Biden faces multi-front COVID war: The Note

The people Biden needs listening to him are perhaps the least inclined to want to hear it, setting up a weary stretch for those who want to focus on something else.

The TAKE with Rick Klein Six months ago exactly, President Joe Biden used a portion of his inaugural address to plead with his fellow Americans: "We must set aside the politics and finally face this pandemic as one nation." That feels like a long time ago. And the "day of special celebration" Biden marked on the Fourth of July was barely two weeks ago yet could hardly feel more distant. The Biden White House now faces what could prove a more problematic stretch ahead than even the early days of the vaccine rollout and the deadly weeks of the winter of COVID-19.