Nobody Said Getting Biden Re-Nominated Would Be Pretty
null By James FreemanDec. 1, 2023 4:16 pm ETPresident Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden participate in the National Christmas Tree Lighting on the White House Ellipse in Washington on Thursday. Photo: Yuri Gripas - Pool via CNP/Zuma PressJoe Biden has come full circle in presidential politics. A full 36 years ago, then-Senator Biden was forced to quit his first presidential race when voters realized he would say just about anything to get elected—including fabricating and plagiarizing compelling stories about his background. (Back then such behavior was not punished by expulsion from Congress.) Now in his last race for the White House, Mr. Biden and his allies seem willing to do just about anything to prevent competition for the Democratic nomination. The latest game of hard ball is occurring in the home state of Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, and that’s probably not a coincidence. Regular readers know that Joe Biden has been avoiding debates with rivals. Readers are also familiar
Dec. 1, 2023 4:16 pm ET
Joe Biden has come full circle in presidential politics. A full 36 years ago, then-Senator Biden was forced to quit his first presidential race when voters realized he would say just about anything to get elected—including fabricating and plagiarizing compelling stories about his background. (Back then such behavior was not punished by expulsion from Congress.) Now in his last race for the White House, Mr. Biden and his allies seem willing to do just about anything to prevent competition for the Democratic nomination. The latest game of hard ball is occurring in the home state of Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, and that’s probably not a coincidence.
Regular readers know that Joe Biden has been avoiding debates with rivals. Readers are also familiar with the White House power play to move Biden-friendly South Carolina to the top of the Democratic primary calendar while demoting New Hampshire, where Mr. Biden ran poorly in the 2020 primary.
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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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