President Joe Biden speaks to reporters at the White House on Nov. 9, 2022. Biden's efforts to preserve the expanded child tax credit ran into unified Republican opposition and the defection of a crucial Senate Democrat. (Doug Mills/The New York Times) (NYT)
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The Sensible, the Mad and the Missing
The 2024 presidential race is taking shape. It looks like a choice between the sensible, the mad and the missing. Joe Biden seems intent on running on his record, a sensible route for the incumbent. His major challenger, the inescapable Donald Trump, is replaying his madcap candidacy – his program a mixture of resentment, racism, bluster and victimization. What’s missing are the big challenges that America can’t avoid and can’t seem to face.
