Kristen Soltis Anderson: “GOP voters see Mr. Biden as eminently beatable, and they think most Americans see him as they do. Given that, most Republicans aren’t looking to be rescued from Donald Trump. The fact is, they really do like him, and at this point they think he’s their best shot.”
“Despite losing the 2020 elections and then experiencing a disappointing 2022 midterm, most Republicans seem confident that their candidate — even Donald Trump, especially Donald Trump — would defeat Joe Biden handily in 2024. They have watched as Mr. Biden has increasingly stumbled, as gas prices have remained high and as Americans have continued to doubt the value of ‘Bidenomics.’ Many of them believe the pernicious fantasy pushed by Mr. Trump — and indulged by too many Republican leaders who should know better — that the 2020 election was not actually a loss.”
