First on the list for change is energy policy. When Biden entered office, gasoline prices were low. But now they are at a national average of more than four dollars per gallon, and far higher in some states and locales. Inflation is the number one issue driving the president’s numbers lower, yet the administration’s response has been to blame big business, accuse oil companies of profiteering, and to propose taxing the rich. Meanwhile, the president canceled the Keystone Pipeline, stopped issuing new federal oil and gas licenses, and made personnel appointments who are hostile to the energy industry. The president needs to re-balance his administration’s policy to broaden the horizon for new energy sources while fostering American energy independence.

Next on the list for a pivot is immigration. This portfolio was supposed to be handled by Vice President Kamala Harris, who promised to get to the root causes of immigration. She has neither gotten to those root causes nor reduced the size of the problem. In the latest Harris poll, the administration has 34 percent approval on the immigration issue—down from 56 percent approval early on. What was supposed to be a more humane policy has instead become an open border. The number of migrants pouring through the southern border now nears two million by the midterms. Voters in southern Texas have turned against Democrats. The broader public has always been consistent in support of increased legal immigration and to give DACA recipients and possibly others a path to citizenship, but they also want tough border enforcement.