Where Ronald Reagan was the Great Communicator, Joe Biden is the political equivalent of a mime. But it’s not his fault — at least, not entirely — as he’s often forced to triangulate his communications strategy between progressives and conservatives.

These days, sound policies are often a zero-sum game, guaranteed to infuriate either the right or the left. Often, the most politically expedient approach is to say nothing at all.

To take an example that’s sure to come up at the debate tonight: President Biden’s border policies.

Put your hand up, everyone (anyone?), if you knew that Biden is pushing one of the biggest and most fundamental changes in asylum rules since...well, ever. Under current immigration law, people seeking asylum simply have to show that they have a well-founded fear of persecution in their home country. Biden changed the rules last year and added an additional requirement: People applying for asylum in the U.S. now have to present themselves at a port of entry to claim asylum.

If they cross the border illegally and then claim asylum, they must prove that they have not........

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