Pressure is mounting on the Democrats with the all-important mid-term elections getting closer every day, and they aren’t doing themselves any favors. A number of people on the left are retiring, putting the Democratic Party at a real disadvantage.
That creates open seats, increases the opportunities, stretches their resources.
Even if it’s a democratic seat, the people who run the primary are all gonna be out gathering money and absorbing resources that could have gone into competitive races.
President Biden is decaying daily. His poll numbers continue sagging, and he’s showing a real inability to deal with a long list of issues including inflation, migration, and, of course, COVID. He most recently set off a debate about how the country is dealing with the coronavirus when he called it a “pandemic of the unvaccinated“.
Beyond that, the White House is simply out of touch. We saw a great example of that in the midst of the huge traffic jam on I-95 in Virginia where people were trapped overnight as snow and ice brought everything to a standstill. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) was among the hundreds of drivers caught in the crisis with many calling and posting their story from their cell phones. Yet, the Vice President’s staff decided that was the right time to send out a tweet from Kamala Harris commenting on how the infrastructure bill had America moving again. How tone deaf can you be?
The Democrats are also dealing with a rocky economy. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell did not specifically address interest rate hikes at a Capitol Hill hearing on his nomination for a second term, but it’s likely an increase is on the way. Gas prices are also about to rise, and supply chain problems aren’t going away.
All of this could add up to a remarkable year for the Republicans, giving them the majority in both chambers and making House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) the Speaker.
