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Message: [QUOTE="Queen, post: 87524, member: 27"] A military strike on Iran just detonated right in the middle of midterm season, and every politician is scrambling to pick a lane. Texas Senate primary heats up fast [LIST] [*]Jasmine Crockett blasted the strikes, insisting only Congress can greenlight war. [*]Her rival, James Talarico, kept it short with an anti-forever-war stance. [*]John Cornyn, Ken Paxton, and Wesley Hunt all praised Trump's move. [*]Republican nominees tripped over each other to cheer the operation. [/LIST] Democrats split hard on the strikes [LIST] [*]Greg Landsman called it overdue after Iran's crackdown on protesters. [*]Henry Cuellar backed the action, calling Iran's threat longstanding. [*]Tom Suozzi flat-out agreed with the president's stated objectives. [*]Swing-district Dems quietly broke ranks from their party's antiwar wing. [/LIST] Maine's Senate race gets loud [LIST] [*]Graham Platner, a Marine vet, ripped the bombing as political desperation. [*]Janet Mills torched Trump for pushing the country into reckless conflict. [*]Platner insisted no Democrat should get behind this kind of operation. [*]Both candidates framed the strikes as a midterm-motivated gamble. [/LIST] GOP caution lurks beneath the cheerleading [LIST] [*]Susan Collins stayed quiet most of Saturday before a measured statement. [*]Zach Nunn offered praise but drew a hard line against ground troops. [*]Thomas Massie openly opposed the war, calling it anti-American First. [*]A big chunk of Republicans preferred a wait-and-see posture. [/LIST] Polling paints a messy picture [LIST] [*]Only 21 percent of Americans backed a U.S. attack on Iran. [*]Yet 79 percent expressed serious concern over Iran's nuclear program. [*]Foreign conflicts have historically cut both ways in midterms. [*]Political fallout remains totally unpredictable at this stage. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]

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