Do The Democrats Really Want To Run Against Trump?
Ever since I noted Andrew McCarthy's resuscitation of that meme last week at National Review Online, I've kept it in the back of my mind as I watch developments. NRO repeated it this morning in response to Trump's New Hampshire win: The Democrats want Trump as their opponent in the belief that they can salvage Joe Biden’s prospects by making the race all about Trump, and last night showed, once again, that they are making a sensible, if cynical, calculation. That independents turned out in such large numbers to cast votes in the Republican primary simply to protest Trump was an early indication of how he could lose the middle in November. Republican voters could have avoided giving Democrats what they wanted, but instead are putting all their chips on their riskiest electoral bet. The first problem with this view is CNN's reporting of the New Hampshire exit polls : Roughly 7 in 10 of the New Hampshire voters backing Trump said they were registered as Republi...