Katty Kay

He's not on the ballot box in November, so I'm not sure he cares that much.

But it is interesting that what he should be focused on and what he wants to be focused on in this particular moment, they're two very different things.

Joe Biden tried to do that in 2020 and it worked to some extent.

But allies, particularly European allies, are not going to trust whoever comes back in because they'll say, that's great.

You want to be back.

But how do we know that in four years time you're not out and J.D.

Vance isn't back in again, which could well be the case anyway.

OK, we'll take a break and come back and have a quick look at those Democrats.

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Welcome back to The Rest is Politics.

We're going to take a quick look at the Democrats because Anthony and I are increasingly convinced that 2026 is going to be a good year for Democrats and potentially 2028 if things carry on as they are and Brand Maga is doing as badly as it is.

We could be looking at a Democrat in the White House in 2028 as well.

Before we get there, let's talk about these elections and the really important question at the moment.

I think there's a widespread assumption that Democrats are going to take back the House, but the question is, are they going to take back the Senate?

And we just wanted to focus on two Senate races that might give us some indication of that.