It was always a question whether Donald Trump’s front-loading of his larger-than-life personality could last across four years as a winning political strategy, overwhelming his opposition and rolling past whomever the Democrats nominated to win a second term. The Democrats did nominate “whomever” in a former vice president running, if that’s the word, as Casper the Friendly Ghost while letting Mr. Trump wrestle with a perfect storm of pandemic and protests. The shame in letting this become a personality contest is that Joe...

Source: Wall Street Journal July 29, 2020 22:31 UTC