Protesting

IN THE SUMMER OF 1932 thousands of protesters took over Washington D.C., the great depression deepened, and President hoover, paralyzed with indecision, did nothing except call the World War One veterans demanding their pensions communists and traitors, and have them summarily evicted, just like a good pro business Republican. Franklin Roosevelt told his wife that he himself would win the presidential election whether or not he bothered to  campaign, and he was correct. Joe Biden appears to have something of the same attitude, perhaps unwisely. Notwithstanding his current lead in the polls, he'll need to do something to beat Trump. He'll need to clearly articulate a comprehensive agenda of foreign and domestic policy, progressive, yet respectful of the political center. He'll have plenty of good advice and assistance. Biden cannot be content to allow Trump to sink his own ship, effectively though the virus and the protesting seem to be doing that. The worse the pandemic becomes, the more the economy sinks. The more economically active the American people become, the worse the pandemic becomes, a perfect storm of vicious, tangled causal connections. Considering that Trump defeated Hillary Clinton only because of foreign election interference and the vicissitudes of the antiquainted electoral college, even while receiving three million fewer votes than she, Trump's ship is a hard one to sink. Biden can count on nothing fore certain, can take noting for granted. He can spare no effort or expense in his quest for the presidency. This, because his opposition consists of a formidable coalition of criminal elements, foreign and domestic, well funded, at the head of which is arguably the most insidious, criminal, ruthless political leader in American history.