Well, it’s 2024 again.
Democrats have tried to move on from the election and the months of agonizing soul-searching that at times has felt more like self-immolation. The party has struggled to articulate a positive vision for the future, and its poll numbers remain abysmal. But there have been at least a few bright spots, including a series of special elections, most recently for a House seat in Virginia that a Democrat won by a landslide this week.
Instead of celebrating that victory, however, Democrats are once again talking about how old Joe Biden is.
The occasion for the latest round of recriminations is the first excerpt, published by The Atlantic yesterday, from former Vice President Kamala Harris’s forthcoming book, 107 Days. In it, Harris recounts the most breakneck presidential