After the GOP’s Strife, the Big Winner Might Be Joe Biden
With Republicans mired in factional infighting, Democrats will cast themselves as the party that can get things done.
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For Joe Biden, 2022 was a turnaround year. He entered it bruised and stumbling as inflation soared, Covid‑19 raged and Russia invaded. By the end, he and fellow Democrats had secured a series of victories in Congress, staved off the customary midterm election massacre and beat back skeptics within the party, helped by a resilient job market and receding inflation. It’s left Biden in a buoyant mood heading into 2023, emboldened and all but certain, at age 80, to announce a reelection bid soon.
But this year’s path is thornier.