thinks and speaks strategically, but why would the president help evaluate joe biden to front-runner status so early? why not just pretend that joe biden doesn t exist, at least for a few months? i m with you. i don t think there s a strategic rationale here. traditionally, presidents especially during a primary process, adopt this sort of olympian posture where they sit back and scold the field, further the squabbling and portrays himself as very presidential. this is not this president s style. he likes to get down, he likes to get into the mud. and i think that s just instinct chul. i don t think it s indulging in any sort of strategic approach. and it may end up hurting him in the long run, because the classics ensue, just let these guys fight. by evaluate joe biden early, he s evaluating his chief competitor, his most viable competitor. and joe biden s big advantage here is his predictability, as ali was saying, he s sort of a known quantity and donald trump is somebody who stir