Biden getting ready to speak on the hostage thing and his campaign and the lefty media are already spinning away to show him as a leader in the hostage/Israel/Gaza scenario. COMPLETE BULLSHIT. His years of giving Iran absolutely everything they ever dreamed of -and he still does it even in the midst of all this- is the root cause of everything. In addition- his projected and actual weakness- put down the welcome mat for Russia, Radical Islam/Hamas, and China to make their moves. Absolutely and totally discussed during his campaign. It will and has happened right on schedule in Ukraine and Israel and China is in the queue. And Biden is the facilitator. As Nikki Haley asked - regardless of whether she is MAGA or RINO- "Why does Joe Biden feel that every time he finds a dollar he has to give it Iran?" He has performed every possible, conceivable unnatural act upon Iran and the hostage situation is just one of many downstream consequences. I saw an ABC video clip puff piece and it was disgusting the way they were coordinating with the DNC and the Biden campaign by humping for Biden. DISGUSTING.
The senate is lost this cycle but the House is leaning for Dem control. So net/net wash but would definitely rather have the Senate over the House.
Just to button this up, people doing fairly well but anxious about the economy. https://www.wsj.com/us-news/american-dream-out-of-reach-poll-3b774892
Two landmine issues: One for the dems and one for the pubs are going to before the voters so candidates need to be careful to not do the stupid. I mean they can do what they want, but anything not thought out will be fatal. If Pubs do the stupid and say that they support a national ban on abortions, it had better be well thought out in light of the wishes of their district. Gonna be hard to put that genie back in the bottle. Ditto for the dems. If they do the stupid and just flop out some pro-hamas/pro Palestinian, "israel is bad" comments, it's going to take the Jaws of Life to extract those words and put them back in their mouths. Again, not sayin' they might not want to take that position, just that it is not an issue where you flop words out and then think you can re-adjust as you go along like your position on EV automobiles or something. In other words a good part of the campaign is before the voters already. I would need an abacus to keep track of the number of congressional reps - both dem and pub- announcing that they are not running again. Not sure if that favors one side over the other but it increases the number of moving parts. And whatever the projections are now, they would have to be revised if Biden is replaced at the top of the ticket. Put Kamala at the top and that gonna hurt. Put someone better than Biden, well, that's a plus for dems. Not sure who that would be, even though the script says that everyone would love Newsom. Dem's don't know though. There is California, then there is the rest of the country. On the other hand, that hotly contested senate race in Calif will turn out the dems which will hurt the handful of republican congressional reps there. Not sayin it would be major but the dems might pick up a couple in Cali. I think they have 10 or 12 or 15 or something.
There is a lot to get through but some redistricting has shifted the natural leanings of the House make up to favor the democrats. Making it more inline with the actual makeup of the country. And believe it or not, people being fairly represented could go a long ways to settling the angst in the country. As to foot in mouth syndrome of the congressional races it’s kind of par for the course but can certainly make a difference in the senate. I don’t know if the Israel stuff will infiltrate the Dems as much as the Roe stuff put republicans on their heels.
Oh I dunno. How bout YOY Percentage increase of average cardholder balance? C'mon man. Just take the larger point. The consumer economy is no longer living off of the great covid giveaway. Until the next one anyway.