View: The US midterms decide who gets blamed for the economy that’s coming
Semafor · Liz Hoffman ·
Whoever wins Congress inherits a stack of problems due to detonate over the next two years, just in time to crater 2028 ambitions, and few have obvious fixes.
Liz’s view
Today’s US midterm elections are a race to see who gets blamed for a host of economic problems coming down the pike. Democrats are favored to take the House, with control of the Senate still a toss-up.
Whoever wins Congress inherits a stack of problems due to detonate over the next two years — just in time to crater 2028 ambitions — and few have obvious fixes.