Russia-Ukraine outcome presents little upside for Biden, but 'downside' possible: Strategists
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Political strategists on both sides of the aisle minimized the effect that the Russia-Ukraine crisis could have on the 2022 midterm elections, with the caveat that a Russian invasion could be seen as another foreign policy failure for President Biden.
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"It would be a good thing for him and a good thing for the country, but it’s not going to flip the fundamentals," Fox News contributor Karl Rove explained to Fox News Digital. "The fundamentals are so bad that the effect is not going to flip this thing. People are making a broader and bigger judgment about him."
"I just don’t see this as a thing that will save him," he added.