Biden's eye-on-the-prize strategy

President Biden revealed in vivid display this week the thinking animating his 100-day plan: Do not allow outside events to take his eye off the make-or-break imperatives of virus eradication and economic growth.

The big picture: He dispatched Vice President Harris to handle the brewing crisis at the border. And, in yesterday's press conference, he made plain gun control and other topics may need to wait.

On gun control: "It's a matter of timing."
"[S]uccessful presidents — better than me — have been successful, in large part, because they...