

It’s true that Democrats could, if they wanted to, pivot and act on that concern now by using a primary to reverse this prior decision. He Should Not Run Again, ” in which she takes 850 words to reiterate a point she’s already made : Joe Biden is really, really old. And this week, we got a classic of the genre in the form of a Michelle Goldberg piece titled, “ Biden’s a Great President. But the world of hot takes and hypotheticals beckons. For those hoping for a similar spectacle on the Democratic side, however, reality provides precious little grist. Still, let’s face it, this was inevitable: The Republicans are going to have a long and pyrotechnic skirmish to decide their presidential nominee. Then Donald Trump accused Ron DeSantis of being a pedophile. Nikki Haley announced her intention to run for president. Did The New Republic’s Walter Shapiro just jinx the entire country? It seems as if I was just savoring the afterglow of his recent piece extolling the relative quietude of the pre-presidential primary season when all of a sudden, everything popped off.
