Low-key campaign launch fits Biden strategy for chaotic political era: ANALYSIS
He served notice once again that he's not about to change. By the standards of the wild past decade-plus, not to mention the tumult of the last few weeks, the launch was utterly conventional and outright normal -- a throwback in tone and format that fits the person if not necessarily the era he happens to lead in. President Joe Biden is, as of Tuesday, officially a candidate for reelection in 2024. It ends an extended period of will-he-or-won't-he speculation leavened by no small amount of should-he-or-shouldn't-he Democratic angst, unusual in part given that no incumbent president eligible for an additional term has chosen not to seek it in more than half a century. Biden, of course, has been in public life nearly that long. In announcing in a low-key manner, on a date with meaning for few beyond the superstitious, he served notice once again that he's not about to change. "The question we are facing is whether in the years ahead, we have more freedom or less ...