Joe Biden The Good

In 2024, the Future of American Democracy Rests on Joe Biden's Reelection

By Reed Galen

As I write this, we’re 411 days away from the November 2024 election. President Joe Biden will be the Democratic nominee next year. PO1135809 aka Donald J. Trump will be the Republican nominee. Could things change? Sure. And I could wake up tomorrow with a full head of hair; possible, but unlikely. For Democrats, America, and the world, Biden is the only choice, and the best.

The Acela Corridor set (political, financial, media elites) is committing the double sin of denying that a 2020 rematch is in the offing while returning Trump to the mainstream while (publicly) complaining they don’t want President Biden to run again.

The level of magical thinking these folks engage in on the regular would make Joan Didion blush. Reality is smacking them in the face and in response they rock gently in the corner hoping the whole thing will just work itself out.

That’s not how any of this works.

Biden is the only person to beat Trump straight up. He’s probably the only who can again. Let’s look at the Republican primary field for a moment. Few of them have the desire to take on Trump directly. Even fewer have the ability. Fighting the orange monster is not politics as usual. Even most Democrats don’t get it. If I had to guess, there are a lot of sneering, snickering senior Democratic consultants who still see Trump as an idiot, a dolt, a man who can be beaten on policy.

In the immortal words of Charlie Murphy: “Wrong. Wrong.”

You can’t beat Trump on policy, or anything otherwise considered normal in politics because he’s not a politician. He’s a walking lizard brain who only has two things on his mind: Maintaining his own freedom and exacting revenge on his enemies.

As I’ve said before, politicians play chess and Trump eats the pieces. Biden and his campaign understand what they’re up against, weren’t snared in 2020 and won’t be next year, either. Trump wants and needs the reaction to the nicknames, the BS, often fictitious attacks (see post-partum abortion on Welker last week.)

Biden isn’t immune to all of it, but he is far less susceptible than many because a) he’s been through it before and b) they’ve brought the fight to his doorstep, and staring down bullies is among his best traits. No, Biden isn’t going to be a porcine carnival barker. He won’t dance to YMCA or delight crowds with demented gibberish. He won’t go toe-to-toe with Trump in antics and insults.