Like it or not, it’s either Joe Biden or Kamala Harris at the top of the ticket this year for the Democrats — and it appears a lot of Democrats don’t like it at all, even as Republicans are thrilled.

But a look at the polls and the possible strategies for Harris should make Democrats more sanguine and Republicans more concerned. If Harris and her team approach the race in a clear-minded way, not falling to the neuroses and groupthink of the “resistance,” the vice president could flip the script and win.

Biden’s praetorian guard and Lady Macbeth cannot fix his fundamental problem — the incumbent president looks more and more like a loser. Nothing they have done has helped. Now, after bad interviews, gaffes and a debate face that's gone from ashen to looking like he fell asleep under a heat lamp, Biden appears to be cooked.

He is losing ground nationally and in key states. Team Biden might take some solace in the recent Morning Consult state polls, but with a lot of sampling variance, some results are downright strange (Donald Trump is up just 1 point in Georgia but by 7 points in Pennsylvania? Really?). Meanwhile, Biden's approvals have collapsed to their lowest levels yet.

Trump is the beneficiary, now leading in states representing 312 electoral votes and making multiple Biden states competitive. The betting markets have Trump as a huge favorite. But the former president’s own approval is not improving by much. And reviews of his debate performance were not good.

In the few ballot tests against Trump, Harris has not polled better than Biden. Unsurprisingly, the vice president generally tracks with the president — also not polling well. Given her lower profile, she expectedly has lower numbers on approval. The recent........

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