Posted on 05/12/2024 1:58:56 PM PDT by Drew68
When President Joe Biden made clear that he was going to run for reelection, I had a sense of what his election strategy was and thought it was an intelligent path to victory. After the chaos of Covid-19 and the administration of former President Donald Trump, Biden would stand for normalcy and a rising tide of good economic news. Trump would divide Republicans, with significant chunks of the party wishing that someone like former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley or Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis would be their nominee. Meanwhile, Trump would unite and motivate Democrats, allowing Biden to focus on independent voters in the swing states that threw the Electoral College to Trump in 2016 and to Biden in 2020.
I have to admit, none of this is playing out as I had thought. Trump is now leading in almost all the swing states, and behind those numbers lie even more troubling details. As someone worried about the prospects of a second Trump term, I think it is best to be honest about reality. I understand that polls are not always accurate, but in general they have tended to underestimate Trump’s support, not overestimate it. I doubt that there are many shy Biden voters in the country.
The economy has been in a robust recovery for more than two years now — with unemployment hitting a 54-year low in 2023 and increasing only slightly since then — but Biden is getting little credit for it. The shift here is stark. On the question of whom voters trust more to deal with the economy, Trump has a 22-point lead over Biden, according to an NBC poll from January. This marks a 15-point bump for Trump compared to the same poll in 2020. Perhaps this is because inflation is a far more pervasive...
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WTF?!
“The economy has been in a robust recovery for more than two years now — with unemployment hitting a 54-year low in 2023 and increasing only slightly since then — but Biden is getting little credit for it.”
Bullcrap. Go fill you gas tank, go grocery shopping, go look for a house. That lie is dead.
Then one other thing. Flatten the entire economy to a dead stop. Let it return to close to where it was. Pour massive sums into the economy. Then claim an economic miracle.
That evil SOB was making a point of showing us the title of that book. He’s disgusting.
Exactly. Things cannot be fixed at this point. Trump can cut us a little breathing room to better situate yourself. But 15 million illegals, the flood of woke idiot females who despise everything about America. Moslems stopping traffic anytime they please, 35 trillion in debt not including unfunded mandates. Half the world moving away from the dollar as carefully as they can after seeing all the Russian gold and cash confiscated, the war on farming and energy etc etc.
It all points to no escape. Certainly not one without great depression level pain and likely serious unrest.
Trump can at least keep the bastards busy for a few years so I can buy more beans and rice. And it’s not even a sacrifice for me. I grew up on it...and some good buttered cornbread.
Someone asked me if I had plans for the fall. It took me a second to realize they meant “autumn”.
When President Joe Biden made clear that he was going to run for reelection, I had a sense of what his election strategy was and thought it was an intelligent path to victory.
What is an intelligent path to victory for a senile presidential candidate?
After the chaos of Covid-19 and the administration of former President Donald Trump, Biden would stand for normalcy and a rising tide of good economic news.
The tide is certainly rising, but it is not economic good news. It is a rising tide of icky brown matter. It keeps getting deeper and deeper.
Trump would divide Republicans, with significant chunks of the party wishing that someone like former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley or Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis would be their nominee.
In opposing Trump, each saw their popularity approach vanishing point.
Meanwhile, Trump would unite and motivate Democrats, allowing Biden to focus on independent voters in the swing states that threw the Electoral College to Trump in 2016 and to Biden in 2020.
Even Democrats are motivated to buck Fiden. Biden is too senile to focus on anything. Not even Dems can believe he is actually running the government. Every visit to the grocery store reinforces the belief that whoever is in charge is a screw up.
I think it is best to be honest about reality. ... The economy has been in a robust recovery for more than two years now....
Well, make up your mind, reality or more fairy tales.
But whatever the reasons, this is a stunning reversal in the midst of a relentless stream of good economic news.
Right, a relentless stream of more fairy tales. The good economic news is that a Mickey D combo meal can still be found for less than $20. The poor family of four can pig out on a burger and fries for less than $80. Yes, the good economic news is relentless.
And I do wonder whether abortion will be as large an issue in a presidential race, given that reversing Roe v. Wade threw the issue to state governments and not the federal government.
Roe was not reversed, it was overturned. Jurisdiction was returned to the states. Keep wondering if federal government created poverty will be a bigger issue than a party stance on the state issue of abortion, an issue over which the federal government has no jurisdiction. Let's see. Will the people care more about whether Jane Roe can get an abortion in her home state, or whether they can afford to buy groceries? Or afford a mortgage for a house.
The one that troubles me most concerns the question of who is more competent. Biden led Trump by nine points in 2020, but Trump now leads by 16 points in 2024. That 25-point shift could be a reflection of people’s sense that the president’s age is affecting his capacity to govern. If so, there is very little that Biden can do to change that perception.
Biden is senile, Trump is not. Every time Biden speaks, it is a comedy show. Indeed, there is very little Biden can do to change that perception. It's on video and goes to Youtube and X. The people "sense" Biden is senile because he is senile.
What can be done is after Biden is nominated, he can step aside. There will be no time for primaries and the party PTB may choose the ticket. They would choose to not include Kamala Harris. Sounds like a plan.
Dipstick works for a polling agency.
Remember when we made fun of Soviet leaders for being 69 Andropov, 72 Chernenko and 75 Brezhnev? And remember the conniption when Reagan was 69 running in 1980?
But Biden is a very senile and incontinent 80.
I’d say that’s pretty far removed from reality.
It also doesn’t sound like he’s making any effort to delve into the woes of the normal people.
And again, most lefties in the public eye are pathological liars and sociopaths.
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Perhaps the $3.75 per gallon regulation unleaded gas here in lower Michigan and up to $6 in high tax states is crushing everyone and Biden or whoever they try to swap is toast in November. People buy gasoline every few days and this is crushing them. Almost all of them. Biden owns it. Trump wins when he messages that $2 per gallon is easily possible under him and will be an immediate priority.
I think it’s an intestinal virus of some kind.
“ What can be done is after Biden is nominated, he can step aside. There will be no time for primaries and the party PTB may choose the ticket. They would choose to not include Kamala Harris. Sounds like a plan.”
A post-convention switcheroo is exactly what will happen. The Deep State DNC cannot run Biden as a proxy again. Then a short campaign as the Lamestream cheers on the parachuted-in replacement.
Big Mike? Gavin? Gretchen? Who knows. But it will not, cannot be Jomentia.
Typical liberal simpleton. “historically low unemployment rate” may impress some college professors, but won’t pay the grocery bills or the rent increase for John Q. public.
“Normality is a word, normalcy is not.”
That’s a myth. The word has been used in print since at least 1855 and appeared in dictionaries starting a few years later. https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2020/04/how-normalcy-became-a-safe-word/609805/
“...shops at Trader Joe’s.”
I’m baffled as to why so many Freepers think Trader Joe’s is some sort of expensive store. It’s a relatively inexpensive grocery store that was purchased by one of the founders of Aldi’s in the late 1970s. They open stores in upscale areas and carry trendy stuff - but they’re still relatively cheap. They also participate in union busting!
Bingo. Biden’s entire economic narrative is gas lighting. He didn’t create jobs. There is no GDP growth. There is only inflation.
Fareed Zakaria was hoping DeSantis or Haley would be the GOP Nominee
...I will too, just like in 2020. Problem is, even if all 350 million Americans vote for Trump, 400 million will vote for Mr. Potato Head (or whoever he is), and he’ll win again.
Please God, let him be wise & do something off the beaten path for VP. As far as President Trump is concerned, conservatives (myself included) don’t need anything specific from him as a candidate. I think almost all of us trust him inherently. We, therefore, don’t need a VP candidate to prove anything to us. I think he should use this opportunity, in selecting a VP, to appeal to voters he hasn’t already convinced. He needs to mitigate losses in moderate suburban women, independent-minded types & disaffected blacks/minorities seeking a different path this year (as polls suggest). Tulsa Gabbard would do best, I believe, in these communities. We need to add voters. Anyone already voting Trump ilhas already been convinced. She smart, beautiful & very independent! 😉
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