In the giant funhouse mirror that is American politics today, this may be the weirdest distortion of all: by any objective measure, Joe Biden has created one of the most successful administrations in modern U.S. history — and members of his own party are palpably, if not openly, wishing they could get rid of him.

Jobs and wages are up. Crime and inflation are down. Crumbling roads, bridges and ports are being pulled back from the brink of collapse. Thanks to Donald Trump’s blocking of a hard-won bipartisan deal on border security, even immigration is packing less of a political punch for the Republicans. Yes, Gaza is a catastrophe — but, for those who care about the Palestinians, there is no reason to believe that any Republican would handle it any better, and every reason to believe that the top Republican would handle it much worse.

Meanwhile, Democrats nationwide have been over-performing in one election after another for years now. And yet, many of those who claim to support the Biden agenda can be heard in every corner, all but echoing Fox News talking points about the fitness of Biden himself. This is uniquely driven by polls which, terrifyingly, do show Biden trailing Trump. But polls, as host Tish Durkin points out, are intrinsically flawed snapshots, not divine prophecies…unless, of course, Biden’s “supporters” keep working overtime to fulfill them.