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2 stories on Senate Leadership. For each one: what the left says, what the right says, and what both agree on. RSS feed

• GOP Senators Revolt Against Thune After Election Losses

  Nov 10, 2026

  Left: The rushed timeline for leadership elections, held just a week after sweeping GOP losses in the House and Senate, suggests party leaders are more interested in protecting their own positions than conducting an honest post-mortem on why voters rejected Republicans.

  Right: Senators like Ron Johnson, Rick Scott, Mike Lee, Ted Budd and John Kennedy believe the conference owes it to voters and grassroots Republicans to have a genuine strategic discussion before rewarding leadership that presided over devastating midterm losses.

• GOP Fractures Openly After Devastating Midterm Losses

  Nov 9, 2026

  Left: The scale of the midterm losses reflects voter rejection of GOP economic policies that critics say favored corporate interests over working families.

  Right: Senior Republicans like Dave McCormick, Jim Banks, and others are demanding an honest, transparent reckoning before rushing into leadership elections, arguing the party needs to diagnose what went wrong first.