Victory in the Senate election in Georgia is no small consolation for the Democrats after losing the House of Representatives in the midterm elections.
Above all, he reduces the blackmail potential of lone fighters in his own ranks, which Joe Manchin from West Virginia used so virtuously in Biden's first two years.
However, with the changed majorities in Congress, things are becoming more difficult for the President on all issues involving money.
From a European perspective, it will be interesting to see how Republicans will use their newly won budget power to approve further aid to Ukraine.
The outcome of the election in Georgia once again clearly reminds the Grand Old Party of their Trump problem.
The southern state is actually Republican homeland.
The fact that Herschel Walker lost a whole series of candidates who were supported by the previous president here, as in other states, confirms an observation that was made in the presidential election two years ago: primaries are easier to win today with Trumpism than they are actual votes.
The fact that the Republicans tried to hide Trump during the election campaign describes their dilemma better than the relatively close result.
One way out in 2024 could be Ron DeSantis, the governor of Florida.
He is Georgia's other winner.