By John Ubaldi, “Ubaldi Reports”

Pundits and political analysts alike predicted a Republican red wave, unfortunately all we got was a ripple, with Democrats claiming the voters embraced their policies, but this is only a “pyrrhic victory” for Democrats and President Biden.

This midterm election was not an embrace of Democratic policies but merely a reflection against candidates supported by former President Donald Trump.  Unfortunately, the midterm election on Tuesday was a pyrrhic victory” for Democrats and President Biden, but the core issues Americans care about weren’t addressed.

The Democrats won a bloody election, focusing primarily on abortion and painting the Republicans as a threat to democracy, but never addressing and even dismissing out right issues Americans care about. Right now 75% of the country believes the country is headed in the wrong direction; this poll was taken right after the election.

Hardly a ringing endorsement of Democrats and President Biden!

The day after the midterm elections President Biden spoke at one of his rare news conferences and was asked would he change anything moving forward, he flatly denied he needs to change direction.

Biden even stated that he rarely has spoken to Republican House Minority leader Kevin McCarthy, it is apparent the president and Democrats are miss reading the election results and will continue to double down on policies that are continuing the pain Americans are dealing with.

Missing from the enthusiasm being portrayed by Biden and Democrats is that the U.S. economy is facing headwinds in the weeks heading into the holidays.  The first issue facing the administration is the looming national rail strike which the cooling off period ends on Saturday.

In September Biden took a victory lap when he brokered an agreement that was to be ratified by the rail unions unfortunately, various rail unions rejected the agreement and only agreed to the cooling off period that lasts until the 19th of November. The unions who rejected the agreement could extend the cooling or they could just strike and the other rail unions would honor their fellow co-workers.

This would in fact cripple inter-state commerce across the country which would be hard pressed to deal with since long haul delivery drivers wouldn’t be able to pick up the slack as they are facing shortage of drivers, erroneous governmental regulations, continued bottleneck at the nation’s ports, but the main obstacle is the continued shortage of diesel fuel.

The Energy Information Administration has reported that the U.S. has only about 25-supply of diesel, but believes the country will not run out as this figure doesn’t account for ongoing diesel production.

If the rail unions decide to strike it would cripple the U.S. economy, especially at the beginning of the holiday season, and long haul trailers would be unable to make up the difference.  The shortage of diesel would be a major contributing factor.

In fact commercial freight railroads account for roughly 40% of U.S. long-distance freight volume (measured by ton-miles) — more than any other mode of transportation.

All year the Democrats and especially Biden along with a partisan media have relentlessly articulated to the nation that we are not in a recession nor is inflation as bad as it is. This despite four out of five Americans believing that the economy is indeed in recession, and they are feeling the impact of inflation that is at a forty year high.

If this isn’t bad enough Americans are furious about rising gas prices, but the president still blames the energy companies for price gouging when Democrats who control all levers of power in Washington have used every federal agency with oversite over the fossil fuel industry have found no evidence! If they did they would have reported it by now, but they haven’t found anything nor has a complicit media ever asked the president about this.

Even days before the midterm the president campaigned on ending all permitting by the energy sector, why would the fossil fuel industry increase production when they are faced with burdensome regulations, with Democrats demanding financial institutions refuse them capital, and the government signaling we want to bankrupt the industry and shut them down?

The president continues to beg authoritative country such as Saudi Arabia, the Gulf States, and Venezuela to increase energy production instead of increasing these jobs here in America.

In the months ahead the situation will only get worse with Oil.com reporting that gas prices will spike during the winter fueled by production cuts from the various world energy producers.

So far Biden’s response is to drain the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, which is at its lowest levels since 1984. What will be Biden’s response come next summer, when he will fewer options?

The other main issue on voter’s minds is public safety, and Democrats were elected in every state facing a severe spike in crime, how Biden and these Democratic governors will react. All support no-cash-bail, soft on crime policies, and defund/disinvest in law enforcement, how will they respond to continued lawlessness in Americas urban core.

The Democrats may have weathered the “red wave,” but the problems still persist in the economy, and in public safety. You may have won but it’s a “pyric victory.”

2023 may be a painful year for America!