I think we've been easy on Joe so far.
I think we've been easy on Joe so far.
Indeed. The GOP response to this debate debacle has been underwhelming. For good or for bad - the Repub lawmakers have kept quiet.
I agree that the Republicans in the house have been way too easy on Biden and his administration, we have a new ballgame with what occurred in the debate. It was so bad that the worst thing would be to replace Biden. While there are some technicalities that might be encountered in doing so, with Biden at the top of the ticket, the enthusiasm for Democrats would crater. We should bide our time until after the DNC where there is no point of return and then unleash our arsenal.
In a similar vein, where I wanted Garland to be arrested by the House, a $10K per day fine is acceptable. Let it pile up and then after Trump’s election prosecute Garland. We no longer need the release of the Hur tapes. The debate showed everything that is needed.
As a retired actuary, I will give a mathematical view of this. There are a number of people who are Trump or Biden supporters (or anti one of them) whose votes will not be changed. Many are non-political who view the politics on rare occasions such as the debate. What occurred has a twofold effect. First is movement away from Biden. Biden did not gain any voters from the debate. (As bad as the debate was, any is not 0 but is very low and that is the context of the meaning of any). The Luntz focus group of undeciders had an extremely high movement to Trump. (10 of 14 raised their hands to say they were more inclined to vote for Trump. Luntz noted that he has not seen such a result). I think even bigger is the enthusiasm gap will be humongous. That is what I believe will be devastating to Dems downstream. This is why we should exploit this after the DNC convention.
Thinking about this theme, the RNC convention should go after Biden on his policies and spend most time about their plans to turn things around. Trump’s speech at the RNC should consist of at most 2 funny lines about Biden’s condition and contrast what problems are occurring now with what he will do to fix it.