Presidential campaigns are supposed to be about the future. They should be about which candidate’s vision connects most effectively with the aspirations of a majority of the people. Although rarely as inspiring as the civics books describe, the best of campaigns and the best of candidates offer something positive and forward-looking.Trump, the apostle of grievance and victimhood, promises the opposite.
Issues that have shaped previous campaigns still will be ever-present, starting with the economy. On that issue, the focus will be the success or lack of success of what has become known as Bidenonmics, President Biden’s policies that have invested trillions of dollars in various projects and enterprises, which have helped to fuel continuous job growth and low unemployment but that his critics say have caused the worst inflation in 40 years.
to the best of his ability the fact that two others — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Marianne Williamson — are challenging him for the Democratic nomination, although with little hope for anything but embarrassing the sitting president.