Jackie Calmes: Biden's got a good-news deficit. What will turn it around?

If President Joe Biden's reelection hinged on the state of the economy, he'd be a good bet, or at least a better one. Instead, it's voters' perception of the economy that matters. Which is a big reason the president is struggling as his campaign against presumptive rival Donald Trump gets underway.

Rarely if ever in the modern history of polling has there been such a disconnect between how the economy is faring and how many Americans think it's doing. That's partly because of our political polarization. Media coverage of the