In Dallas this September, the Republican Party gathered around a president whose war with Iran—launched in late February alongside Israel—has sent oil above $100 a barrel and left only one in four Americans convinced the conflict is justified. The midterm convention became less a celebration than a reckoning: how does a party built on economic promise ask its voters to absorb rising prices in service of a war whose purpose many cannot yet articulate? The answer, for now, is faith—faith in a leader who promises resolution will come swiftly, but only after November's votes are counted.