From what I have seen, Biden trying to blame Putin and the Russians for the rise in gas prices has worked with the Democratic base, but not with America in general. Most realize the average price for gallon of gas had risen from 2.10 a gallon over the last year and one half to 3.40 a gallon prior to the Russian invasion of the Ukraine. The addition rise of a dollar plus can be placed on the invasion which I think most Americans have done. Now food prices, housing, clothes, cars, appliances etc. has been rising ever since Biden took office. The blame game only works with those who want to believe it.
Not that I blame Biden, inflation, the economy in general is cyclic, it has its ups and downs. No president can control the economy, if he could, we’d have all ups and no downs. The problem is every past president has taken credit for a good economy and thus, presidents get the blame when it turns sour. This is a fact of life and politics. One must live with it whether one likes it or not.
Blaming Manchin, he may be the one who is saving the Democrats from a red wave. Maybe, maybe not. I think the problem is that the democrats haven’t, didn’t look at the entire election results from 2020. They just grabbed hold of the presidential totally ignoring the down ballot offices and the down ballot results. Down ballot, the Republicans had a very good election. They’d probably be crowing about it if not for the presidential. For me, the 2020 election was all about getting rid of Trump. That was all it was. If the people wanted a Democratic progressive agenda passed, they would have elected more democrats to go with Biden. They didn’t, instead they elected additional Republicans in the house, governorship and additional control of state legislatures.
