Elections

Joe Biden Is Smart to Get the Hell Out of the Way

#SLATEPITCH

Everybody wants him out there having press conferences every day. Being the shadow president. Relax. Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

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For weeks now, I’ve been worried about Joe Biden. Yes, the deadly coronavirus presents serious political problems for Donald Trump (despite his current glowing approval ratings, this crisis undermines the one thing he had going for him: a good economy), but consider how quickly the pandemic killed the Joe-mentum. 

It wasn’t...

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