HE’S FALLEN AND HE CAN’T GET UP, PART 2: BIDEN’S DARK CAMPAIGN. Yesterday’s newsletter, “Biden and the polls: He’s fallen and he can’t get up,” described the deep trouble President Joe Biden is in as he seeks a second term at age 81. Not only do voters of both parties believe he is too old to continue as president, but majorities disapprove of virtually everything he has done in the White House, from his handling of the economy to the border to crime to foreign affairs. Even on traditionally strong Democratic issues, such as healthcare and education, Biden’s job approval rating is startlingly low.
Fast forward 24 hours. On Wednesday morning, a number of news organizations reported that Biden will begin his 2024 campaign with two speeches. One will mark the anniversary of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot with an appearance at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. The other will take place at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, where a white gunman murdered nine black parishioners in 2015.
