Joe Biden: The Man Who Wasn't There

“Heroes may not be braver than anyone else. They're just braver 5 minutes longer.” ― Ronald Reagan

The 2022 midterms have emerged as a Rorschach test—anger, disappointment, finger-pointing on the Right, and typical self-satisfied smugness on the Left. There are lessons to learn on both sides.

Lingering in the back of everyone’s mind is how a president with such low approval ratings, high inflation, discontent among the electorate, high crime, and failures across the board escaped a midterm wipeout.

The answer is easy. Biden wasn’t blamed because Biden wasn’t really there.

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