Here’s a generous slice of today’s headlines on Real Clear Politics:
Biden Reaches Deal to Restart Trump’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ Policy
Announces New Covid Travel Restrictions, Extends Mask Mandate
White House Blames Pandemic and Guns for Increased Crime
House Passes Bill to Fund Government, Sends It to Senate
Supreme Court Signals Support for Upholding MS Abortion Law
Majority Blues: House Democrats Not Done Limping Toward the Exit
Trans Swimmer Sparks Outrage After Smashing Women’s Records
GOP Reps Propose Requiring History of Communism in High Schools
Black Lives Matter: Don’t Buy from White Businesses This Christmas
Dem Pollster: We Have a Problem
To Win, Beto Needs Latino Voters, But They’re Moving Away from Dems
Smollett Trial: Witness Says Actor Staged Attack, Wanted to Be ‘Fake Beat Up’
Finally, the Supreme Court Gets Out of Dodge
It Sure Sounds Like Roe v. Wade Is Doomed
Fewer Than Half Say Covid Is Most Urgent Health Problem
The War on Meritocracy
If you work your way through the list there is no good news for Biden and the Dems. Everything is either things going our way or it’s things that Biden or some other Lefty is doing that are driving the public to despise them. It’s not a good idea to underestimate the Republicans’ talent for screwing up a good thing but it seems that since August Biden has seemed like that guy in the cartoon surrounded by rakes, that he keeps stepping on, and that keep hitting him in the face. Well, good! After 2020 we’re certainly overdue for some good news. The question that has to be asked is, do we expect this to continue?
I think the answer is yes. Regardless of the pat answers that the Left has been handing out, the supply chain problems and inflation don’t just disappear because we don’t find them convenient. Dementia Joe can beg the Saudis all he likes to drop the cost of oil but that’s not how it works. The economic pain that he is causing almost everyone is not going away and his COVID policies continue to aggravate just about everyone, even a lot of his supporters.
The next question is how will this play out in the short, medium and long range? In the short and middle range, the administration’s attempt to railroad the reconciliation bill through the objections of Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin is failing miserably and this failure is panicking the Congressional Democrats who are coming up for reelection in less than a year. In fact, it’s now a foregone conclusion that the Democrats will lose the House of Representatives in 2022. And it’s beginning to look like there may be a wave election that sweeps large numbers of both Democrat representatives and senators out of office. If this happens then the Biden administration is essentially dead in the water. Without the Senate it’s a cinch that no more judges in any of the federal courts will be approved and it’s also a certainty that no controversial legislation will occur.
In the long term it looks like the Biden presidency will be something worse than the Carter presidency. A number of people are beginning to think that Biden will not serve out his full term. In fact, some pundits think the Democrats are looking to get rid of both Biden and Harris. And if the House is going to be lost in November, then it becomes important to swap out vice presidents before then because the House is in charge of approving vice-presidential appointments. All kinds of horror stories have been whispered about Hillary or Michelle Obama being installed as vice president in time to allow a transition when Dementia Joe resigns. The desperation that would warrant these kinds of bizarre strategies is wonderful to contemplate. The reality of just how total a train wreck the Biden presidency has become is something to behold. Federal judges are putting holds on each of his vaccine mandates and look almost certain to declare them unconstitutional. If and when the federal COVID overreach is ended by the courts Joe will probably declare victory over COVID and do some kind of victory lap. But the anger he has already fostered will not be going away. The way things are going we are looking at a long slow burn for the American public waiting to get rid of the monstrosity that they had foisted on them in January.
Now what could go wrong with this analysis? Obviously, the Stupid Party could come to the rescue of the Evil Party by virtue of their stupid. Guys like Mitch McConnell live with their heads completely enclosed in their butts. Another strategy that could be used to distract the public from Joe’s failures is a convenient war. And finally, there is the chance that against all odds everything starts turning around for Joe just when he needs it to. Manchin could finally take the bribe and inflation could magically disappear and Biden’s brain could be found and reinstalled.
But I’ll have to say I’ve become quite bullish for the chances that the Biden presidency is a dead duck. Call me a crazy optimist but that’s what I think.