Foreign policy is rarely decisive in the U.S. elections. Democratic matriarch Nancy Pelosi used to say that it is "the problems of the day-to-day" that tip the balance, the same reading that popularized one of Bill Clinton's advisors in the 1990s: "It's the economy, stupid!" But in these legislative elections, both issues are intimately linked. The war against Iran launched by Donald Trump at the end of February has triggered energy prices, whic…
Foreign policy is rarely decisive in the U.S. elections. Democratic matriarch Nancy Pelosi used to say that it is "the problems of the day-to-day" that tip the balance, the same reading that popularized one of Bill Clinton's advisors in the 1990s: "It's the economy, stupid!" But in these legislative elections, both issues are intimately linked. The war against Iran launched by Donald Trump at the end of February has triggered energy prices, whic…