Biden’s Continuing Struggles

The election is six months away. Why does Biden still look like he’s flailing? Let me count the reasons….

U.S. President Joe Biden arrives for a ceremony with the United States Military Academy Army Black Knights football team in the East Room of the White House on May 6, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

My posts over the past month or so have been pretty far removed from the news cycle, and especially so from the presidential horserace.

I wrote a lot of newsier and election-focused pieces in February and March, and after those it seemed like time to take a bit of a break. Even now, the election is six long months away. We’re stuck in limbo at the moment, with the primary contest long settled and the conventions still 2+ months in the future.

Yet this is a Substack largely devoted to politics, so I don’t feel like I can ignore what’s going on for too many weeks at a time.

Unfortunately, little has happened over the intervening month or so to change my predominately bleak view of the race.

Where We Are With Six Months To Go