Democratic Despair

See what NewYork magazine writes about how Trump wins reelection, this in a left-leaning publication. Author Eric Levitz is beyond angry at the ineptitude his Democrats showed in the Iowa caucuses. His conclusion gives you the flavor.

We are 24 hours into the 2020 campaign, and Democrats have already humiliated their party on national television, alienated their least reliable progressive supporters, demoralized their most earnest activists, and handed Trump’s campaign a variety of potent lines of attack.

It’s early. There’s plenty of time for the party to get itself together. But for the moment, Donald Trump is winning the 2020 Democratic primary.

A Gallup poll released Tuesday morning put the president’s approval rating at 49 percent — the highest it has ever been. 

When your opponent is screwing up, it is tactically useful to conceal your glee. Alas I can’t manage it; the schadenfreude is overwhelming.