He Should Stay: The Case for Keeping Biden

metroweekly.com:

not mean every left-leaning and independent voter should stay home. It means they should proudly cast their votes on principle, and accept — with some measure of hurt, but also grace — an electoral loss.If Biden is meant to lose, it’s likely that Democrats in general are on a similar path.

Most voters won’t make the nuanced distinction between the president and other members of his party, especially as ticket-splitting has become rarer in recent electoral cycles.

And Democrats have real liabilities beyond Biden at the top of the ticket.Beyond voters’ very real concerns about the direction of the economy, inflation, and wages not growing quickly enough to keep pace with rising prices, the Democratic Party has — and has had, for years –- a messaging problem.

Democrats are often derided for offering ten-point plans and speaking to voters as if they’re delivering a thesis for a master’s degree, rather than speaking in stark, tangible terms about how Republican governance would be bad for everyone’s personal lives.While Taraji P.