Bill Kristol: Trump Is Turning a Bad Midterm Into a Republican Catastrophe

Bill Kristol: Trump Is Turning a Bad Midterm Into a Republican Catastrophe

Published: September 7, 2026

Duration: 16:05

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With just under two months until Election Day, Tim and Bill revisit the run-up to the midterms in 2006 and 1994, two major wave election cycles where the bottom just fell out from under the party in power. The 1994 blowout was more about the end of an era, while 2006 was about an unpopular war in the Middle East, a scandal, and a disappointed base. What do those wave elections suggest about the prospects for a big blue year in 2026? Plus: Do not miss...