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I don’t like their policies and what they stand for, but it is a mistake to say that they are having a rough patch. They have been receiving good press and we haven’t been able to put them on the defensive like Hillary. Our main point seems to be that Biden is senile and creepy. If Biden doesn’t drool during the debates the media will paint him as a winner. Overall, I don’t think these guys have the same negatives as Hillary did in 2016. We should start focusing on their policies — focusing on personal attacks is not going to be a winner on its own.

but it is a mistake to say that they are having a rough patch. They have been receiving good press and we haven’t been able to put them on the defensive like Hillary. Our main point seems to be that Biden is senile and creepy. If Biden doesn’t drool during the debates the media will paint him as a winner.

I agree. I also do not think President Trump is doing great himself. He needs to get his fire back.

He's polling terribly. People here love to say that because the polling in 2016 was wrong that these polls are also wrong. (And the 2016 polling wasn't really wrong. Hillary got the votes the pollsters said she'd get, just not where she needed them). They dismiss 2018, 2014, 2012, 2010 where the polling was on the money.

I do not think Trump is polling nearly as bad as the pollsters say he is but I still think it's bad. He needs to turn it around. I don't know how he does this with the wall of opposition he's facing from every direction. I only hope there's enough people out there who see through the media BS. And those people aren't posting on Free Republic. They're our neighbors and coworkers who don't pay much attention to politics but plan on voting regardless.

Biden's dementia and feebleness will be largely ignored and covered up. Harris will be lauded in the press as the Greatest Woman Ever. Their campaign will face no opposition from reporters. Their supporters will not be blocked from social media sites. President Trump has an uphill battle against incredible odds. He's done it before but it's not going to be easy.

We should start focusing on their policies — focusing on personal attacks is not going to be a winner on its own.

Agreed. I was interested in an article in the dead-tree WSJ IIRC, to the effect that Biden is running, not for president, but for prime minister.
The difference being that a Prime Minister doesn’t have authority independent of the legislature, he is a creature of the legislature. He may lead, but cannot independently command.
Article said that in America party platforms tend to be relative side-shows, but in a parliamentary system you pay less attention to what is said and more attention to what is written down. Because it is the written platform, not the prime minister’s personality and predilections, around which the governing party coheres.
As such, attacking Biden personally is off point if that analysis of the state of the Democrats is correct and Biden personally wouldn’t be in charge of a “Biden Administration.” “Biden Administration” would be a misnomer for the resulting government.