Trump, being incapable of doing anything to appeal to people who are not already his devoted fans, decided that the only thing to do was to try (unsuccessfully) to tear down his strongest opponent.So without the pandemic, we would have seen the Democrats nominate someone who would have been leading Trump in the polls right away, notwithstanding the occasional out-of-context economic statistic that Trump and the Republicans might have trotted out.Moreover, the only action that Trump and his party had… [read post]