Biden and Political Norms
null By James FreemanJan. 8, 2024 6:11 pm ETPresident Joe Biden boards Air Force One before departing Joint Base Charleston in South Carolina on Monday. Photo: mandel ngan/Agence France-Presse/Getty ImagesBy now news consumers are familiar with the strange phenomenon that much of the American left professes to care deeply about political “norms” even while displaying contempt for the actual rights enumerated in the first two amendments of the U.S. Constitution. This month brings more evidence that the pose is just as phony as it appears.During the Trump administration there was enough media shouting about this or that norm to fill an entire season of “Cheers.” Yet witness the placid reaction to allies of President Joe Biden attempting to complete the destruction of two political norms that were not convenient to his re-election. The Iowa caucuses have been the first nominating contest on the presidential calendar for half a century. New Hampshire has been the site of the nation’s fir
Jan. 8, 2024 6:11 pm ET
By now news consumers are familiar with the strange phenomenon that much of the American left professes to care deeply about political “norms” even while displaying contempt for the actual rights enumerated in the first two amendments of the U.S. Constitution. This month brings more evidence that the pose is just as phony as it appears.
During the Trump administration there was enough media shouting about this or that norm to fill an entire season of “Cheers.” Yet witness the placid reaction to allies of President Joe Biden attempting to complete the destruction of two political norms that were not convenient to his re-election. The Iowa caucuses have been the first nominating contest on the presidential calendar for half a century. New Hampshire has been the site of the nation’s first presidential primary for more than a century. Starting next Monday in Iowa, Team Biden intends to end these traditions for Democrats.
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About this article
James Freeman is assistant editor of The Wall Street Journal's editorial page and author of the weekday Best of the Web column. He is the co-author of "Borrowed Time: Two Centuries of Booms, Busts and Bailouts at Citi," recognized as a New York Times Editors' Choice and a Financial Times Business Book of the Month. He is a contributor to the Fox News Channel and a host of "Deep Dive" on Fox Nation. Before joining the Journal in September 2007, James served as investor advocate at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, where he encouraged the transformation of financial reporting technology to benefit individual investors. He is a graduate of Yale.
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