The calamity facing Joe Biden and the Democrats
The president needs to distance himself from his party’s left fringe
TWO OF THE better books on the job invented for George Washington share a title: “The Impossible Presidency”. Even the most capable presidents are doomed to fail, writes Jeremi Suri in the more recent of them: “Limiting the failure and achieving some good along the way—that is the best we can expect.”
This article appeared in the Leaders section of the print edition under the headline “One year on”
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