How the Democratic election campaign has now been trumped

The biggest campaign cry for President Joe Biden and the Democratic party had little to do with the president's achievements but everything to do with stopping Donald Trump from entering the White House and destroying America's democracy and democratic values. It was a campaign involving scare tactics, warning the American people about the dangers of having someone like Trump in charge. All that has now gone and the Biden campaign has not much left to shout about. Trump survived an assassination attempt and is now calling for unity in the country. Trump wants to unify the country!!! He loves everyone. In his nomination speech in Milwaukee today he will sound a very different person. He has already revealed he has thrown out his planned speech which would have targeted Biden in highly personal terms. Now it's all about unity although I have no doubt he will claim to be the only one capable of unifying the country, difficult though that is to envisage. The shooting by a deranged 20-year-old has finally scuppered Biden's chances of reelection because Trump is a changed man. He was so close to a brutal death but survived and he now thinks that the miracle, God-delivered or not, was a true sign that he is the chosen one for the Whote House. How can Biden fight against that? The question is, will the assassination attempt against Trump force the Democrats to line up behind Biden and stop all the internal doubts and angst or will it persuade them that the only way they can beat Trump now is to have a much younger candidate who can at least give Trump a run for his money? In reality, a change in candidate now, after the shooting, would be a waste of time. Better to stick with Biden and hope for the best that some of the shooting stardust falls away from Trump. But I'm afraid it won't. The shooting and that brilliant Associated Newspapers picture of him with his fist raised and the American flag above him will carry him all the way to the White House.