Ben Domenech on Iran: The Impact on Gas Prices Was ‘Very Predictable,’ a Risk That the President Had to Consider

RUSH EXCERPT:
DOMENECH: "Well, I think that we can certainly compliment the effective use of American military might in terms of the impact that it’s had on the Iranian regime. Ultimately I think history will actually judge, this being something that was very positive, and that was a real step toward setting them back in a significant way. But the impact that it had on gas prices is something that I think was very predictable from the beginning and a risk that in the president had to consider. They’ve now removed the mines from the Strait of Hormuz, according to this latest announcement. They were, what they discovered was actually many of them were not effective in terms of their deployment, and I think that this is very important going forward through to the midterms. The Republican Party understands that it needs a reset. They’re on their back foot because of the history involved when it comes to midterm elections but they also are on their back foot because quite frankly their best campaigner, Donald Trump, is not the person who is leadling the charge at this point. He said he’s going to start spending money and campaigning across the country. I think that makes a big difference in terms of boosting Republican turnout. They need to have a story to tell going into this run toward the last days of this election."