“How small, of all that human hearts endure / That part which laws or kings can cause or cure.”
Oliver Goldsmith’s lines — written 260 years ago, with help from his friend Samuel Johnson — are worth remembering in an election year.
But it’s tough.
Congress and the White House are both up for grabs this November.
An already single-digit Republican majority in the House of Representatives narrowed further last week when the seat formerly held by George Santos was won back by Tom Suozzi, the Democrat who held it before Santos.
Donald Trump is convinced the Republican who tried to replace Santos wasn’t MAGA enough — while Trump’s foes say he’s the reason whenever the GOP fares poorly.
And the GOP has a daunting loss record in recent years, forfeiting the U.S. House and Senate in 2018 and the White House in 2020, with Santos’s victory in a…
