Coronavirus is killing the Biden campaign — and making him look like a fool
By Jay Cost
March 26, 2020 | 4:04pm | Updated
After a shocking turnaround in his campaign — he was nearly left for dead after his crushing defeat in New Hampshire, only to become the presumptive nominee after Super Tuesday — Joe Biden was ready to pivot to a general election campaign against President Trump.
But then the coronavirus hit the United States, and the ex-veep’s campaign has struggled mightily to deal with the political fallout.
Trump has dominated the news cycles over the last three weeks, and his administration has been a whirling dervish of activity. He and his team offer daily reports about N95 masks secured, ventilators procured, production capacities increased, negotiations with Democrats in the Senate for an economic rescue package and more.
The public likes what it sees. A Gallup poll out this week showed that 60 percent of Americans approve of the job he is doing handling the outbreak.
The crisis has improved his overall numbers, too, in keeping with a history of calamities boosting polling for commanders-in-chief. For the first time since the start of his administration, the RealClearPolitics average of Trump’s job disapproval is less than 50 percent. Meanwhile, his approval rating is at 47 percent, again close to an all-time high.
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