May 23, 2022: Bidens midterm window is closing

Published: May 23, 2022, 10:05 a.m.

A president\u2019s first midterm election is both an enormous story and completely anticlimactic. It\u2019s major news because there will likely be a dramatic shift away from the president\u2019s party. It\u2019s anticlimactic because it\u2019s one of the most predictable events in American politics.\nBut history is not on Biden\u2019s side. In fact, voters may have already made up their minds.\xa0\nThat, at least, is the argument from Doug Sosnik in his latest memo that we are happy to share first with the Playbook audience. You can read the full memo here\nSubscribe to the POLITICO Playbook newsletter\nRaghu Manavalan is the Host of POLITICO's Playbook.Jenny Ament is the Executive Producer of POLITICO Audio.