Democrats are not in great shape
A fractious opposition is doing everything it can to spurn an open goal.
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A voter casting his ballot at City Hall in Henderson, Nevada, during primary elections on June 9.
PHOTO: ROGER KISBY/NYTIMES
Edward Luce
In FIFA terms, the Democratic Party stands before a wide-open goal. There is no daylight between an unpopular President Donald Trump and his reflexively loyalist Republicans. Instead of putting the ball into the back of the net, however, Democrats are squabbling in front of the goal. Trump’s single-mindedness is mirrored by a fractious opposition.
The odds are still that Democrats will regain the House of Representatives in November – midterms being essentially a plebiscite on the sitting president. Yet, Democrats are devising ways to push the Senate beyond their reach.
