Dem Midterm Sweep Possible, Halperin Warns

Mark Halperin says a sweeping Democratic win in the 2026 midterms is possible, and that Washington isn't ready for one. New York Times/Siena polling has El-Sayed up 11 on Rogers in Michigan. Haley Stevens lost the Democratic Senate primary to El-Sayed, then endorsed Rogers on Sunday. Nothing says party unity like the loser crossing the road to hand the other side a fence post. Halperin admits the polls can't yet measure the Michigan fallout and calls a 60-seat filibuster-proof Senate a long shot, about my odds of getting my bull to latch a gate. Washington plans for elections the way my neighbor plans for rain: he waits until the cows are standing in the mud, then gets mad at the sky. Pass the popcorn and the Constitution.