This morning, I was hit with a one-two punch by the New York Times. Their lead was a new poll that showed Trump convincingly leading Biden. The second strike was Mareen Dowd’s fantasy column that had Biden giving this month’s State of the Union Address, first cracking wise and then announcing that he will not run for president after all. What a double downer. It is almost enough to give a person pause. Then I remembered the popular movement afoot to unsubscribe from the Times for their consistently conservative slant. Their obsession with Joe Biden’s age and their lack of balance when it comes to even mentioning Trump’s superseding decrepitude. A movement I have toyed with myself.

The NYT poll has Trump leading Biden 48% to 43%. Almost overlooked is the poll’s 10% undecided. A margin wide enough to swamp any supposed lead eight months out from the election. It is still a long way until November and a lot can happen yet. America loves its crime dramas, but little sympathy is ever given to convicted criminals. Likewise, Dowd can fantasize all she wants, but when November 5th comes around, so shall she and with her all of the other cows.

Speaking of cows, I have just returned from Texas, a redder state is hard to find. Not really, there are plenty of other candidates, but none like Texas. Where else can you find people’s frontage lined with Trump flags and not itty-bitty ones, but ones as big as Texas. Why these homeowners are demonstrating is anyone’s guess. No one holds this state in play. It is money that would have been better spent on Trump’s GoFundMe and helping him make his supersedeas bond.