Agreed.
Although YMMV with different people. I had dinner just last night with a guy who is in educational research. So is his wife. She was just furloughed via DOGE cuts and his main project, that he's been working on for three years, was cut as well. Yale educated economist, very smart if somewhat socially awkward. At one point, he started very excitedly saying it was possible for Dems to win the House and Senate in two years, taking a seat or two from Texas or Nebraska. I was skeptical that could happen, and he enthusiastically replied "but we're heading for recession and stagflation. That is a great motivator!" When I said, "well, then I hope the Republicans keep Congress" he looked flummoxed. It took him a few seconds to realize the implication of his statement, and said "well obviously I don't want any of that to happen." It wasn't so obvious, though.
Same goes for the Right, by the way, with Biden. Tribes root for the other tribe to fail, sometimes even to cut off their own nose. Weird.
