Why Is Biden Running? – WSJ

If Mr. Biden heeded the wishes of apparently 70% of voters, not only would he be freer now to take some steps vis-à-vis Iran and others that might be good for the country. Dominating the political news wouldn t be Mr. Trump s rout of a weakly contested GOP primary. It would be the thrilling battle of a fresh-faced generation of Democrats for the privilege of taking on the scandalized Mr. Trump and, in all likelihood, becoming the next president. In all likelihood too, partisan prosecutors might have weighed differently the prosecutions that have allowed Mr. Trump to steal center stage and set the country up for multiple constitutional crises attendant on perhaps nominating and electing a convicted felon.

Listen to Hunter Biden lately: Despite his flagrant influence peddling, tax dodging, drug abuse, gun mishandling and prostitute patronization, all recorded on his carelessly discarded laptop, Hunter isn t the bane of his long-suffering, put-upon father. It s Republicans for noticing Hunter s behavior.

Like son, like father in the rationalization sweepstakes. It comes too late, but starting to crystallize in the press is the off-the-record question heard from senior Democrats over the past year: If Mr. Trump is such a danger to America, democracy and apple pie, shouldn t Mr. Biden be heeding voters, stepping aside and opening the door to a new generation of Democrats albeit not represented by Adam Schiff, of course with some class and decency, who can put up a better show against Mr. Trump?

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Holman Jenkins.