Above all, do not change anything and wait for the reforms to bear fruit. Serene, sometimes teasing, Joe Biden did not wait to know the final composition of the House of Representatives and the Senate to draw the conclusions of the mid-term elections. During a press conference at the White House, Wednesday, November 9, the President of the United States rejoiced in the obvious: the law of gravity, in American politics, wanting this ballot to punish the party at the power was challenged.
“While the press and pundits predicted a giant ‘red wave’ [de la couleur de l’opposition républicaine]This does not happen “, said Joe Biden. Democrats hope to retain control of the Senate. A possible Republican majority in the House would be weak. In this unforeseen context, the president confirmed his intention to run for the next presidential election in two years, specifying that he would make the final decision. ” with family “ and would announce it in early 2023.
The American president has also set the parameters for a possible cohabitation with a Republican Chamber. He said he was available for bipartisan work, hoping for the continuation of massive aid to Ukraine. But he warned that he would not accept the scuttling of his own reforms, for example on the price of medicines or the climate. Joe Biden has repeatedly stressed that he understands the frustration of Americans in economic matters, in reference to the cost of living. But he said he was confident that citizens would see the concrete effect of his reforms, in their daily lives, from the first quarter of 2023.
The White House had several reasons for satisfaction, in view of the results: a strong Democratic mobilization, no hemorrhage among the independents, Trumpist candidates often in great difficulty, a very gloomy Republican Party, questioning its orientation. ‘Never underestimate how underrated the Biden team is’, had fun on Wednesday morning Ronald Klain, the head of the presidential administration, on Twitter. The latter has watched day after day on the price of gasoline at the pump, since this summer, knowing to what extent its fall conditions an honorable performance in the mid-term elections.
In addition, the strategy of presenting the election as an existential issue for American democracy has largely borne fruit, if we exclude Florida. However, Joe Biden’s entourage is not fooled by the nature of Tuesday’s ballot. Exit polls indicate that the excellent Democratic resistance is not the expression of a membership vote. Nor did the 81 million votes in favor of Joe Biden, in the presidential election, testify to a major enthusiasm for his candidacy. The popularity of the president remains at an average level of 42%. A massive pessimism dominates about the economic future of the country, due to inflation.
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