Beset by challenges, can Biden turn things around?

President Joe Biden can’t seem to catch a break. Inflation is crushing consumers, and gas prices, while going down, are expected to rise again – possibly just in time for the November midterms. The R-word, recession, looms over the economy. Gun violence is raging. COVID-19 cases are rising again. The baby formula shortage persists. And on and on. 

All American presidents live or die, politically, by the headlines – whether or not the bad news is their fault. But President Biden seems to have it worse, with the lowest average job approval rating at this point in his tenure – 38.5% – of any president since World War II. 

If Ronald Reagan was the Teflon president – bad news often just slid off, it seemed – Mr. Biden is the Velcro president. Everything sticks. 

“The person in charge always gets way too much credit when things