Joe Biden Was Right
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Joe Biden took a risk in making the midterms about democracy. I cheered that decision, because I thought it was the right issue—in fact, the only issue. But even I started to lose confidence as the election approached. America’s voters, however, affirmed Biden’s gamble, and our democracy is better for it.
But first, here are three new stories from The Atlantic.
- Anne Applebaum: The Russian empire must die.
- December cover story: Clint Smith on monuments to the unthinkable
- What in the world happened to the Supreme Court?
A Break in the Gloom
It’s been a rough ride for democracy in the United States and around the world. We’ll talk later in the week about the setbacks for authoritarians overseas in and , but for now the results of the 2022 elections are good news for American democracy. Biden from friends and alike for making closing arguments in favor of democracy instead of prosaic “kitchen-table” issues, but the president—a man with half a century of experience in elected politics—knew the voters better than his critics did.
