"Last week, Donald Trump was arrested and arraigned for being part of a criminal organization that tried to illegally overturn the 2020 election. His mug shot was released and quickly went viral. Trump fumbled the COVID pandemic that cost hundreds of thousands of American lives and even more jobs; and he is personally responsible for overturning Roe v. Wade.
"On the other side, President Joe Biden conducted his presidency with decency and compassion, exceeding even the most optimistic expectations of what could be achieved with a Republican Party that won’t acknowledge the legitimacy of his electoral victory. Unemployment is under 4%, the economy is growing and inflation has been coming down for months.
"Yet somehow — against all common sense — the 2024 election between a competent President and an incompetent criminal — will be incredibly close..." -- Dan Pfeiffer, in his newsletter Message Box, on why the 2024 race appears so tight right now, more than 14 months until Election Day (and what President Biden and Democrats need to do to win). We're not so certain it will be incredibly close come November 2024, but there are so many intangibles that could affect the race that the best thing we can do now is to work like hell to make sure American democracy doesn't die.
