The NASCAR presidency of Joe Biden is running out of gas

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The 66th Daytona 500, one of the biggest NASCAR races of the year, is scheduled for Sunday, Feb. 18. For anyone watching, it will look like a rerun of the Joe Biden presidency. The cars will drive around in circles, always turn left and many who watch will be waiting for a crash.

Americans got a terrifying reminder of just how true this is following the release of Special Counsel Robert Hur's report on how Biden mishandled classified documents. The report skewered the president as "a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory." Soon after, Biden called a hasty press conference to rebut those charges.

It wasn’t an ordinary press event. It was a sneak peek at the great race for the 2024 election. And the president crashed at high speed. Viewers tuned in to see Biden first recite prepared remarks. He faced the press to dispel criticisms of his mental ability. Biden promptly described Egyptian President Abdel Fatah El-Sisi as the "president of Mexico."

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A mistake of about 7,600 miles. As Maxwell Smart used to say in the spy comedy "Get Smart," "Missed it by that much."

Team Biden responded to the PR disaster by taking their whole media strategy in for a pit stop to work on it. That meant Biden avoided the friendly Super Bowl interview Democrat presidents get prior to the big game. He stayed on that track by avoiding press inquiries during a Feb. 13 event, but vowed to "come back and answer questions later."

The campaign went full speed on that avoiding-crashes strategy by embracing the Chinese social media app TikTok. The president appeared on the app with a short,