What a difference a year makes.
President Biden strutted into the Fourth of July a year ago on solid political footing, declaring the nation’s “independence” from the coronavirus.
Twelve months later, Mr. Biden is stumbling into the fireworks and festivities battered and bruised — and struggling to convince voters he can right the ship.
Larry Jacobs, a political science professor at the University of Minnesota, said the change in the political landscape over the last year is “night and day.”
“Optimism among Democrats took a hit by the failure to pass the Build Back Better agenda and the subsequent Democratic fighting,” Mr.