Posted on 04/18/2022 3:47:38 PM PDT by Libloather
The rest of the world might not allow it. But Joe Biden wants to return his focus to matters happening at home.
With the war in Ukraine entering its second month and continuing to dominate global headlines, White House allies are expressing concern that voters may see the resident as more consumed by international affairs than domestic ones.
The White House itself is keenly aware that voters’ perceptions about the economy are still likely to determine the outcome of November’s midterm elections. And as they warily watch the resident’s poor poll numbers, two senior administration officials said a concerted effort is being launched to reemphasize to Americans that the resident understands their pain and is trying to help.
In the coming weeks, Biden will travel more inside the country and further stress that Russia’s invasion isn’t some far-off crisis but one with deep economic ramifications in the United States.
“Voters, as sympathetic as they are to Ukraine, are getting a little fatigued,” said Celinda Lake, a veteran Democratic pollster. “And they’re wondering: We’re spending all this money abroad, but what are we spending here at home?”
Lake said it was imperative that the resident spend the seven months remaining before the midterms explaining his record and promising to do more. “Half of voters,” she suggested, still don’t know what Biden has accomplished to date.
“They don’t know what’s in the infrastructure package. They don’t know the full extent of the rescue package. They don’t know the executive orders that he’s taken on inflation,” she said, referring to the coronavirus stimulus money sent to states, and the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure law to rebuild roads, bridges and more.
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So Joe will spend more time in Delaware rather than the White House?
I prefer Biden to be distracted by Ukraine.
They want a global war so badly they can taste it.
Well, his team have done a pretty good job at disappearing COVID. The “gallant Ukrainian resistance” is next out the door.
The “climate emergency” is a dud (although Eurotrash are still into it). The January 6 “committee” has nothing.
What do Biden’s handlers have up next?
Last week the media was telling us Joe really wants to go to Kiev to focus on the problem.
Now we’re told he wants to stay and focus on the U.S.
Which is it!?
Crapo, Grassley, Murkowsky and Amnesty Senator Hoeven are up this year and should all have primary opponents as well as Amnesty Senator Rubio.
Oh, you mean "Bubbles".
Would that be laser focus?
He’s just an old demented Ahole.
What are the odds Pokey Joe pokes his finger in the wrong chest on his “Listen, Fat!” tour?
I doubt Joe cares about Ukraine outside of his money laundering operation he had set up there or some dumb no-show job for his junkie kid.
He might need the FIB to help him before election time.
Yesterday before our Easter Dinner instead of saying grace we Thanked Biden and Mayor Pete for fixing the supply chain crisis and providing us with the food we had.
Even though everything was double the price we were still thankful...
Yup.
He’s getting out of the way of oncoming headlights.
That AND he is blaming everything on Ukraine/Putin, for gas prices, inflation, and supply chain issues. No one believes it because this all started at least 9 months before.
Less than 10% was going to roads, bridges, etc.
“The White House itself is keenly aware that voters’ perceptions about the economy...”
Voters’ perceptions are not the problem, except to the extent that they are accurate. The economy is the problem, not how people perceive it. They actually do think this is a messaging issue. Wow.
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