After winning a second term by defeating Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry in 2004, Republican then-President George W. Bush suffered a major rebuke when Democrats flipped both branches of Congress in the 2006 midterms. Bush described the 2006 blue wave as a "thumpin'" for Republicans, and MS NOW's Steve Benen believes that President Donald Trump is setting his party up for a similar midterms fate in 2026. During an appearance on The Ne…