If he were sure of his prospects, he’d hold off while Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis are fighting.
President Biden isn’t afraid of running against Donald Trump next year, but fellow Democrats appear to have spooked him into announcing his re-election bid ahead of schedule.
Mr. Biden initially intended to hold off on a formal announcement until late spring or early summer. Why draw media attention away from Mr. Trump’s legal problems or from his public feuding with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis? When your political opponents are fighting with one another, it’s better not to interfere.
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Jason L. Riley is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, a columnist at The Wall Street Journal, and a Fox News commentator. Follow him on Twitter here.
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