Trump is blowing everything for the GOP.
Now do Congressional approval:
86% disapproval lol
https://news.gallup.com/poll/1600/congress-public.aspx
Ultimately, Trump and the Trump-led MAGA movement will be seen as a disaster for the GOP. It will be seen as an embarrassing and destructive time in US history as well.Trump is blowing everything for the GOP.
Now do Congressional approval:
86% disapproval lol
https://news.gallup.com/poll/1600/congress-public.aspx
Trump needs to lose himself.
Ultimately, Trump and the Trump-led MAGA movement will be seen as a disaster for the GOP. It will be seen as an embarrassing and destructive time in US history as well.Trump is blowing everything for the GOP.
Now do Congressional approval:
86% disapproval lol
https://news.gallup.com/poll/1600/congress-public.aspx
The war in Iran will wrap up soon enough. Gas prices will drop and the economy should pick up. The GOP are favored to win the Senate and might make a run at the House if things break their way. As for 28, the economy should also set them up for a strong showing in 28. Not to mention the GOP has much betters candidates and policies than Democrats.
@aloha-hoosier I think it'll be seen as a bad presidency that still at least won and defeated Harris and Walz which would have been much worse. What's more I don't believe an old guard conservative could have done that.
Do you want to bet on any of those predictions? I really want Republicans to win in 2028, but not MAGA Republicans. Any candidate that I can vote for that says Trump won the 2020 election is out. Any candidate who says that is either a moron or thinks those that for vote for him/her is a moron. Either is a disqualifier.Ultimately, Trump and the Trump-led MAGA movement will be seen as a disaster for the GOP. It will be seen as an embarrassing and destructive time in US history as well.Trump is blowing everything for the GOP.
Now do Congressional approval:
86% disapproval lol
https://news.gallup.com/poll/1600/congress-public.aspx
The war in Iran will wrap up soon enough. Gas prices will drop and the economy should pick up. The GOP are favored to win the Senate and might make a run at the House if things break their way. As for 28, the economy should also set them up for a strong showing in 28. Not to mention the GOP has much betters candidates and policies than Democrats.
The war in Iran will wrap up soon enough. Gas prices will drop and the economy should pick up. The GOP are favored to win the Senate and might make a run at the House if things break their way. As for 28, the economy should also set them up for a strong showing in 28. Not to mention the GOP has much betters candidates and policies than Democrats.
Every semi-reputable source I am seeing is saying that gas prices will not drop until late in the year, and that is if the war ends tomorrow.
If you remember how Trump announced a bit ago that alot of those oil tankers that couldn't get through the strait were going to come here instead and fill up, and the free market crowd cheered. Well, those tankers are just now arriving. They are going to fill up here and travel back to wherever they would normally have gone after visiting the depots in the Persian gulf.
This means that we will be exporting our crude at a much higher level than usual. That's great for the oil companies, because they are selling our oil at the current higher rates, but that's bad news for us, because we have not increased our capacity to offset this additional export amount. We actually peaked at oil production 6 months ago and have been declining a bit since then (and from what I understand, the number of new wells is vastly on the decline).
The good news is, we have a massive amount of crude oil in storage and a decent amount of refined gasoline to the point where we have 30+ weeks of reserve. We will not have any gas shortages in this country.
The bad news is, we will have still exported a good chunk of our supply, which means that the prices are going to stay high. Remember, those oil tankers travel at 15mph and a round trip from here to Sri Lanka is 20,000 miles (two months travel time @ 15mph). The money does not change hands until after delivery (and sometimes a month or so after that). So those tankers that are just now getting here and are still on their way are going to be taking our oil until June / July and not paying out until August. It is likely that even if the war ends tomorrow, gas prices are going to remain at least as high as they are until the June / July period and may still go up a bit between now and then.
@aloha-hoosier I'd bet the GOP hangs onto the Senate in the fall at even money. I'd also bet the GOP wins the White House in 28, as well. Vance, Rubio, and DeSantis are all much better candidates than Harris or Newsom. Harris is dumb as sh#t and Newsom's been a terrible Governor. The Democrats best shot is AOC, but she doesn't seem to be the establishment's pick.
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The performance of the stock market is not going to matter in key races in 2026. Here's what matters:
"A majority of Americans say the area in which they live is either not very affordable or not affordable at all and many do not think the economy is working well for them. They also feel financial strain due to rising gas prices, and more than six in ten blame President Trump for that increase. In this midterm election year, Democratic congressional candidates maintain a healthy lead against Republicans on the generic congressional ballot question."
Trump has f*cked things up royally.
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@big-ryan yep stock market doesn’t touch the average joe. Daily costs do.
The war in Iran will wrap up soon enough. Gas prices will drop and the economy should pick up. The GOP are favored to win the Senate and might make a run at the House if things break their way. As for 28, the economy should also set them up for a strong showing in 28. Not to mention the GOP has much betters candidates and policies than Democrats.
Every semi-reputable source I am seeing is saying that gas prices will not drop until late in the year, and that is if the war ends tomorrow.
If you remember how Trump announced a bit ago that alot of those oil tankers that couldn't get through the strait were going to come here instead and fill up, and the free market crowd cheered. Well, those tankers are just now arriving. They are going to fill up here and travel back to wherever they would normally have gone after visiting the depots in the Persian gulf.
This means that we will be exporting our crude at a much higher level than usual. That's great for the oil companies, because they are selling our oil at the current higher rates, but that's bad news for us, because we have not increased our capacity to offset this additional export amount. We actually peaked at oil production 6 months ago and have been declining a bit since then (and from what I understand, the number of new wells is vastly on the decline).
The good news is, we have a massive amount of crude oil in storage and a decent amount of refined gasoline to the point where we have 30+ weeks of reserve. We will not have any gas shortages in this country.
The bad news is, we will have still exported a good chunk of our supply, which means that the prices are going to stay high. Remember, those oil tankers travel at 15mph and a round trip from here to Sri Lanka is 20,000 miles (two months travel time @ 15mph). The money does not change hands until after delivery (and sometimes a month or so after that). So those tankers that are just now getting here and are still on their way are going to be taking our oil until June / July and not paying out until August. It is likely that even if the war ends tomorrow, gas prices are going to remain at least as high as they are until the June / July period and may still go up a bit between now and then.
I'd stop reading those sources, unless they're claiming it won't drop back to prewar levels until the end of the year. That's a reasonable take. However, if the war ends tomorrow the price of gasoline will drop. The question is how much and how fast.
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The performance of the stock market is not going to matter in key races in 2026. Here's what matters:
"A majority of Americans say the area in which they live is either not very affordable or not affordable at all and many do not think the economy is working well for them. They also feel financial strain due to rising gas prices, and more than six in ten blame President Trump for that increase. In this midterm election year, Democratic congressional candidates maintain a healthy lead against Republicans on the generic congressional ballot question."
Trump has f*cked things up royally.
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The stock market matters and it also matters in key races. If the market was down 10-15% it wouldn't help him in November. Don't be silly.
@big-ryan yep stock market doesn’t touch the average joe. Daily costs do.
Vegetables, fruits, and meat are way up year over. At least you are consistent, some who were discussing that under Biden are now saying no one cares.
Credit card debt in December was up 5.5% year over. With gas and food up, that is probably even more now. People will be writing those checks in November
90 day overdue is way up, delinquencies are up. The numbers are second only to the great financial crisis, but there is no bank collapse causing it. I am skeptical continuing to blame Biden and Obama will work.
At least you are consistent
I'm one of only a handful of objective, unbiased posters on this board. the prior had many more. here not so much. the stock market doesn't mean much with politics imo. it's investors beliefs on future corp profits. says nothing of the current financial well being of small businesses, your average household. costs are killing people. tariffs are hurting small businesses. trump made us safer ending the soros' bs. otherwise he's been a nightmare this term.