GOP now has the midterm high ground -- and momentum

The terrain on which the midterms are to be fought is now set. The GOP has the high ground.

Republicans, it is clear, now believe they are heading for a big win in November — one that will return the GOP to control of both chambers of Congress, check President Biden’s enormous ambitions and install needed oversight over the sprawling federal administrative state. …

Divided government works best after the excess of a one-party presidency and Congress. No radical reversal of recent legislation, but timely brakes and oversight. They are coming.