Mounting problems test Biden's presidency and Democrats' hold on power

Presidents get into trouble when they are seen as controlled by events rather than the other way around. This is the situation now facing Joe Biden.

The President is confronted by a slew of intractable domestic and global crises he has no power to quickly fix, a bunch of political crunches caused and exacerbated by his own choices and a deepening sense of a White House under siege.

Rising gasoline prices and inflation, a global supply chain backup that could empty Santa's sled, and a pandemic Biden was elected to end but that won't go away dominate a testing...