A look back at 2020 in politics
The tragedy of 2020 is that it was about Trump. Had Schumer & Company really wanted Trump out, they would have followed the money straight from Putin through the Trump Super PAC to Senate campaign committees. Trump would have been pushed to resign, not tried by the Senate. Instead, it was hoped that embarrassing Trump would cause a Blue Wave. It did not. The Lincoln Project got Trump, but not the GOP as a whole.
A White House staff that was interested in governing rather than pleasing Trump and focussing on the CDC message may have looked more critically at the medical issues. The CDC ignored cold or "allergy" symptoms and now it is too late to stop the spread. Anyone vulnerable has been exposed and many more will die. As for shutdowns, Trump has no authority in that area. States with no virus were encouraged to shutdown. This was also a huge mistake that any other White House would have caught.
Defunding the police is a bad slogan to do anything but unite the Left, which had been racially balkanized. There no Black Bernie Bros. Only time will tell if unity is durable. As a policy matter, until we face the need to force people into longer term mental health and addiction care, with automatic rehospitalization for treatment non-compliance, the police are not going anywhere.
Biden won the nomination based on his relationships, not money, organization or strategy. Iowa and New Hampshire are too into the new and different. Their events have outlived their usefulness. Just ask President Huckabee. It took Joe being VP to master this lesson. Let us see if Kamala does.
The only thing that will separate Trump from his supporters is his upcoming financial failure. Then we will have Trump amnesia in the GOP. Let us hope that Trump's failures cure the nation of its fascination with business success. Unless Biden can radicalize the White working class to reject capitalism, it won't happen. It is not his style.
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