Not to worry

Created
Wed, 10/05/2023 - 23:00
Updated
Wed, 10/05/2023 - 23:00
Biden’s numbers bad for Biden, but Trump’s indictments are not for Trump? CNN broke news Tuesday night that federal prosecutors have filed criminal charges against New York Rep. George Santos (R). Coverage for now is informed speculation at best. The charges won’t be unsealed until later today when Santos is expected to appear in court in the eastern district of New York. “When someone has committed as much apparent fraud as Santos has,” Marcy Wheeler notes, “there’s no telling what the real story behind all that fraud is.” So we wait. Also in New York, a civil trial jury found Donald J. Trump guilty on Tuesday of sexually abusing and defaming E. Jean Carroll. The six men and three women voted unanimously. Also in New York, Trump still faces state charges of 34 counts of Falsifying Business Records in the First Degree. Special Counsel Jack Smith and Fulton County, Georgia prosecutor Fani Willis have yet to file federal and state charges against Trump for as much apparent criminality as Trump has committed. So we wait. As Trump continues to run for president again in 2024, we wait. Walter Shapiro writes in The New Republic that problematic polls for Presdident Biden are no cause for concern for Democrats. His age, his poll numbers, and polling matchups between Biden and Trump ignore the bigger picture. (And why exactly are Biden’s numbers bad for Biden, but Trump’s and his indictments are not a death rattle for Trump’s 2024 ambitions?) Biden may never be…