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A lukewarm scandal plagues President Joe Biden over his handling of classified documents. CNN reports that his inner circle believes this will all blow over in time. https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/19/politics/joe-biden-2024-classified-documents/index.html

They’re probably right—and it’s not the first time they’ve executed the maneuver.

Only about a dozen of you remember this by now, but way back in 2021, Biden had his first major mishap in Afghanistan. The troop withdrawal ending the decades-long war was sloppy, at best. The optics were terrible and made a nearly-permanent dent in Biden’s approval rating.

We know how this story ends now. He passed some significant, but not historic, pieces of legislation in the CHIPS Act and the Inflation Reduction Act. He attempted to provide student loan forgiveness. And he let the Republican Party eat itself after the Supreme Court overturned Roe.

Yes, Republicans still won the House. Biden expanded his razor-thin margin in the Senate. As a result, he will still get all his judicial and cabinet appointments, which is a pretty big deal.
That was only possible because President Biden is playing the political calendar better than any politician I’ve ever seen. Most presidents will use their election success as a mandate from the people. Obama charged ahead with the Affordable Care Act. Trump pushed ACA repeal and tax cuts. Instead, Biden is wisely front-loading all the known bad stuff that he can’t control.

Biden sees a dysfunctional Congress that likely won’t give him a truly historic signature prize. Instead, he used his political capital to wither criticism that he knows is coming his way. He ripped the Band-Aid off in Afghanistan on his own terms because he knew that wasn’t going to end well. The Trump administration hobbled any effort to change course by negotiating with the Taliban. The locals would not tolerate an American occupation any further. It was a no-win situation.

This all has been a called shot by the President and his administration. Back in July 2022, while everyone else was predicting a Red Wave and the second coming of Jimmy Carter’s failed presidency, Biden’s camp pushed a different narrative. "We are Reagan,” an aide told Axios. “We had a big plan. We are getting it in place."

Not only did they execute the plan, but they’re also going back to the same playbook immediately in 2023. His camp has decided that short-term polls are nothing more than a snapshot in time. Instead of worrying about how much people like him in 2023, Biden is laser-focused on people liking him in November 2024.
The new Biden document scandal started when Biden’s attorneys came forward with the classified documents. Once again, Biden initiated a known problem on his own terms. He expected and welcomed the announcement of a Special Counsel. That investigation will conclude nothing more than non-criminal negligence by the Spring of 2024. Maybe an aide or two gets thrown under a bus for mishandling matters during a chaotic transition.

In their estimation, this whole thing will be forgotten and deemed irrelevant by next Summer. Then the Democratic National Convention kicks off. The President gets his usual post-convention bump. Inflationary surges seem likely to end sometime in the next year. Add in a popular announcement that's analogous to student loan forgiveness (such as rescheduling cannabis under the Controlled Substances Act), and by their math, Biden should find himself in a strong position heading into Election Day.

It’s an excellent plan. In stark contrast, Republicans are going to keep jumping in puddles like Hunter Biden’s laptop, hoping for mud to stick to the President. Make no mistake whatsoever: President Biden has an upper hand as the 2024 campaign begins in earnest. He’ll take some bumps along the way, but that’s to be expected these days. All evidence suggests that he’s handling that inevitability with proper diligence.

https://www.pxramerica.com/BidenHisTime.html

Additional links:

https://www.npr.org/2021/09/02/1033433959/biden-approval-rating-afghanistan-withdrawal

https://www.axios.com/2022/07/31/biden-modeling-reagan-reelection-strategy

https://www.bhfs.com/insights/alerts-articles/2022/descheduling-or-rescheduling-cannabis-the-road-ahead

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Now that we've had forgiven, we need to fix the system that caused the problem.

But how do we accomplish that without stifling academic freedom or intrusive government?

Actually, it's pretty simple!

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