Trump’s greatest threat has arrived

Even the electoral map’s Midwestern tilt, which enabled Trump to win a narrow electoral college majority with only 45.9 percent of the popular vote, can’t save Trump if he only polls 44 percent of the vote.

This means Trump’s only hope, assuming he can’t raise his job approval rating, is to turn the Democratic nominee into a pariah. He needs to make “Never [Insert Nominee Name]” as powerful as “Never Hillary” to force some of the people who disapprove of him to reluctantly back him a second time. He might be able to do that with most potential Democrats. But it seems a hard task with Biden.

Biden’s supposed weaknesses are actually massive strengths. Assuming he can withstand the physical rigors of campaigning, his age and experience contrast well with Trump. You might not like Biden’s views, but you know he’s not going to govern by tweet or embarrass the nation with fawning statements to mass-murdering dictators. Republicans will see Biden as a liberal, but voters who don’t like Trump will likely see Biden’s relatively moderate liberalism as just right, especially in comparison to a man whom many loathe. If “Tricky Dick” Nixon could resurrect his career in the tumultuous year of 1968 by running as the stable, experienced hand to steer the ship, “Uncle Joe” Biden can do likewise.