With a Mountain to Climb, Here’s Joe’s First Task

Joe  Biden’s to-do list is long enough to trail out into the Rose Garden. Obama had a major financial panic on his hands as he settled in to the Oval Office and we wonder how both he and the nation survived.

Joe’s got that, as well as

• a pandemic,

• the nationwide collapse of small (and large) businesses,

• chaos in the streets of major cities,

• police under attack,

• a totally dysfunctional political arena within which to govern,

• 49.5% of the electorate having voted against him,

• schools closed,

• plus cities and sometimes entire states locked down.

Yet he has one priority that stands above all others

He and Kamala must immediately reach out to Trump voters, and I don’t mean by waving an olive branch or mumbling a few platitudes. I’m not quite sure how well Democrats understand how wide the divide has become between the party they once were and the one they have become today.

An eyewink less than half the voters wanted Trump back

With a scant two years until a mid-term election and four before a full-scal…