We still have another month to sit on our hands before things really begin to count toward the midterms. But the war sort of galvanized Americans to take one side without much in the way of partisan disagreement, though a few have still sided with Putin.
I pointed out someplace that this would be working in the Dems favor too. While I'm still not expecting wins for them, I still expect less than historical losses. A united America will support the party in power.
Neither of us has wavered even slightly from our initial guesses: Senate will hold with a gain of 1-3 seats. House will fall but with minimal losses.
Biden campaigned as a centrist then attempted to govern as a progressive. And while I appreciate his effort it was doomed to failure from the start. Since Manchin was the roadblock Manchin should have been put in charge of Build Back Better. We would have gotten a smaller bipartisan bill instead of a year arguing among ourselves, and Biden's numbers would be around 50%.
I'm hoping for a quick resolution to the war. Two months is as long as I can give it. Fuel prices need to peak, stock market needs to tank to wherever it's gonna tank, grocery prices reach their highest....then start to correct well before election day...
That's a lot to hope for but as you know I am always the optimist.
