The Democrats are smart only in the aspect that they realize most people have poor memories. They distract when they need to, and pivot away from disturbances, so that by the elections in November, whatever was said or done in January, February, and March will be long forgotten by most of their constituents.
I agree with that to a point. But when gas is high, oil is high, meat prices and prices for other goods are rising like crazy, they won’t be able to fix that by November. And, they can’t pump up SNAP and EBT fast enough to keep pace, IMO. They’re in real trouble - will lose both the House and Senate.