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AMERICA IS STUCK WITH THE BIDEN-TRUMP REMATCH IT ABHORS — THIS TIME LET’S HAVE A
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After the results of Super Tuesday, Nikki Haley dropped out of the race as the
2024 election is a 2020 rematch of Donald Trump and Joe Biden. AFP via Getty
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Super Tuesday confirmed it: America is stuck with another Biden-Trump
presidential race, blech.
The Republican base rallied around former President Donald Trump as GOP elites
held their noses; Democratic elites rallied around current President Joe Biden
as the Dem base held its nose.
Now we face a contest likely to be decided by the “double haters” who can’t
stand either guy.
Joy.
We see one silver lining: At least the 2020 rerun won’t happen in a weird world
where everyone is locked in their homes and one candidate spends the whole
campaign in his basement.
Maybe we can even have some debate about the actual issues.
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One clear advantage to this rematch is that now both guys have been president;
they’ve shown where they really stand when the rubber hits the road.
That is, they can discuss the issues and point to what they’ve done — and to the
results.
Polls show the voters are concerned over immigration and the border, plus the
economy and the cost of living; foreign policy plainly belongs in the mix, as do
cultural questions like far-left wokeness and (inevitably) abortion.
Americans should focus on which candidate fares better on those.
Yes, Biden (and some actual voters) also want the “war on democracy” debated.
Indeed, the prez is apparently going to use Thursday’s State of the Union to put
it center-stage, asking: “Which side are you on?”
We doubt this will go far: Any American determined to vote against Trump over
the Capitol riot and his election denialism is already reflected in the polls
that show Biden slightly behind.
Unless Trump is foolish enough to drone on yet again about “stolen election”
claims, and/or indulge in martyr rhetoric about his legal travails, that debate
won’t move the dial.
Plus, he can point to multiple Biden actions that threaten our constitutional
order — from the student-loan giveaways (the prez even brags about how he kept
it up despite a Supreme Court slapdown) to all the ways he’s ordered
non-enforcement of US immigration law.
Sadly, Biden will also use “the war on democracy” as an excuse not to debate
Trump one-on-one — even though ducking seems pretty not-democratic.
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But the core facts remain: Two-thirds of the country thinks we’re on the wrong
track, less than a quarter that things are going in the right direction; Biden’s
job-rating is underwater (39% approve, 57% disapprove) and has dropped steadily
ever since his Afghanistan bugout proved a disaster.
Aside from hoping for better economic news, the prez should be making the case
for why his policies will produce better results, while Trump explains what
he’ll do to end the pain.
The immigration/border debate should be pretty straightforward, and good luck to
Biden if he sticks to his “It’s Republicans’ fault because they won’t pass that
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Fact is, voters think Trump did better on the border and the economy: If Biden
can’t produce results on either front, hiding in the White House (instead of his
basement) won’t help.
Which brings us to Joe’s other reported hope for dodging the issues: offering
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into trouble.
We see the logic of the tactic, but not the logic of telegraphing it: The
advance notice gives Trump’s advisers a big argument for pushing him to stick to
the issues he’s winning on.
It’s eight long months to Election Day; that’s plenty of time for the campaigns
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The nation is stuck with a rematch; it should insist on one that centers on the
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