Posted on 04/03/2020 11:04:40 AM PDT by Red Badger
In the midst of a pandemic that has shuttered businesses and wreaked havoc on supply chains around the world, Democrats are worried about the inability of former Vice President Joe Biden to command attention from people.
On Friday, MSNBC analyst John Heilemann said there was a "super high" level of frustration inside the Biden campaign as the Democratic presidential front-runner struggles to gain the spotlight while President Trump dominates news coverage with near-daily coronavirus task force briefings.
“Frustration levels are super high,” Heilemann said during an appearance on MSNBC's Morning Joe. “The reality is that the former vice president is in a terrible position. In the sense that he doesn’t have a platform. He doesn’t have real standing in this crisis."
In March, Biden promised "shadow coronavirus briefings" from a studio in his basement that would air as Trump addressed the national media each day, but Biden's efforts have fallen short of expectations, two Obama-era officials told the Hill. Reports have come out about how Biden has struggled for visibility, and a lot of buzz in recent weeks has been focused on New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who has been lauded for his daily updates on the spiraling situation in his state.
A recent poll from YouGov/Yahoo showed Biden had been the least visible among top American politicians and lawmakers during the pandemic. He ranked well behind Trump, Cuomo, Vice President Mike Pence, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer.
“So you look at, obviously, Donald Trump, who has the ability to dominate, for good or bad, has the ability to dominate coverage," Heilemann said. "He’s in the middle of the entire thing and will have this big platform and megaphone, bigger than ever. You also have governors, officeholders, who are dealing with this on the front line."
This MSNBC setting up Cuomo to take Biden's place.
Where is Waldo-Joe?
I posted this on another thread about Biden a few minutes ago, but it is relevant here. Also remember the old adage - you only have one President at a time - especially in times of crisis.
You know you are in a bad spot with your candidate when the majority of news coverage is about who will potentially replace him/her.
Biden has ZERO momentum. No fund raising. No relevance to a once in a lifetime crisis. No answers. No mantle of leadership. No inspiration. Nothing.
On top of that, in his limited appearances he is confused, incoherent, and appears lost.
They chose poorly and now they are stuck with an empty suit.
They are so delusional.
How is Joe Biden the answer to any of our problems?
[[[Democrats are worried about the inability of former Vice President Joe Biden to command attention from people. ]]]
Put together a vapor-lock montage of him for dealing viewing.
FOX News is helping them promote Gov. FreakyNips.
He has zero official responsibility in any branch of government, why should he pretend like the ‘big man in charge’.
It’s clear Biden struggles. Go back to taking a nap, Joe.
The Trump campaign should offer to pay for an hour a night on primetime TV.
I wonder if it’s because he’s President?
No one cares what Joe thinks.
He’s a nobody. Always has been.
“He doesn’t have real standing in this crisis.”
It’s The Crisis that they see as an OPPORTUNITY!
Hell is holding a special place for the base-tards.
Well, guess what PMSNBC? The media spends 100 times more negative talking about POTUS than Bidet, so if Trump actually gets some rebuttal time despite your best efforts, so what? It’s still a drop in the bucket. Go eff yourself and the typewriter you rode in on.
This is really an advantage for biden. The less visible he is, the better he looks. biden is a disaster and every time he is in public it becomes more obvious.
They should be glad that they aren’t showing Biden.
[[[This MSNBC setting up Cuomo to take Biden’s place.]]]
Yes, lets get Cuomo in there. His daily Dunkirk pressers are enhancing his credibility.
He could do a Obama stunt: Create a ‘Office of the President to Be Elected’ Seal.....................
Word on the street is he has Covid 19 news will break lat today
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