The upcoming mid-term elections will be an uphill battle for Republicans. As unappealing as Democrats are, the composite net negative for Republicans at Real Clear Politics this week is -17. Conventional wisdom states that the party that holds the White House usually loses the Congress in the midterms. Republicans surely loved that trend in the Obama years; now, it means major peril for the GOP. And right now, the biggest threat comes in an area where we usually torch Democrats: gas prices.

Simply put, current high prices at the pump are killing us. According to a recent CNN poll, more disapprove of President Trump (72 percent) on inflation than Biden or even Jimmy Carter at this time in their respective presidencies. Meanwhile, Trump’s disapproval on the price of gas (76 percent) is higher than Joe Biden's at any time in his presidency (72 percent).

Now, if people are being honest, they’ll see that finally dealing with the nightmarish Iranian government has to happen. In the long-term, the human race will be better off—and gas prices lower— if a universally despised regime can no longer hold the world hostage because of a 20-mile-long geographic fluke. But that doesn’t help voters who can’t see past........

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