Quick take: The Hunter Biden plea deal

 I could make an obvious joke about how nobody should name a child, "Hunter."  Was the weapons charge really his fault, or Joe's?  Dear parents:  Don't name your child, "Hooker," and get confused when she gets arrested on a street corner.

Regardless, I have never cared about Hunter Biden, and the only people who did were Joe, who wished him better, and Republicans, looking to exploit his personal problems, which never had anything to do with his father.  So we ask the crass question.  Does this have any implications for 2024?  Consider, first, that there is no precedent, so we have no historical data on which to base any assessments.  That said, there are three groups of voters:  Democrats, Republicans and Independents.  Democrats don't care, Republicans have already decided blah-blah "Biden crime family" because... I honestly do not know who coined the phrase and it doesn't matter.  Independents?  They will be faced, presuming Biden doesn't die before then, with an incumbent president whose son took a plea deal, and an ex-president/candidate who is, himself, indicted and on trial for multiple criminal charges with a civil judgment against him for "sexual abuse" and defamation.  Would the Hunter Biden thing matter if Joe were faced with Ron DeSantis?  Maybe, but it is even less likely to matter faced with Trump.

Am I arguing that Trump's indictments will tilt 2024 to Biden?  No.  I am arguing that one cannot look at the Hunter Biden plea deal in isolation, and reminding you that in electoral politics, most things are a wash.  That's why it usually comes down to the economy.