Purple is the New Party: We will see

There is an old Eastern parable about a wise guru and a little boy. In the story a boy has a birthday party and he gets a horse, and everyone in the village says how special he is, and the guru says, “We will see.” While riding the horse, the boy falls and breaks his leg, and the villagers say how sad it is, and the guru says, “We will see.” Then war breaks out and all the boys are called to battle, except the boy with the broken leg, and everyone in the village says how lucky the boy is, but the guru says, “We will see.” And so on and so on. I tell you that story to preface my thoughts on the 2026 midterm election. While the Democratic Party winning the Senate and the House in historic ways feels like a great step forward for those against the MAGA movement, I must retort with, we will see. For years I was a conservative on the libertarian wing. This month will be my 18th year writing for the Ventura County Reporter, and my politics have swayed more to the left now.

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