I can see the argument for this view. But to me, it strikes me as being both too pessimistic and too clever by half.
The Bulwark crew is taking the route of not thinking too hard about this. Specifically, they're not thinking too hard about how nervous they are about Biden's age, or how close the Electoral College was last time, or what t…
I can see the argument for this view. But to me, it strikes me as being both too pessimistic and too clever by half.
The Bulwark crew is taking the route of not thinking too hard about this. Specifically, they're not thinking too hard about how nervous they are about Biden's age, or how close the Electoral College was last time, or what the models/data/numbers are telling them about the chances of a party winning when it's populated with leaders they simply don't like, respect, or trust as human beings, whether on "conservative" principles or any kind of principles at all.
The article with the most views on the entire Bulwark website last year was titled "The West is Winning, Russia is Losing, and Biden is Doing a Good Job". Which sums it all up, both on principle and politics.
Basically, they're thinking that Biden's the sitting president of the United States, they think he's done a better job than anyone else would have done preserving American leadership in the 2020's so far, and domestic policy differences aside, they've come to like and respect him as a global defender of democracy. They think numbers and party loyalty aside, for their intepretation of conservative principles, supporting Biden would be the smart thing to do because it's (in their mind) the right thing to do.
Beyond that, they're making a tacit assumption that Americans dedicated to stopping Trump are doing so for reasons beyond just getting rid of one man, and that treating it as simply that would be a grave political error, not just a moral one. Taking down Trumpist poison, not just Donald himself, is their main task. If that makes sense.
I can see the argument for this view. But to me, it strikes me as being both too pessimistic and too clever by half.
The Bulwark crew is taking the route of not thinking too hard about this. Specifically, they're not thinking too hard about how nervous they are about Biden's age, or how close the Electoral College was last time, or what the models/data/numbers are telling them about the chances of a party winning when it's populated with leaders they simply don't like, respect, or trust as human beings, whether on "conservative" principles or any kind of principles at all.
The article with the most views on the entire Bulwark website last year was titled "The West is Winning, Russia is Losing, and Biden is Doing a Good Job". Which sums it all up, both on principle and politics.
Basically, they're thinking that Biden's the sitting president of the United States, they think he's done a better job than anyone else would have done preserving American leadership in the 2020's so far, and domestic policy differences aside, they've come to like and respect him as a global defender of democracy. They think numbers and party loyalty aside, for their intepretation of conservative principles, supporting Biden would be the smart thing to do because it's (in their mind) the right thing to do.
Beyond that, they're making a tacit assumption that Americans dedicated to stopping Trump are doing so for reasons beyond just getting rid of one man, and that treating it as simply that would be a grave political error, not just a moral one. Taking down Trumpist poison, not just Donald himself, is their main task. If that makes sense.