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It’s not like this was a secret or something you couldn’t have figured out for yourself, still it’s sort of revealing when Democrats say the quiet part out loud. I’m talking specifically about a new Thomas Edsall column in the NY Times titled « ‘This Could Well Be Game Over.' » The game in this case is the 2024 election and the over refers to Joe Biden’s chances of winning it if Donald Trump isn’t convicted of a serious crime prior to November.
“Early on, I called the federal election subversion case potentially the most important case in this nation’s history,” Richard L. Hasen, a law professor at U.C.L.A., wrote on his Election Law Blog. “And now it may not happen because of timing, timing that is completely in the Supreme Court’s control. This could well be game over.”
Whether or not the trials are held before the election is crucial to the outcome, for at least two reasons.
First, a surprisingly large segment of the electorate has either no idea or slight knowledge of the charges against Trump. Increased knowledge of these charges can only work to Biden’s advantage.
Second, a key element of the Biden campaign’s strategy is to mobilize what political strategists are calling the “anti-MAGA majority.” Many anti-MAGA voters cannot be relied upon to turn out unless the threat of a Trump-MAGA victory is put squarely before them — something the trials would help accomplish.
We’ll return to those two reasons mentioned above in a moment but first Edsall runs through a bunch of what looks like really bad news for Biden.
