The presidential contest in November is set, and, barring unforeseen circumstances, the two major party candidates facing off will be current President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump. We’ve seen numerous polls indicating a significant amount of dissatisfaction with this 2020 rematch.
If I’m being perfectly honest, I was hoping for different candidates, too — ones a bit less long in the tooth and a bit less burdened with baggage — though between the two of them, in my view, the choice is a clear one.
Which brings me to why, in a perhaps unexpected way, I think this election may actually have a silver lining: For the first time in over a century, Americans have the opportunity to choose between two men with contrasting presidential records.
And all the campaign rhetoric and media spin in the world won’t change the fact that most Americans who plan to vote in 2024…
