Letting President Donald Trump do the talking is working wonders for Biden now. But eventually, he'll have to speak up—and that could be a problem.
Since Joe Biden's nomination has become clear, some great signs for a Democratic victory have emerged. President Donald Trump's approval ratings, which surged at the beginning of the pandemic crisis, have settled back into the mid-40s, and his disapproval ratings continue to be above 50 percent.
Tens of thousands of Americans are dead, and many more remain in dire medical conditions. Tens of millions are unemployed and anxiety-stricken over how to provide for themselves and their families. Yet the president has shown himself to be incapable of delivering meaningful words of sorrow and empathy. Instead, he chooses to rant about how he is the victim of an unfair press and a vindictive Democratic Party, as well as congratulate himself for his incompetent handling of the crisis.
By contrast, Biden's television appearances—consisting mostly of softball interviews that ask for his critique of the president's leadership during the pandemic—have been way below an acceptable level for somebody who is leading the charge in perhaps the most important election of our lifetime. When Biden is talking with a teleprompter, he commands the situation much better than Trump. But in his living room media appearances so far, he stumbles, fails to complete sentences, searches for words, repeats the same points, has difficulty hitting the right points and does not take points to a deeper level, making his comments seem overly general and superficial.
Former Vice President Joe Biden speaks about COVID-19 during a press event in Wilmington, Delaware, on March 12.If Biden's speaking does not improve, it will play into the most obvious critiques of his candidacy. The Trump campaign will go after Biden as an establishment politician of the Washington, D.C.
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