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A Renewed War Means Renewed GOP Midterm Worries

By Byron York
Wednesday, July 22 2026

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"There are two ways of looking at the midterms, now less than three weeks away.One is as a simple referendum on the issues and politicians of the day. The other involves a far deeper conflict of visions (as Thomas Sowell puts it): socialism versus capitalism, intrusive versus limited government, and the destruction of time-honored institutions and traditions versus their preservation and renewal.Rarely…[more]

— Victor Davis Hanson, Distinguished Fellow at the Center for American Greatness and Senior Fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution

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