With no real Democratic challenger to worry about, President Joe Biden seems poised to skate through the primaries and emerge as his party's nominee for President. While his hopes for a second term may seem bright at this point, there are worrying signs on the horizon that may call into question his hopes to serve as a two-term president. Chief among them is the certainty that the Republicans and their media outlets will go all-in to raise doubts about Biden's age.
The prospect that Kamala Harris might become president will lead the Republicans to draw lessons from the Republican playbook and orchestrate a relentless assault on Biden's character and behavior. We need only remember the constant drumbeat against Hillary Clinton in 2016 where "Benghazi" became a central, and oft repeated issue for the Republicans in their effort to undermine the reputation of Clinton. That one word was designed to call into question Clinton's judgment and character. And while there may have been very little "there, there", the constant repetition of that one word led many voters to come to believe that there must be something there, at least something to worry about.
