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Biden Did the Damn Thing.
In Trump’s dethronement, there are no style points.
Four years ago, Donald Trump lost by almost three million votes. Today, it appears as if Trump lost by around five million votes.
In between, he was impeached.
Soon-to-be former President Trump will join an exclusive list of one term presidents: Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, and George H.W. Bush over the last eighty eight years. Ford never won an election, as he was only appointed, so incumbency may not have benefited him in the traditional manner. The elder Bush faced an uphill battle for reelection, as a successful campaign would have required a fourth consecutive Republican term. Also, Ross Perot.
Really, Trump just joins Carter. (Interestingly, Trump once mocked Carter for being a one term president.)
I was mildly surprised to see Democrats disheartened by the election results. Some wanted a full, clear, and decisive repudiation of Trumpism up and down the ballot. But in a highly polarized, near evenly split country, is such a landslide realistically possible? It is worth noting that, had the election been called the first night, the victory would have tasted sweeter for Democrats. And the only reason it wasn’t called sooner is because of a disproportionately high level of mail-in ballots due to a raging…
