Dems’ Disdain for Rural Americans Is Their Real Midterms Problem
By Stephen Kruiser
Happy Thursday, dear Kruiser Morning Briefing friends. Synchronized swimming at the pigeon ranch was always better after a little moonshine.
While I have frequently cautioned against spending too much time thinking about the midterms, it’s been a subject that has been impossible to ignore, especially since Monday. The instinct most of us had when news of the Supreme Court leak hit on Monday night was to wonder what impact it might have on the midterms. Opinions on that have been all over the place. Just here in-house, Lincoln wrote that it could be a “miracle” for dispirited Democrats, while Athena wrote that it wouldn’t change things.
I went from thinking it would be a boon for the Democrats’ midterms prospects to convincing myself that they’d cry this tantrum out long before then.
Athena wrote yesterday that some Democratic analysts aren’t sure this particular issue will help them at all.
We’re back to looking at the real problems that the Democrats have facing them. Joe Biden is an albatross that none of them will be able to shake, of course. The economic woes he’s visited upon the country won’t be better in a matter of months. They’re busy convincing themselves that none of what’s wrong is their fault anyway.