The question is how long it takes for Democrats and the media finally to acknowledge that the problem isn’t a doddering president, or bad messaging, or mean interviewers, or third parties, or dumb voters.
The problem is bad policies—engineered by Mr. Biden and the progressive left, doubled-down on by Ms. Harris, rejected by voters. A mere 28% of Americans believe the country is on the right track. And surveys confirm what is making them unhappy: insane spending (inflation and the national debt), an open-border policy (immigration), a defund-the-police movement (crime), global disorder (national security), and radical cultural shifts (men in women’s sports).
It isn’t as if Democrats don’t know this agenda is the problem; they’ve spent years engineering ways around it. It’s why Mr. Biden barely campaigned in 2020, and only then on Covid and gauzy pledges to restore “unity.” It’s why they recast spending as “investment.” It explains the lawfare against Mr. Trump, an attempt to win an election by means other than issues. It’s behind the party’s single-minded focus on abortion and voting rights, designed to deflect attention from high prices, border chaos and crime and to scare Americans into voting against Republicans. It’s the reason Ms. Harris spent two months avoiding any discussion of her past positions or future plans.
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