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Remember the constant speculation about what the world would look like if President Trump won in 2016? It was a mix of the “Handmaid’s Tale” and “War of the Worlds.” In fact, The Boston Globe, a trailblazer in the fake news industry, even printed an entire hypothetical, apocalyptic cover. Why spend time on real news when you can fear-monger AND play Carnac the Magnificent at the same time? But there are fewer crystal ball predictions for the world post-Joe Biden. Besides a handful of Trump campaign ads, no one is painting a picture of Uncle Joe’s America. To be fair,...

Republicans keep hoping and expecting that former vice president Joe Biden will have to leave his basement and hit the campaign trail sometime soon. Don’t be surprised, though, if that doesn’t happen. Biden looks to be trying to run a 21st-century version of the standard 19th-century “front porch campaign” - and it might work. Presidential candidates rarely actively campaigned in the 19th century. The lack of a national railroad system made travel too arduous for candidates before 1850. Even after that, it took days for trains to travel between major cities, and the lack of any means of mass communication...

Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, has not held a press conference in more than a month. While Biden has hosted some virtual events and given a handful of interviews to friendly media outlets, the candidate has been largely spared the traditional media exposure candidates typically face during an election year. The former vice president's gaffes, while not completely absent these days, have become less noticeable as Biden hunkers down in his Delaware basement. Biden's insulation from the media comes at a time when the sexual-assault allegation against the candidate appears bolstered by new evidence. It also doesn't help...

Biden's teleprompter broke pic.twitter.com/kgGqYV6wl2— Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) March 23, 2020

We may be several months from the first ballots being cast for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, but former Vice President Joe Biden is running away with the race. Yes, anything conceivably could happen between now and when the Democrats officially select their nominee next summer, but Biden is firmly entrenched in the catbird seat and will likely stay there barring a major turn of events. According to the most recent RealClearPolitics average of national surveys, Biden is leading the 20-plus candidate field by more than 16 points. Biden is also leading in the Democrats’ first four February 2020 nominating...