Posted on 07/12/2022 7:49:57 AM PDT by Ennis85
On the homepage today, Rich writes that “for the good of the country, Biden shouldn’t run again.”
The same is true of Donald Trump.
In my view, there are many, many reasons for this — not least that Trump permanently disqualified himself from consideration with his behavior after the 2020 election. But, whether or not you agree with me about that, you can surely grasp that, as a political matter, Donald Trump is a spent force?
Yesterday’s New York Times poll sent shockwaves through the political world. It found that President Biden’s approval rating is at 33 percent; that “more than two-thirds of independents also now disapprove of the president’s performance”; that “more than three-quarters of registered voters see the United States moving in the wrong direction”; that “only 13 percent of American voters said the nation was on the right track”; and that “94 percent of Democrats under the age of 30 said they would prefer a different presidential nominee.” This is disastrous.
And yet:
One glimmer of good news for Mr. Biden is that the survey showed him with a narrow edge in a hypothetical rematch in 2024 with former President Donald J. Trump: 44 percent to 41 percent.
That’s right. Joe Biden is on political death row. And yet, in the same poll that has delivered his death warrant, he still beats Donald Trump in a head-to-head matchup. If Republican primary voters look at this information and decide to nominate Trump again anyway, they will have nobody to blame for the consequences but themselves.
who did they poll? The staff at the Washington comPost?And the Never-Trump suck-ups at Fox News Corp.
Uh huh and I’m worth $20B. Hey if lying is the theme of the day....
Who’d they poll ... dead voters?
LOL.....from someone from Whittier.
Sounds like the talking point being regurg'ed by the RINO Kinzinger, and Donny Deutsch, et al, ad nauseum.
That expresses my thoughts also.
They actively worked for Biden and the Dems in 2020. Buckley would have Rich’s head if he were alive today.
Look, I know all about anecdotal evidence, but where I live (Buffalo), you see an awful lot of Trump banners (Both 2024 and 2020). People have left them up. You see MAGA hats, flags on trucks, bumper stickers. You see houses that are just festooned with signs and flags for Trump. Now, I know that you wouldn’t expect to see anything for Biden (or any other president halfway between elections), even if he was doing a great job, but there is a ton of uncommon support for Donald Trump. There may be many things you can say about President Trump, but “politically dead” is not one of them.
Phony polls for a phony pretender president.
Can anyone tell me National Review’s circulation? Revenue?
How does it compare to 20 years ago?
Meanwhile the tooth fairy still visits the writers at National Review.
If WFB were alive today, he’d be cleaning house and taking out the trash.
National Review needs to die faster.
National Review is working really hard at outlying the New York Times. And they are getting very successful at it too.
Chuckle.
National Review is below contempt.
Trump s ONLY fault to the commies in Congress is what he says and how he says it.
So we have Lyin' Joe, Cacklin' Kamala, druggie whore criminal Hunter and an entire dysfunctional Biden family compared to every workaholic, successful Trump kid.
POUND SAND, COMMIE BASTIDS !
Polls are crap - they have Harris beating desantis for presidential race -
Cooke should know better what “politically dead” means. It means Muskie in ‘72, Humphrey in ‘80, George Allen Jr. after Macaca (how quaint), Sanford after his Appalachian detour to South America , Charlie Crist after he made it clear he as just an aging queen, John Ellis Bush having his liver plucked out every night during the primaries, etc
Poll it by state and see what happens. We don’t elect based on total vote.
Oh my, another reminder as to why I let my subscription run out a few years ago.
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