Ramesh Ponnuru, Columnist

Getting Personal on Biden Won’t Work for Republicans

Focus on the voters’ doubts about the president’s policies, not on besmirching the man.

May 3, 2021 at 12:30 PM UTC

Ramesh Ponnuru is a former Bloomberg Opinion columnist. He is the editor of National Review and a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.

Nothing personal.
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