Rain on the parade

A mere win is not enough. We need repudiation. Only a Biden landslide will get us out of this mess

I’m writing this the weekend before election day. Over 90 million citizens have already voted. I see now that Biden is going to win the presidency. Trump is doomed. When your popularity rating is down around 43%, millions of people are not voting early on your behalf. Besides, no-one who held their nose and voted for Hillary is going to vote for him now — new voters will be additive to that tally, and enough to put Biden over the top.

At this point last time around, support for Hillary in key midwestern states was crumbling so fast the polls couldn’t keep up. In desperation she flew to the once-solidly Democratic state of Wisconsin — for the first and only time in her campaign — but it was too late. Not so this time around. Certain races are tightening of course, and Pennsylvania is a worry, but Biden’s support is holding firm in key states and he has several paths to the 270 electoral college votes needed for victory. By comparison, Trump’s path is narrow, he needs to pull a straight to get there.

I’ll take those odds. Call me nuts, but for me the only question now is by how much will Biden win?

It’s a big question.