Candidates Face A Twin Challenge: The Crisis And The Campaign
President Trump and the Democrats running to replace him are facing the task of communicating to the public constructively, while also serving their shared goal of winning votes.
Politics and governing can often collide in the middle of a crisis, especially when both hinge on what message a leader is sending the public. Given that we're in the height of an election, the collision may have been inevitable.
President Trump delivered a primetime televised address about coronavirus and canceled political events, followed by a Rose Garden press conference flanked by public and private sector leaders.
The men running to replace him, Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders, brought forward their own coronavirus plans, gave their own speeches and also cancelled campaign events.
Political leaders are usually not medical professionals. But
