Behind the scenes, Biden has grown angry and anxious about re-election effort
Behind the scenes, Biden has grown angry and anxious about re-election effort
Biden locked up the Democratic nomination last week, but looking ahead to the general election, anxiety has seemed to increase.
GOOD. He SHOULD be anxious. His numbers right now in states he won, states he NEEDS TO WIN AGAIN, are awful.
Every one of his supporters needs to stop burying their head in the sand, get out, and organize.
This isn't 2020 where we could increase the vote count because Covid pushed everything to vote by mail, turn out is going to be down.
In 2020, Biden won:
Georgia (Biden +0.23%): Currently Trump +3 to +7
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/president-general/2024/georgia/Pennsylvania (+1.17%): Trump +4
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/president-general/2024/pennsylvania/Michigan (+2.78%): Trump +3 to +5
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/president-general/2024/michigan/Wisconsin (+0.63%): Trump +3 to +4
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/president-general/2024/wisconsin/Arizona (+0.3%): Trump +4 to +5
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/president-general/2024/arizona/Nevada (+2.39%): Trump +5 to +7
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/president-general/2024/nevada/In a good number of these states, even though he won, he did so by a plurality, not a majority. There is not a lot of wiggle room and if the election were today, he would lose.
I try to warn them but they just think I'm a Russian bot.
The worst ones are the ones who go "The only poll that counts is election day!"
And I'm like "Yeah, that's how you LOSE and then do a book tour about 'Whyyyyyy? Why did I looooose? It must be someone else's fauuuuulllt!"
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_Happened_(Clinton_book)
Yeah, here's what happened... you shot off your mouth in West Virginia, a state you were NEVER going to win, which lost you Pennsylvania (20 electoral college votes). Then you failed to campaign AT ALL in Michigan (16) and Wisconsin (10).
Could have been 273 to 258. That's what happened.
Joe needs to show up BIG in all three of those states. There's absolutely no excuse for "Son of Scranton" to be down 4 in PA. None.
Right?
Sounds like something a Russian bot would say.
Because you don't offer any solutions. Saying "Democrats bad" does absolutely nothing to further the conversation or help steer them in the right direction. If something is dire enough to require all these "warnings" then it should be paired with actions people can take to improve the situation. It is not difficult to say "Democrats bad, Republicans are worse, here's how we fix it". If you don't feel those extra steps are necessary I would argue your concern isn't very genuine.
Maybe because there’s no warning and instead it sounds like you’re repeating “Biden sucks” and “democrats suck” over and over.
Like another comment said you offer no solutions or any alternative to shitting on democrats… which isn’t going to help the issue at hand if you are to be taken seriously.
Bro your stuff's gotta be more subtle than this at this point
Surrounded by protective aides who want to minimize the chances of a flub, the 81-year-old president has chafed at restraints that he sees as counter to his natural instincts as a retail politician, a third person familiar with internal discussions said.
He has felt cocooned at times and has been eager to get out more, meet voters face-to-face and take the fight directly to Trump, said the third person and a fourth also familiar with the matter who, like others, spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss campaign strategy and the president’s private views.
Fucking idiot consultants... precisely what Biden needs to do is get out and talk to more people in intimate settings.
Yea, he's old... and that's a flaw for him. If he talks to people directly and cultivates the "sharp grandpa" image it'll be extremely helpful for him.
The state of the union proved he is right. Completely destroyed the GOP narrative and put out a ton of info that most people support.
They don't want him to look like a "confused grandpa" but I think you're right that he needs to get out there more. Flubs and all. Joe needs to get out there and fight like a wolverine. By them keeping him "on a leash" he looks weak and voters see through it.
Yea, if they keep him locked in the basement people just assume the worst - they assume all the right wing bullshit is true and he's locked away out of shame.
Yeah I'm pretty angry and anxious too. Angry that a person like Donald Trump could outdraw Vermin Supreme.
C'mon you horses! RACE gol darnya
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Looking to reach distracted voters who may be tuning in, he told his speechwriters before the State of the Union address to tone down some of the lofty rhetoric and plainly lay out what he’s done, a person familiar with speech preparations said.
Surrounded by protective aides who want to minimize the chances of a flub, the 81-year-old president has chafed at restraints that he sees as counter to his natural instincts as a retail politician, a third person familiar with internal discussions said.
He has felt cocooned at times and has been eager to get out more, meet voters face-to-face and take the fight directly to Trump, said the third person and a fourth also familiar with the matter who, like others, spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss campaign strategy and the president’s private views.
And yet the White House is sufficiently worried about him tripping that he has taken to boarding Air Force One via a shorter staircase through the belly of the plane, forgoing the iconic image of the president waving from the main doorway high above the tarmac.
Asked about Biden’s inability to get credit for legislation meant to revive American high-tech manufacturing and upgrade the country’s roads and bridges, she said: “I think it’s actually a bit of a failure of communication on the part of the White House.”
Nearly $4 billion in clean energy projects are underway in Louisiana under a bill that Biden ushered into law called the Inflation Reduction Act, a title that doesn’t capture the measure’s real purpose.
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Cut off Israel
Stop making this an election issue. Both sides support Israel, so it's a moot point. All you're gonna do is get Trump elected, ensuring the complete destruction of Palestine.
Cutting off Israel is the first step. Arming Palestine is the next.
Will never happen. The Israeli lobby is too powerful and there's nothing close to replacing it.