice “mum’s the word?” Step up to the plate and act? An enormous amount depends on the actions of those who oppose Biden and his administration. Don’t expect many dems to go against Biden. Don’t expect the “rinos” to do much more than what they already do…swaffle and fold.
Don’t expect the long term elected officials to take steps that threaten their re-election in the near future. So where does that leave the rest of us? Your guess is as good as mine. If anything positive happens, it will have to happen by the actions of conservatives who believe in this Republic, who can from the heart say,”damm the torpedoes…full speed ahead…” In other words, do their duty, do what they were elected to do…..act for the sake of this nation. And dear friends, that would be quite “unexpected.”
Great article and all things mentioned are true. You’re assuming that the Administration and the Dems in power will play fair. They are already starting to weaponize the DOJ and are forcing people to comply to their will or else.
These are the same people that did NOTHING when Hillary committed treason, and these are the same people that were screaming Russia, Russia, Russia during President Trump’s term in office.
Call me a pessimist but I seriously doubt anything will happen in our country that will turn things around…The Dems are doing everything they can to cement their power. Nothing short of an actual insurrection, and not a phony one like they’ve all been talking about since January will actually change things.
And the corrupt MSM is going to honestly cover the Russia collusion hoax or any of the other legitimate threats facing our country? They are in on the plot to destroy our country. One of the best things we could do is shut them down or put them in prison. They are sabotaging any efforts to get real information to the American people. They are a propaganda machine. A well-funded and extremely dangerous one.