Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, a Republican, threw a lifeline to President Biden on Friday.
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine speaks, Thursday, May 23, 2024 in Columbus, Ohio. Gov. Mike DeWine said Thursday that he is calling a special session of the General Assembly next week to pass legislation ensuring President Joe Biden is on the … He called a special session of the General Assembly in the hopes lawmakers in the overwhelmingly GOP body would pass legislation to solve a ballot problem Democrats created for themselves.
In saner times, Mr. DeWine would be doing exactly the right thing. Yet we do not live in those times. Mr. Biden’s helpers took the unprecedented step of throwing former President Donald Trump off the primary ballot in several jurisdictions, including Colorado, through the use of specious legal arguments related to the 14th Amendment’s insurrection clause.
As a political matter, Mr. Biden doesn’t stand much of a chance in Ohio, where Mr. Trump’s margin of victory was 8 points four years ago. The latest RealClearPolitics polling average shows Mr. Trump’s advantage is now a rock-solid 10 points. Even Democratic pollsters can’t muster enough people willing to say they want Mr. Biden in the White House for a second term.
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