Overwhelmed By Events

Playbook: “Nothing has broken through in the campaign besides his handling of the coronavirus. Not the trade deal he cut, not the regulations he has rolled back and not the tax legislation he squeezed through Congress, which turned out to be his only major legislative achievement. It’s basically been all about Covid-19.”

“The ultimate question is: Do voters believe that the situation truly is cosmic and out of his control, or is it at least partially of his making?”

“One-term presidents typically get overwhelmed by events. George H.W. Bush had a sagging economy. Jimmy Carter had the hostage crisis in Iran, a lackluster economy and the sense that the U.S. was out of control and on a bad track. Lyndon Baines Johnson had Vietnam. Will Trump join that group?”