Source: Washington Monthly
by Bill Scher
“Election Day is 47 days away. Early voting has begun in some states. Polls indicate that the presidential race is a dead heat in several battleground states. You would think the candidates would have increasingly jam-packed campaign schedules, scrapping for every last vote. But this September, Donald Trump’s public schedule is the lightest of his three presidential campaigns. … Trump’s plan to win by portraying his Democratic opponent as feeble and cognitively declining was rendered moot by Joe Biden’s withdrawal. Now, the 78-year-old Trump, who would be the oldest president in history if he completes a second term, faces a younger and more energetic opponent, pressuring him to show that his energy and cognitive abilities have not declined despite considerable speculation that he has. Yet he has responded to this new challenge by, to date, running the laziest of his three campaigns.” (09/19/24)
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2024/09/19/trumps-laziest-campaign/