Biden’s four years have been marked by a cynicism unusual even in the hard-scrabble world of politics.
President Joe Biden formally announced his re-election bid this week. The nation reacted with a collective yawn.
Biden’s four years have been marked by a cynicism unusual even in the hard-scrabble world of politics. He campaigned as a moderate Democrat, but he has governed as an acolyte of socialist Bernie Sanders. He ran four years ago as a healer who would unify a divided nation. Yet he has delivered entire speeches dedicated to demonizing his political opponents.
Not since Jimmy Carter in 1980 has an incumbent president had such a dismal record on which to campaign.
Inflation reached a 40-year high on Biden’s watch, imposing a punishing tax on the poor and middle class. It remains well in excess of recent norms. The White House economics team spent months dismissing the possibility of persistent rising prices despite being warned that massive spending bills could overheat the economy.
