The Dems on TV yesterday looked miserable at the announcement of the potential end of the Iran war. They so badly wanted the US to become mired in another Vietnam hoping that it harmed Trump regardless of the consequences to the US and world. The stock market is soaring. The gas prices will drop like a rock. Inflation is already much lower than under Biden but still too high but that will be coming down. Dems hate it. Only one thing concerns them. Staying in power.
Their misery is understandable. If the war with Iran extended into the fall, they probably would have won big in the midterms. Certainly winning the House, and possibly the Senate. Winning he Senate would be problematic for he GOP since it would not only be able to block Trump's appointments to his cabinet as well as the judiciary, they could and likely would end the filibuster. If the Dems only get to 51 in the Senate, Fetterman might side with the GOP on some of the Dems more radical proposals, but if they get to 52, Fetterman won't matter. Statehood for DC and Puerto Rico would be a done deal giving the Dems an automatic 4 extra Senate seats which would give the Dems a permanent majority. When they get control of the House, Senate, and White House at the same time, you can count on them packing SCOTUS.
On the other hand, if this peace deal is reached, the Strait is opened up, and gas prices come down, the GOP will likely hold onto the Senate and might even keep the House. I'm still skeptical about a deal being reached soon. We've seen this movie before where it appeared a deal was close only to have the Iranians back out of the deal. I'll believe it's for real when the treaty is signed and ships start passing freely through the Strait. If they back out again, I hope Trump unloads on them with no mercy. Either they make peace or get destroyed. Negotiating with bombs seems to be the only thing the Iranians understand. As Al Capone supposedly once said, "You can get more with a kind word and a gun, than you can with just a kind word.".
