Who Lost Ukraine?

The Blame Game Begins.

The current fracas over Biden’s demand for further aid to Ukraine versus Republican demands for more repressive anti-immigrant measures will almost certainly conclude in the next few days with a deal in which both sides get what they want. The deal cannot be legislatively consummated until January, when the House returns, which will give progressive elements aghast at the crackdown on asylum-seekers time to mobilize. But, as one seasoned Capitol Hill observer of such affrays commented to me: “That Schumer and Biden will probably settle for that delay shows their utter contempt for progressive influence.  Were they concerned, they would finagle with Speaker Johnson to call the House back into session.”

More importantly, the debate foreshadows what is likely to be a major theme in U.S. election year politics: Who Lost Ukraine?