{"id":19319,"date":"2026-11-04T08:42:26","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T15:42:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/?p=19319"},"modified":"2026-11-04T08:42:26","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T15:42:26","slug":"gridlock-is-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/2026\/11\/04\/gridlock-is-good\/","title":{"rendered":"Gridlock Is Good"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This is my take as well, as laws passed by either party are usually not good with many gotchas. So the less they do the better. Personally, electronic voting can so easily be manipulated, who knows how people actually voted, but even here in Wyoming I could see more Demonrat votes which was alarming in some state races. Is the total mismanagement of housing in the nation spreading the blue state contagion around the nation faster than expected? Is the dumbing down of society and young people making them stupid enough to think socialism on the way to communism can work? Is AI a more complete and effective propaganda channel than initially expected? Or just a setup for the inbound tribulation, the unleashing of God’s wrath on His haters, where they’ll learn who their master really is?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/issuesinsights.com\/2026\/11\/04\/gridlock-is-good\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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By I & I Editorial Board<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGridlock is the next best thing to having a constitution.\u201d \u2013<\/em> M. Stanton Evans<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now that the election is over, it\u2019s time to ask if all the hyperventilating for the past year was worth it. Was this \u201cthe most important election in our history,\u201d as so many have declared?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are entirely unconvinced. If all it does is produce gridlock in Washington, we will be happy, because the biggest threat to the country is when lawmakers are productive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To be clear, it would have been better if the GOP had kept their majorities, and we are deeply disturbed by the choices voters made in several races. The fact that a Casper Milquetoast leftist like James Talarico or a Hamas-loving extremist like Abdul Al-Sayed could get more than 2% of the vote does not bode well for our nation\u2019s future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But let\u2019s go through the reasons not to be too overly concerned about the results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First, it\u2019s in the interest of Democrats to hype the importance of this election because they want to claim a mandate. But the norm is for the party out of power in the White House to gain seats in congressional races.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And even big swings don\u2019t necessarily mean much long term. In 2010, for example, Republicans gained a net of 68 seats (and reclaimed the majority in the House), gained six seats in the Senate, and took six governorships away from Democrats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was a stunning rebuke of Barack Obama\u2019s first two years in office, after which Obama said he\u2019d just use his pen and phone to get things done, and then went on to win reelection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Second, Democrats didn\u2019t run on an agenda this year \u2013 other than Trump hatred \u2013 so they have no mandate for the next two years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When Republicans gained control of the House in Bill Clinton\u2019s first term, they did so by nationalizing the election under the banner of Newt Gingrich\u2019s Contract with America. Their outsized midterm win forced Clinton to compromise and let the GOP get things like welfare reform and a capital gains tax cut enacted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The only thing Democrats have promised voters is that they will hold Trump \u201caccountable.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And if Democrats do try to get bills passed, none will make it into law unless they do the unthinkable and reach across the aisle, because President Donald Trump still holds the veto pen and has already declared that he will be the Veto President if Democrats take control of Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, the only thing we know for sure is that for the next two years, Washington, D.C., will be in a state of gridlock while Democrats unleash a torrent of investigations, impeachments, and endless claims of corruption and wrongdoing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While that might keep the Democratic base happy, it\u2019s likely to hurt them more than Republicans once the public realizes that revenge is not productive. And if the economy starts gaining momentum and Trump and the rest of the GOP stay focused on delivering good news about jobs and growth and income, Democrats will look even more out of touch with everyday Americans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s not to say there is no risk. Democratic socialist wins today can provide tremendous momentum going into 2028. And if Democrats, God forbid, do win the White House that year, the country will be all but lost. But it\u2019s just likely that emboldened radicals in the Democratic Party will turn off far more voters than they gain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, our advice is to let Democrats have their celebrations. Enjoy the gridlock for the next two years. And get busy laying the groundwork for massive victories in 2028, when the elections really matter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is my take as well, as laws passed by either party are usually not good with many gotchas. So the less they do the better. Personally, electronic voting can so easily be manipulated, who knows how people actually voted, but even here in Wyoming I could see more Demonrat votes which was alarming in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world"],"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Jason","author_link":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/author\/jturning\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19319"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19319\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19320,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19319\/revisions\/19320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}