David Corn: It's bedwetting time. [View all]

[kpete]

So should the sheets be soaked?

Given the media’s love affair with the Democrats-in-disarray narrative, it might be easy to dismiss this current bout of alarm and dread. After all, it seems that Biden and the Ds could be close to enacting the Build Back Better package, which contains a host of popular programs. (The House passed the measure without a single GOP vote on Friday. Now the world waits on Sens. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema.) Can the Dems regain ground by nailing this legislation and messaging the hell out of their historic accomplishments?

It may not be that easy. I wonder if sending Biden to the hinterlands to stand in front of one bridge after another to claim credit (legitimately) for a revival of the nation’s transportation and cyber infrastructure will do the trick. He might need to do something else: Slam the Republicans.

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Biden must clearly delineate the choice at hand. Name names. The 2022 election is not about healing. It is about division. He and the Democrats can’t coast on their accomplishments. (See 2010.) They must fiercely define the enemy and attack—of course, with grace, wit, and integrity. After all, that’s what the Republicans will be doing, but without grace, wit, and integrity.

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