President Biden's approval rating is sinking. Independent voters are against him. Republicans are gaining on Democrats in the congressional generic ballot. GOP candidate Glenn Youngkin is within striking distance in the Virginia governor's race. There's even a dwindling chance that California's Democratic governor Gavin Newsom might be replaced by a conservative Republican in September's recall election. And Democrats are already worried about next year's midterms. "The '22 midterms are going to be tough," Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D., Mass.) told the Washington Post last week. "We've got the historical precedent of midterms for a first-term president provoking a backlash."
Right now, the backlash looks harsh. This first-term (one-term?) president hasn't exactly inspired confidence with his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, inflation, illegal immigration, crime, and withdrawal from Afghanistan. To the contrary: President Biden is remote, inept, out-of-touch, and out-of-step. He's on a downward political trajectory. His best chance of recovery is a break from the onslaught of bad news. He needs the media to shift topics.
And the state of Texas is ready to assist him.
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