The CCP took the bait, making itself an issue in 2020.
A lot of countries have been grievously hurt by Corona. Japan, Australia, Korea, UK, France, Italy, Spain, Brazil, the oil producers. None of them can deflect the anger on Trump. By turning 2020 into a referendum on China, Beijing will put Biden in a tough spot.
If 2020 becomes the "China election" a lot of allies, especially those in the Indo-Pacific cannot afford to see China win.
The adage "take the high ground" applies to politics. The left should have taken Reshore Hill before Trump did. Instead they took the reflexive opposite of the president and let him occupy it first.
Part of the reason for this puzzling hesitation is the Dems haven't fully recovered from 2016. Joe Biden is a placeholder for what's not there. And into this void a kind of mental vacancy grows.
