{"id":4564,"date":"2026-08-09T14:35:43","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T14:35:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=4564"},"modified":"2026-08-09T14:35:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T14:35:43","slug":"reagan-and-bush-official-screams-five-alarm-warning-to-republicans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=4564","title":{"rendered":"Reagan and Bush official screams &#8216;five-alarm warning&#8217; to Republicans"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Douglas MacKinnon, who served in the White House as a writer for Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush and later he served in a joint command at the Pentagon, has been in the coal mine of politics long enough to see when a canary is choking.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=4560\">Trump biographer blows up the secrets beneath his bizarre new hair<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And Republicans\u2019 bird is cooked if they don\u2019t open their eyes and ears to voters \u2014 quick.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs we rapidly approach the midterms in November and the 2028 presidential election, history and reality are working against the Republicans,\u201d MacKinnon told the Hill. \u201cHistory reminds us that in 20 of the last 22 midterm elections, the party not occupying the Oval Office gained ground. That, coupled with the reality of more and more working-class Americans struggling economically, should be a five-alarm warning for Republicans. Yet, so many seem blissfully oblivious to it all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So-called election experts \u2014 who keep being wrong \u2014 remain the go-to people for much of the media, despite many of them living in bubbles far away from Main Street and working-class voting population. MacKinnon, however, grew up in poverty, and he says his \u201crich friends are getting richer\u201d in Trump\u2019s economy despite the administration claiming \u201cuntil the cows come home that the stock market is doing great.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPolitics, like much of life, is cyclical. Democrats used to be really good at addressing bread and butter issues. Then Republicans cleverly hijacked that winning formula. And now, it seems to be swinging back toward the Democrats,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>But it\u2019s not just bread and butter issues, he added. The party is putting up some very flawed candidates this year. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=4558\">\u2018Embarrassed\u2019 Republican says party in big trouble in red-state stronghold<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cRepublicans are wasting time and money attacking [Democratic senate candidate James] Talarico\u2019s personal life,\u201d he said while voters are not missing the horrible flaws in Republican candidate Ken Paxton. That, and \u201cworking-class Texas feels shunned by Republicans promoting what is supposed to be a great economy based on 401(k) performances.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And things are no better in the Florida governor\u2019s race, said MacKinnon, with many voters feeling Ron DeSantis\u2019 wife Casey to have been a shoe in to replace the term-limited governor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut we will never know,\u201d complained MacKinnon. \u201cPresident Trump \u2026 endorsed Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) before the Republican primary for governor had even begun. The primary is still coming up, but Donalds will be the Republican nominee.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile Donalds is already \u201cgetting pounded by negative attack ads\u201d that will be used against him by eventual Democratic nominee David Jolly \u2014 formerly a Republican but now a Democrat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFlorida Republicans I know are nervous,\u201d said MacKinnon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am no expert, but if I were the Republican leadership, I might be trying to figure out how to get some emergency oxygen to these canaries before it is too late,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=4556\">DC insiders reveal the new Trump theory that they fully believe in<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Douglas MacKinnon, who served in the White House as a writer for Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. 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