A MAN FOR THIS SEASON

During my lifetime, I have had 10 presidents, but Joe Biden has been the best of the bunch.

 

Biden came into office after the U.S's first authoritarian, openly racist president. That man presided over a shambolic pandemic response as thousands of Americans died for no reason, left an economy in tatters, and almost brought democracy to extinction.

In the past two years, he has righted the ship. COVID is now a manageable, endemic illness. The economy is starting to recover, and unemployment remains at an all time low. In the 2022 midterms, the Democrats bucked historical trends and gained a Senate seat and only have a five seat deficit in the House. The House, in particular, seems like a chamber we might be able to flip back in 2024. Fear of democracy's end at the hands of the Trumpists apparently was more alarming to the average voter - and certainly to independents - than rising inflation!

We will see if Joe decides to run again, but in so many ways he has been a man for this season with America at a crossroads about who it wants to be and where it is going. Steady, in this case, has won the race so far!