Playbook: “We wouldn’t call it a blue wave, as Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar did today, but it’s the most impressive midterm showing for an incumbent president since 2002, when George W. Bush was in the White House and Republicans gained eight House seats and two Senate seats. But Bush did that with a nearly 70% approval rating as the country continued to rally around him after 9/11.”
“President Biden’s approval rating on Tuesday averaged 41%, per FiveThirtyEight. And 72% of Americans said the country was headed in the wrong direction.”
“Voters looked at the alternative to Bidenism — and they chose to stick with the president and his party.”