Let’s Go Brandon!

Here’s another gem that Joe Biden probably didn’t write for his own delivery at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, but it certainly went over well.

Seriously, there is a character (other than Brandon) who is definitely not having a good year in U.S. politics, and that’s the 45th President of the United States.  In particular, the Congresspeople he supports are struggling in their respective races, which indicates that Trump’s losing control of the Republican party.

For example, in the Georgia governor’s race, Trump-backed former U.S. Senator David Perdue is trailing Incumbent Brian Kemp 27% to 53%.  That’s not really “trailing,” actually; that’s more like “getting his fanny whooped by.”

Yet the chain of causation on this is hard to establish.  Are these candidates  struggling because the have the support of a criminal conman?  Maybe.  But it could be what is called in statistics “selection bias.”  Perhaps these people were chosen to receive Trump’s support because they are overtly spineless and dishonest, and the American have decided they’ve seen enough spinelessness and dishonesty for an entire century, and have simply turned toward people with more traditional values.

In either case, it’s good news for what remains of the United States.