Biden Proves an Elusive Target, Adding to Trump's Frustration
When Senator Bernie Sanders lost the Democratic nomination and the economy collapsed this spring, two pillars of President Trump’s re-election strategy collapsed at the same time: his plan to run on prosperity and against a far-left opponent.
But Mr. Trump’s campaign took comfort in the expectation that Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s penchant for gaffes would at least offer them dependable fodder for attack.
The pandemic, and Mr. Biden’s play-it-safe campaign, however, have starved them of even that.
“Because of the pandemic, Trump in many ways still doesn’t have an opponent yet, there’s no tit for tat in the news every day,” said Sara Fagen, who was political director in former President George W. Bush’s White House. “Biden is nowhere.”
It’s rare for an incumbent president, this far from the election, to be so openly reliant on trying to leverage an opponent to gain an advantage.
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