On the Road Again

CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY DECEMBER 10, 2025

     MOST AMERICANS ARE NOT IDEOLOGICAL. OTHERWISE, THEY WOULD NOT SWITCH FROM ONE PARTY TO THE OTHER IN ALMOST EVERY ELECTION. VIRGINIA IS A GREAT EXAMPLE. GLENN YOUNGKIN HAS BEEN A GOOD CONSERVATIVE GOVERNOR AND YET VIRGINIA VOTERS ELECTED A LEFT-WING ABIGAIL SPAMBERGER. COMPLETELY DIFFERENT POLICIES.

     PRESIDENT TRUMP’S CHIEF OF STAFF, SUSIE WILES, SAYS SHE HAS A PLAN TO KEEP REPUBLICANS IN CONTROL OF THE HOUSE AND SENATE. SHE TOLD AN INTERVIEWER SHE HASN’T EVEN REVEALED TO THE PRESIDENT WHAT IT IS, BUT IT IS ABOUT KEEPING HIM ON THE ROAD AND MAKING HIS RECORD THE ISSUE NEXT YEAR… EVEN THOUGH HE IS NOT A CANDIDATE. RESULTS IN THE PAST HAVE SHOWN VOTERS TURNOUT IS GREATER WHEN TRUMP IS ON THE BALLOT.

     DESPITE WHAT DEMOCRATS ARE SAYING, THE ECONOMY – ALWAYS THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE – IS BEGINNING TO IMPROVE. GAS PRICES ARE WAY DOWN FROM THE BIDEN YEARS AND WHEN FOOD PRICES DECLINE FASTER THAN THEY ALREADY ARE, THAT WILL HELP REPUBLICANS.

     THE CONTRASTING ISSUES ARE STARK. IN ADDITION TO THE SOCIAL ONES – LIKE MALES IN FEMALE SPORTS AND LOCKER ROOMS, ABORTION AND TRANSGENDERISM, DO VOTERS WANT HIGHER TAXES, MORE REGULATIONS AND BIGGER GOVERNMENT, AMONG OTHER THINGS?

     PEOPLE NEED TO STUDY MORE AND RELY LESS ON FEELINGS, OR THEY WON’T FEEL GOOD ABOUT THE OUTCOME OF NEXT YEAR’S ELECTIONS. I’M CAL THOMAS.

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Cal Thomas is America's most widely syndicated newspaper columnist. He has worked for NBCV News, KPRC-TV in Houston and Fox News. 2024 marks his 40th year as a columnist.

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