It took some pollsters only a few minutes to tell us that V.P. Biden, or #21, has a nine-point lead on President Trump. It reminded some of us of other polls from days gone by, such as this one from the spring of 1983, when President Ronald Reagan was coming out of the 1981–82 recession: The headline links to a Morning Consult story that found Biden with a 42 percent to 34 percent lead over President Trump in a hypothetical matchup. "Along with his advantage over Trump, Biden has held a consistent lead in Morning Consult's weekly tracking among likely Democratic primary voters," the report says. But the only thing shocking about this poll is that anyone would put any stock in such polls so early in the race.  Just ask President John Glenn. In May 1983, a Gallup poll came out showing that then-Sen. John Glenn would do better in a matchup against President Reagan, with a far wider margin than the Biden/Trump split. As the New York...(Read Full Post)