Posted on 07/25/2018 6:35:39 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
Advisers (unnamed sources?) to President Trump say Joe Biden is the Democrat he most fears running against, and that Pennsylvania is the state he worries most about flipping against him.
Trump’s calculation is based partly on how weak he sees other Democratic possibilities, including Bernie Sanders or Elizabeth Warren, and partly on who’s capable of appealing to his base of working class whites.
Biden, sources tell me, doesn't think Trump is morally or politically fit for the Oval Office.
The former vice president, who at 75 is three years older than Trump, pines to run and will test the waters this fall.
But family considerations could prevent him from ultimately pulling the trigger. Biden sees the same opening Trump does with working class voters, especially in Democratic states like Pennsylvania that Trump won.
Trump advisers say says Biden, like the president, conveys authenticity, is comfortable in his own skin, can work a crowd, and relishes throwing and returning punches.
Biden could — and would — needle Trump, and get under his skin, with a brio that few other big-name Democrats could muster.
He has kept his connection to his birthplace — Scranton, Pa., emblematic of the working-class, Rust Belt territory that joined Trump Country in 2016.
A Democratic source close to Biden said he'd be strong with "Obama-Trump voters" in states like Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin where "the blue wall became the red threat" — Obama won them twice, then they flipped narrowly to Trump.
These are white, working-class voters who aren't college graduates (or have some college) and are anti-Washington. They voted for the anti-establishment candidate (Obama) in 2008 and again in 2016. Biden allies say he'd be a strong candidate partly because he has nothing to lose — his last run would give him a sense of liberation.
This fall, Biden will build up chits with Democrats by traveling every week to appear with candidates for House, Senate, governor and state legislature, and will make a slew of endorsements. In between, he'll work on the Biden Cancer Initiative, the Biden Institute and the Biden Foundation.
Republican sources tell me Pennsylvania, where Trump campaigned frequently and fervently in 2016, will be the toughest to hold of all the battleground states that put him in office.
"There's a reason Pennsylvania had eluded Republican presidential candidates as long as it did," said GOP operative Josh Holmes, president of the Cavalry LLC issue management firm. "You need a combination of a really effective campaign, a perfect message and a good environment."
To make up for how badly Republican candidates do in urban Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, they need almost unattainable margins in the Philly suburbs or in the state's rural areas — the Trump route.
Be smart: Trump told "CBS Evening News" anchor Jeff Glor just after the Singapore summit: "I dream about Biden. That's a dream. ... I'd love to have it be Biden." What Trump meant was "wouldn't."
Sessions Swats CREEP BIDEN’S Hand Away From Granddaughter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVW4x4uE6WI
How much money did Jeb raise? And how much did Trump raise.
I can foresee a situation where the Democrats nominate Biden as the best chance to beat Trump, and then pair him with someone like Booker or Harris with the understanding that he'll serve one term and then have his veep run in 2024.
The Dems must have a minority on the ticket, either at the top or as VP. Obama could anoint Biden as an honorary black man.
‘Yeah, you’re right, he’ll beat Trump without any difficulty.’
a very silly response, based on the post I made to you...
and don't believe their baloney about us voters in PENNSYLVANIA...we all recall the eight years of Hussein obama and his side kick, Joey..
Joe will step in the barn **** quickly , count on it...
I would think Trump will campaign right in Scranton, pointing out steel mills and coal mines in PA, and the history of opening and closing them. He will.
The cream rises to the top and so does the scum.
By 2024, Biden will be 82 years old, if he lives that long.
I can see that in the near future but whites are still the majority and Democrats may have to make a deal with the blue-eye white devil if they want to advance to the next level of destruction.
To take back the White House, they may need a white man to beat a white man.
I suspect the Democrats are thinking more about the office than Biden's longevity. If he makes it through four years, well and good. If he passes while in office then it's a nifty funeral and President Harris or Booker or whoever.
Bwa ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
Yeah, DJT is sooooo scared of Plagiarist Child Groping Joe.
Goodnight.
The professional political class still doesn’t understand Trump. The good news that until they do they will continues to lose elections to him.
IMHO Trump regards his presidency as a repayment to the Republic. It is NOT a job. Once he completes his tour of duty to the Republic he gets back his freedoms, moves back into a home almost as luminous as the White House, an extremely large pay raise, and a private airplane that rivals the comforts of Air Force One.
Todate almost all of his opponents depend on winning elections to put food on the table.
Just MHO.
The Democrats can’t nominate a white person for president again, let alone a white man like Uncle Joe!
‘By 2024, Biden will be 82 years old, if he lives that long.’
that’s right; I misstated his 2020 age as 75; he will actually be 78, and even less likely to run...
White men need not apply! The Dems have gone full blast on identity politics. A black or Hispanic candidate will be the headliner on their presidential ticket!
So Trump fears The Walking Gaffe Machine??? The Gift That Keeps On Giving??? Creepy Joe Biden??? Don’t let your children get near him...
Democrats are crunching the numbers.
They may come to the conclusion the only way to beat a white man is with another white man.
They want to take back the White House - By Any Means Necessary.
If that means nominating a white man, they'll give Biden serious consideration.
Their goal is to Take Back Power. Biden may be a 'necessary evil'.
I googled “Joe Biden Groper” and clicked “images.”
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