Jonathan Bernstein, Columnist

Biden Should Govern With a Second Term in Mind

Yes, the president-elect will be 82 when his first term is up. But he won’t get anywhere as a lame duck.

November 10, 2020 at 7:30 AM EST

Jonathan Bernstein is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering politics. A former professor of political science at the University of Texas at San Antonio, he wrote A Plain Blog About Politics.

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I wrote an advice column for Donald Trump after he won the 2016 election suggesting that he find an experienced White House chief of staff and support his or her efforts to organize the new administration. Trump, of course, never managed to do either.

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