Mark Shields made the point on the Shields and Brooks segment of The News Hour Friday that in 1980 incumbent Jimmy Carter debated challenger Ronald Reagan. The country was afraid of Reagan, afraid that he was too extreme. But Reagan did just fine. And that gave the country the permission to vote against what they saw as a failed president.
I think the same thing happened in the first debate between Trump and Biden. I think people were afraid that Biden was too old and had senility problems. But Biden did just fine. And that gave the country permission To vote against the man they see as a failed president.
Prior to the debate Biden had a 7.5% lead in the presidential polls. He now has a 10.2% lead.
Perhaps the race is over. And so too is America’s nightmare.
VOTE.
