Originally Posted by
Letters
That may be somewhat overstating things but they certainly know they're in a race now.
Biden vs Trump was a foregone conclusion. Harris vs Trump is going to be tight. I'm not sure she is "seriously flagging" in the polls. As you say, it's tight and we are months out from the actual election so a lot can change.
With Biden they didn't need to do anything much. The attack vector was clear - Biden is a confused old man, you can't elect him.
Now Trump is the confused old man - not as confused as Biden was but he rambles and slurs. Someone younger should find him easier to debate.
That is far from clear right now.
Agreed, but I don't think he seriously expected to win in 2016. Now he does and the people around him are for more geared up to set policy from day one and I don't like some of the things I'm hearing from them.