Rich Lowry
NY Post, Feb. 1, 2022
JOE Biden was the candidate of normality who hasn’t been able to deliver it, particularly on the pandemic. This is not entirely his fault, obviously. He didn’t create the Delta and Omicron surges; nor did he — or most anyone else — foresee that the vaccines wouldn’t prevent infections as advertised.
On COVID, though, as on much else, he has been trapped by a commitment to his political base and by a reflexive opposition to everything associated with Donald Trump into an endless emergency posture that isn’t wearing well with time.
Everyone agrees — after the flameouts of initial efforts to pass Build Back Better and the attempt to trash the Senate filibuster — that Biden needs a political reset. His looming Supreme Court pick will presumably provide a much needed win but is unlikely to move the needle much. It’s on the pandemic that Biden has, in theory, an opportunity to change course in a significant way.
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