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Dear Mr. President … it’s been a while since I’ve addressed you in a blog post, but here comes a warning for you.<\/p>\n

Prepare for an electoral “shellacking,” to borrow a phrase, in the midterm election later this year. President Obama called a similar event in the 2010 midterm that cost y’all control of Congress; Republicans seized control of the legislative chamber. But I don’t need to remind you of that.<\/p>\n

Nor do I need to remind you what happened in 2012, when you and the president got re-elected.<\/p>\n

The shellacking you can expect to take this year doesn’t portend political doom for the administration you lead. Yes, I am aware your polling doesn’t reflect lots of good cheer for you.<\/p>\n

Bear in mind, though, that the liars on the other side of the great divide continue to keep outshouting the truth-tellers.<\/p>\n

The economy is recovering at a brisk pace; I feel it and sense it. We have been hit once again by another variant spawned by the coronavirus pandemic, but my gut tells me we’re going to end 2022 in much better health than we are entering it. We have some challenges around the world with which you must deal, but I will continue to have faith in your own legislative leadership experience that I believe will guide you as you confront them.<\/p>\n

Much depends, surely, on whom Republicans nominate for the presidential run in 2024. I am sure you heard what Sen. Lindsey Graham — the guy who once described you as one of the “most decent men God ever created” — said about Donald Trump. He said the next election is “Trump’s to lose.” I am maintaining my faith in Americans’ good sense that we won’t go down that path again.<\/p>\n

Then again, I also am going to cling to my skepticism that Trump actually runs again.<\/p>\n

So, I wish you well in this new year, Mr. President. I stand with you.<\/p>\n

I just want you to prepare early for the remarks you will have to give when they count the votes for the midterm election. A “shellacking” appears to be coming your way. Don’t feel you’re the only POTUS to suffer such an indignity. Others have been dealt serious defeats during their first term in office.<\/p>\n

Don’t surrender. There well could be a revival at hand, too.<\/p>\n

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