1. Trump won on racist nostalgia ("Make America Great Again") & dissatisfaction with the status quo. His problem is in running for re-election is that he's the now the status quo & his disastrous response to pandemic makes many nostalgic for the older order he disrupted.
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3. A return to normality is a strong pitch. The more interesting problem will be how Biden will be able to satisfy those yearnings as president, since the scale of problems USA is facing preclude any return to normal. More thoughts here:https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/biden-covid-nostalgia-platform/ …
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a return to a return to normalcy
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"Sleepy Joe" to the rescue! The worst nicknaming "shoot self in foot" miscue of Trump's short political life.
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I see the same pattern playing out that elected John Tory after Rob Ford. After a tornado, you don't want a new house, even if it's better. You want your old house.
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Precisely.
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Right about now, "non-freak president" is an incredibly strong selling point!
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