"We're in a battle for the soul of America," says Joe Biden. Often. Because of the chaotic Presidency of lying, cheating, crooked, corrupt, dishonest, racist, bigoted, self-serving Donald Trump, who is enabled by the Congressional Republicans who have sold their souls to him, the soul of America is facing its greatest threat and greatest danger since the Civil War. Three hundred seventeen days till Election Day.
Opinion: How Trump has given Biden a major campaign boost
Julian Zelizer, CNN, Dec 21 2019 3:00 PM
After three years of his chaotic presidency, President Donald Trump has made nostalgia a big, bold idea among Democrats. This is one of the secrets to former Vice President Joe Biden's ongoing success in the polls. The President, with the full support of his party in Congress, has pushed politics so far off-kilter that Americans are desperately yearning for normalcy in the Oval Office. Trump has blown up an already volatile political atmosphere with the way he governs. His vitriolic tweets, his aggressive use and abuse of presidential power, his punitive policies, his smashmouth attacks on opponents and his total disregard for the conventions and norms of Washington have created a toxic atmosphere where everything feels upended.
To many Democrats, the nation is in a true state of crisis. Democrats are desperate for stability and Biden's promises seem attractive, even as his opponents – many of them fresh faces – run stronger campaigns and offer bolder ideas. It might just be that politics has become so dysfunctional under Republican rule that Biden's call for a return to normalcy will be enough to carve a path to the White House in November.
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