I’m not sure about that. I think the media has turned on Joe. There is nothing or no one they hate more than Trump, and I think they’ve realized that after years of propping up Joe, the edifice has collapsed. And can’t be built back again.
I think they want him gone. And maybe Stephanopoulos got the task of taking him out for good (he used to work for the Clintons after all).
The bar is being raised very high by . . . probably the GOPe.
They want a stronger opponent for Trump.
But Biden has no reason to quit. He has all that money. He has a full schedule, and he has a staff filling his ears with talk of “just a bad night and you beat him last time”.
We don’t need for him to have a great interview. We just need him to be mediocre. Weather the storm. Have time pass.
Trump will maintain his 3ish% lead and it will be what it has been for months. In fact, when some pollster who measured 2%, or even a 1% Biden lead, reports a 3% Trump lead, the media will fill with talk of a Biden surge, cutting Trump’s lead in half.
Keep the clock ticking. And someone tell Trump all he has to do is talk about the Wall and the Swamp and shut off all things provocative.
His lead at 2% is enormous, because it was -7% in 2020 and only lost by a few 10s of K votes in battlegrounds.
But the key to it all is to keep Biden in. If you get polled, tell them you are voting Biden.
“And maybe Stephanopoulos got the task of taking him out for good”
well, we’ll know one way or the other for sure tonight!