Posted on 05/07/2023 7:48:24 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Just when you thought things couldn’t get worse for Joe Biden, he goes careening off a cliff. That’s the story of the latest poll by ABC News and The Washington Post, which is just an absolute horror show for the president.
That’s not hyperbole. We’ve gotten bad polls for the president in the past, but these numbers appear to be the worst of his presidency, and they counter a narrative of resurgence the press has been desperate to push since the beginning of 2023.
Don’t take my word for it, though. Here’s George Stephanopoulos lamenting the results as “brutal.” He and his on-set colleague go on to explain how they “can’t make sense” of what they are seeing.
"This poll is just brutal for President Biden" ABC's George Stephanopoulos stunned by the results of the Washington Post/ABC news poll showing Trump beating Biden and concerns about his age. pic.twitter.com/DooRF7w68N
— Kevin Tober (@KevinTober94) May 7, 2023
So just how bad are the numbers? We’ll get to the toplines soon enough, but according to the poll, 63 percent of respondents say Biden does not have the mental sharpness to be president while 62 percent say he is not healthy enough to be president. That comes after Biden flaunted his senility in a series of high-profile trips recently. As I wrote on Friday, this is a man who can’t even appear in public anymore without his mental decline expressing itself in vivid fashion.
That so many Americans are finally catching up to the fact that Biden isn’t capable of fulfilling the duties of his office is heartening. For a while there, it felt like no matter how terribly he looked, sounded, and performed, his numbers remained largely static. Some of that was a result of the press doing everything they could to cover up his condition, but there’s only so much they can do.
Perhaps the White House, which has been trotting Biden out in public a lot more over the last year, simply got too arrogant? They’ve showcased a bit of an invincibility complex, presuming that nothing they do matters, with the president fumbling around on the world stage to the expectation of seal claps. But it does matter, and all of this is cumulative in the minds of the American people.
That brings me to his approval rating, which is a record-low 36 percent in the poll. Further, both Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis beat Biden in a general election matchup by wide margins (both by 6 points).
2024 National General Election Poll:
Trump 45% (+6)
Biden 39%
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DeSantis 44% (+6)
Biden 38%@washingtonpost/@ABC ~ RV ~ 4/28-5/3https://t.co/Tl5sTnc5rW— PollTracker (@PollTrackerUSA) May 7, 2023
Where does Biden go from here? What is he going to do in the next year that dramatically changes his prospects? I think the answer remains that the only way he wins is if Republicans allow themselves to become the primary topic of discussion. If this election is a referendum on Joe Biden, he is going to get crushed. If it’s a referendum on “extremist Republicans” or some other nonsense, he can play the basement strategy again and win.
Discipline is going to be key going forward. The press will go gangbusters trying to define the 2024 election as a choice between progress and extremism. Republicans need to counter that messaging with one of competency, policy, and success. People are pining for some semblance of prosperity and normalcy again, specifically regarding cultural issues and their finances. Don’t fall into the traps that will be laid.
Newsom will have the votes of the majority of women.
Absolutely. Go figger. There’s something irresistible about a con man, it would seem.
Yes. Does anyone really believe Biden will be running for office next year?
Newsom and Michelle in some sort of order for 1 and 2. Soros may even flip a gold coin to choose the nominee.
Sadly, I cannot believe they will allow Trump to make it to victory any more than JFK was allowed to have a second term. May God protect his life.
He can tickle the 13% of the guaranteed vote with the reparations scam. See what I did in my state? It’s time for the rest of America
“Photoshop is a wonderful thing!” she said out of nowhere.
“Newsom will have the votes of the majority of women.”
Imagine the fate of the nation could be in the hands of women who make bad choices in men.
So he’s shocked that Americans won’t support a bribe taking Manchurian candidate for China?
Many of us well remember the blatantly fake photos of Øbowel with clear manipulation.
Of course the leftists and media swallowed them without question.
The eff if Newsom would be #2 to Mooch.
RE: The eff if Newsom would be #2 to Mooch.
Yeah, have to consider a politician might possibly be a ruthless narcissist.
Would want a supply of popcorn if those two lock antlers in a death match, pawing the ground with their hooves.
They are using the polls to manipulate.
They are setting Biden up to dump him
That will happen after the election in the lame duck if need be. He’ll pardon himself down to the kitchen sink in the Delaware house.
Getting rid of Biden is easy. How do the democrats get rid of Kamala as heir apparent without alienating the black vote?
George’s reaction shows George believed all those previous polls that showed Biden ahead of Trump despite 13 American soldiers dead near Kabul airport, high inflation, shortage of baby formula, allowing a Chinese balloon to spend days over the continental United States on a spying mission, and Hunter Biden’s laptop story gaining more credibility. George is out of touch with regular people living out of the beltway.
Don’t tell me there will be another red wave.
Yes. Polls are a uniparty tool. Anyone taking them seriously is also a tool.
George is a Clinton apparatchik. This is all planned.
Georgie is a Democrat stooge.
Said that way makes it really sink in.
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