Mara Eliasson

We are seeing a deeply unhappy electorate.

Democrats have an advantage when people are asked that generic ballot question, who would you prefer to run Congress, Democrats or Republicans?

And if it was a decade ago, we'd be saying, whoa, it looks like there's a blue wave forming.

But the structural advantages that Republicans have make them more powerful in the midterms.

They have lots more money.

There's been a new round of court-sanctioned partisan redistricting.

And even before that mid-cycle redistricting, Republicans had a map with fewer competitive seats than in the past.

We also know from polling that even though voters are negative about Trump and the war and the ballroom and the economy...

They're also reluctant to vote for Democrats because the Democratic brand is so unpopular.

So that means in the end, Democrats in competitive districts have to find ways to separate themselves from their party.

Republicans in these districts have to find a way to separate themselves from Trump.

And we know that some Republicans in Congress are balking for the first time at voting for some of Trump's unpopular policies.

The Strait is really important.

About one-fifth of the world's oil passes through it.

Iran does have a stranglehold on global markets now.

So even if Donald Trump is now trying to argue that the $4 a gallon of gas doesn't affect us, it actually does because oil prices are set globally.

Yes, I think even by Trump's standards of nativism and xenophobia, these attacks were pretty harsh.

You know, Congresswoman Ilhan Omar has been one of Trump's favorite targets for quite some time.

He belittled her on social media recently, saying she's, quote, always wrapped in her swaddling hijab.

He's told her to go back where she came from, even though she's an American citizen.