Morning Jolt: You Haven’t Turned Everything Around Yet, Democrats
On the menu today: There are good reasons to doubt that Joe Biden's recent streak of good news is going to do much for Democrats in the midterms, and there are good questions about just what the soon-to-leave-Congress Liz Cheney wants. Also, the book nagging will continue until morale improves.
Biden's Good Fortune Won't Last
Two weeks ago, I expressed doubt that the Biden administration's recent run of good fortune — good jobs numbers, killing Ayman al-Zawahiri, getting Joe Manchin to come around on a renamed Build Back Better — would make a significant change in midterm election outcomes.
No doubt, Republicans have shot themselves in the foot several times with some seriously subpar Senate and gubernatorial candidates. Democrats want to make the midterms a referendum on Donald Trump and not Joe Biden, and the former president loves to be the center of attention, no matter the circumstances, even if it harms his party. And sometimes narratives become self-perpetuating; the contention, "Look at the ...
WITH JIM GERAGHTY
August 17 2022
WITH JIM GERAGHTY
August 17 2022
You Haven't Turned Everything Around Yet, Democrats
On the menu today: There are good reasons to doubt that Joe Biden's recent streak of good news is going to do much for Democrats in the midterms, and there are good questions about just what the soon-to-leave-Congress Liz Cheney wants. Also, the book nagging will continue until morale improves.
Biden's Good Fortune Won't Last
Two weeks ago, I expressed doubt that the Biden administration's recent run of good fortune — good jobs numbers, killing Ayman al-Zawahiri, getting Joe Manchin to come around on a renamed Build Back Better — would make a significant change in midterm election outcomes.
No doubt, Republicans have shot themselves in the foot several times with some seriously subpar Senate and gubernatorial candidates. Democrats want to make the midterms a referendum on Donald Trump and not Joe Biden, and the former president loves to be the center of attention, no matter the circumstances, even if it harms his party. And sometimes narratives become self-perpetuating; the contention, "Look at the ... READ MORE
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