I don’t love Biden, but I’m terrified of Trump

On Tuesday, President Joe Biden announced he is running for reelection. And he appears to be running largely unopposed in his party. Yes, there are a few marginal candidates who have tossed their hats in the ring, but no prominent Democrat has yet to step forward.

That’s understandable – at a moment of rising right-wing extremism, and in the face of what could be a redo of the 2020 presidential election, Democrats who care more about the nation than about power are wise to line up behind Biden.

I count myself among those Democrats. While I would love to see a progressive in the White House, I am terrified of another Donald Trump presidency. And I just don’t see any Democrat in the field whose victory seems assured enough, or who is even enough of a known entity, to roll the dice on.