There’s a Bomb Under the Table

Pamela Paul: “Trump’s first term will look benign compared with what we can expect from a second. ‘The gloves are off,’ Trump has declared.”

“Still, the Democrats act as if everything is normal. They talk about why to support Joe Biden’s campaign for re-election: He has done a pretty good job, they say. He led the country out of the pandemic and avoided a deep recession. He beat all other primary candidates last time. And he beat Trump before. We should go with a proven contender.”

“But even if Biden has done a pretty good job as president, most Americans don’t see that. His approval ratings have just hit a new low. Biden may want another term, but the obvious if unchivalrous response is, ‘So what?’ Not every person, whether young or elderly, wants what is in his own best interest, let alone in the interest of a nation. Democrats can’t afford to take a version of the ‘It’s Bob Dole’s turn’ approach this time around.”