00:00Midterm elections were designed by the founders creating the Constitution to give a mid-presidential term measurement or temperature of
00:10how the people felt about the president's performance.
00:13For many years, not much happened, but then mid-19th century, midterm elections became very important and often an opportunity
00:25for major change.
00:26I suspect that's what we're going to have this year.
00:29The foremost issue is cost of living, no question.
00:32People are very upset about the price of food, which Donald Trump had promised to bring down on day one
00:38of his second term, and of course it's only increased.
00:41The price of gasoline and diesel, which has skyrocketed thanks to what most people regard as the mistake of the
00:49Iran war.
00:50And also other issues like corruption and the war itself.
00:55Did that make any sense for America to do that?
00:58Well, about 70% of the American public now says not one bit of sense.
01:03It's going to be interesting to see what happens because the Democrats have a very good chance to take the
01:08House of Representatives.
01:09They have a fair to good chance to take the U.S. Senate, which no one believed was possible in
01:15the beginning.
01:16Only a third of the seats are up and they're overwhelmingly in Republican states.
01:20But Trump's performance has been so bad and his ratings are so low, close to 30% approving of his
01:30job performance, that both houses might well end up in Democratic control.
01:35Well, there's just one problem.
01:38Donald Trump has no problem ignoring the Constitution, the statutes, and the Congress, whatever he pleases.
01:46Now, will the courts make him pay attention?
01:49Maybe.
01:50The Supreme Court is also Republican.
01:52So one doesn't know whether Trump will be forced to adhere to the normal standards that presidents have been forced
02:00to obey since the beginning of the American Republic.
02:04He may well get away with being an authoritarian.
02:08We'll have to see.
02:09This is an unprecedented point in American history.
02:13I don't think people across the world understand that our republic here is very much in danger.
02:20It should reshape both parties' strategy because it's going to teach a lot of lessons.
02:26Let's just say the Democrats win Congress.
02:29I can guarantee you, having known the Democratic Party in my long life, you know, this is since the early
02:351950s, they will learn the wrong lessons.
02:38They almost always do.
02:40And they almost always make mistakes.
02:42Somehow, they luck into the presidency from time to time.
02:46But they're going to make certain assumptions that, for example, going well to the left will get them the presidency
02:53in 2028.
02:54It will not.
02:56But you're not going to be able to convince them of that.
02:59Now, let's suppose that Republicans somehow are able to hold on to the Senate, maybe the House too.
03:05They're going to assume that the Trump way is the right way in 2028 as well.
03:10They are also wrong.
03:12It's not going to happen anymore.
03:12It's going to be the right way.
03:12I'm not going to be able to convince them that we're going to be able to Larry mio.
