Posted on 07/08/2024 5:12:55 PM PDT by Libloather
Senior Democratic strategist David Axelrod raised questions Monday about former President Trump’s current strategy of keeping quiet amid rising concerns over President Biden’s health and candidacy.
“Trump’s not talking much about Biden’s bad debate. Trump’s campaign is not blitzing ads about it. And Lara Trump said last week it would be an affront to democracy if Biden were not the nominee,” Axelrod wrote in a social media post. “Question: Why do you think they are uncharacteristically holding fire?”
Axelrod, a longtime adviser to former President Obama, has been an outspoken critic of the Biden campaign in recent weeks as the president struggles to recover from a poor debate performance.
A rising number of Democrats have called on Biden to leave the race and make way for a different candidate in recent days.
Former Rep. Steve Stivers (R-Ohio), a former chair of the House GOP campaign arm, said last week that Trump’s strategy is simply to let Biden hurt himself with the negative attention.
“When your opponent is blowing himself up, don’t interrupt. … There’s no reason to insert yourself in that conversation,” Stivers told The Hill. “The discipline is smart on this topic, and he’s done a good job at that.”
“Nobody in the Democratic Party cares about what Trump thinks whether Biden’s the candidate, so why talk,” he continued. “I’m glad to see he’s learned from 2020, because he wasn’t very disciplined then. I think it speaks to him learning from the past.”
Axelrod has dismissed the calls for Biden to leave the race as “irrelevant,” saying he doesn’t believe the president will end his campaign. But he’s also been openly critical of Biden, calling him “dangerously out-of-touch” Friday.
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“Biden fawning media is working so hard are trashing and destroying Biden “
Hmm not yet. The Biden protection fortress has some cracks but it is long ways from “trashing and destroying Biden”. That would look much different than this.
Axlerod is upset because he knows Trump is playing it smart and didn’t think Trump capable of it.
Isn't the ancient philosophy, and I paraphrase.. "Never Interrupt your ENEMY when they're making a SERIOUS mistake."
Because President Trump wants biden to be the candidate. He knows he will crush biden this time. President Trump does not want them to find a candidate they can rally around.
It is a war crime to desecrate a dead body, or in this case Biden’s campaign.
“ Axelrod was saying Trump wants Biden to stay. Axelrod wants Joe to go.”
Yes. He’s saying Trump wants Biden to stay in, therefore Biden should go.
The Art of War!
You shouldn’t abuse those with dementia
If Joe really wants to stay “in”, and he seems he does, with a lot of bullheadedness involved, it’s going to be very difficult to get him out. It’d take the defection of a really prominent Dem, or maybe the majority of House and Senate Dems, to put on enough pressure. Single Dems would be either Obummer or Heels Up. MAYBE Schumer (and I’m sure if he turned there would be numerous Dem Senators lined up with him.) MAYBE White House Chief of Staff Jeff Zients along with some other high level staff? But I’d be highly surprised if Zients flipped - he’s at the core of the present cover op!
From your keyboard to God's monitor.
.... And they’ve forgotten about RFK Jr and Cornel West even more. Both of whom have legitimate support.
If they try to replace Biden, the fact that these two guys were squeezed out of having their names on the ballots of the Democratic primaries is going to come back to haunt the Democrats.
The Bernie Bros were tools, for the most part. But the ones that had integrity are backing either RFK Jr or West.
Some of them will be able to shame their Lefty friends into either voting for an alternate candidate or not voting at all, if a new candidate is installed without any input from the voters.
I can only imagine that Trump has some nuclear October surprises. What did Trump keep from his days as pres? What has the house and senate committees been holding on to? All of the disgruntled Biden klan former associates. Civil Lawsuits against Hunter by former trafficked prostitutes.
The Bidenistas are just ticked that they can’t use all their plans when they expected Trump to attack on his age and dementia. Also... Trump wants to face Biden. Why throw any resources at destroying Biden so early?
He had a rally in Virginia. He’s not “holding fire,” he’s contrasting himself with the Cretin in Chief, acting presidential, talking about the future and his vision for it. Don’t these people even bother doing their homework?
Two reasons
It would look bad form picking on a sick man
And why interfere in your enemies are fighting one another ?
Not the briar patch, boss. Especially not THAT briar patch.
“Never interrupt your enemy while he’s making a mistake” Napoleon I
The demise of Biden is the news cycle narrative. That’s all anyone talks about. Why should Trump news it? Besides, he’ll gets lots of attention at the Republican convention.
He is allowing them to eat their own and he has risen above the nastiness against an old white guy with Alzheimer’s who happeneds to be president. The blood is in the water and the sharks are his own party and admininstration
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