Posted on 07/12/2024 5:24:31 AM PDT by Libloather
House Democrats anguished over President Joe Biden’s spiral are consumed by one question: Can anything save their chances of flipping the House?
So far only three endangered Democrats have publicly called for Biden to leave the presidential race. But behind the scenes, the dozens of battleground members and candidates whose races will determine the House majority are in a “hair-on-fire” level of panic, in the words of one House aide.
Battleground members have placed urgent calls to leadership and Biden’s team, commissioned new polls back home and even mulled sending a letter to Biden himself, according to more than a dozen lawmakers, aides and operatives who work on competitive congressional races.
And one group of battleground Democrats even told House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries this week that Vice President Kamala Harris would be a better nominee in their districts than Biden, according to a person familiar with the exchange.
They always knew they would need to outperform Biden in their districts. But now many fear the political gravity may be too much to overcome — and Republicans will win full control of the federal government.
“Is he going to take the whole ship down?” one House Democrat, who is close to leadership, said, speaking on the condition of anonymity to describe the party’s turbulence.
So far 14 members — and counting — have called on Biden to bow out of the race, mostly from safe blue seats. Others have said he has no chance to beat former President Donald Trump and started to position themselves as a check on his power. The rest are watching and waiting nervously, some with pre-drafted statements in case of another Biden flub.
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I watched it several times and I think he was robotically repeating what the person talking into his earpiece was saying. I think his handler was saying, “What are you doing?” because Biden was wandering off topic. As soon as that happened, Biden looked back at the teleprompter and got back on message.
“Dems had a plan to win the House. Then Biden melted down.”
They still have plans just like in 2020. Target swing states with a lot of Electoral College votes and behold they win.
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