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Down more than 3 points from last Summer
Powell misplayed this from the start, but I want to take a moment to appreciate how remarkable the Dems mid terms were last fall. In the midst of severe inflation, the party in power was not punished because the party out of power is so crazy that people were able to ignore inflation.