{"id":12695,"date":"2020-11-01T06:00:57","date_gmt":"2020-11-01T14:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/?p=12695"},"modified":"2020-10-31T20:03:43","modified_gmt":"2020-11-01T03:03:43","slug":"victor-davis-hanson-election-a-choice-between-rule-changing-and-respect-for-constitutional-norms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/victor-davis-hanson-election-a-choice-between-rule-changing-and-respect-for-constitutional-norms\/","title":{"rendered":"Victor Davis Hanson: Election a choice between rule-changing and respect for constitutional norms"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Victor Davis Hanson \/\/ Bozeman Daily Chronicle<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In traditional presidential campaigns, the two major parties offer contrasting ideas and policies. The Democratic and Republican candidates barnstorm the nation to make their cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Democratic nominee Joe Biden is more or less a virtual candidate, mostly communicating from home via Zoom. He offers few detailed alternatives to the first four years of the Trump administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Instead, Biden is running on the idea that Donald Trump caused the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting economic recession, and that he\u2019s responsible for violence in the streets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But Biden rarely offers contrasting visions of what he would have done differently than the Trump administration \u2014 or, for that matter, major European countries that are now in worse economic shape and fighting another coronavirus spike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bozemandailychronicle.com\/ap_news\/victor-davis-hanson-election-a-choice-between-rule-changing-and-respect-for-constitutional-norms\/\">Read the full article here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Victor Davis Hanson \/\/ Bozeman Daily Chronicle In traditional presidential campaigns, the two major parties offer contrasting ideas and policies. The Democratic and Republican candidates barnstorm the nation to make their cases. Not this year. Democratic nominee Joe Biden is more or less a virtual candidate, mostly communicating from home via Zoom. 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