Posted on 09/25/2023 6:27:40 AM PDT by Red Badger
Joe Biden has never been an exceedingly popular politician on the national stage. In 1988, he made an early exit from the presidential race after allegations of plagiarism surfaced. He ran again twenty years later but finished near the bottom of the pack.
Biden was saved from national obscurity by Barack Obama who chose him as his running mate in 2008. He rode Obama’s coattails to eight years as Vice President. Unfortunately, for Biden, his tenure as Vice President was so unimpressive that at the end of his term, Democratic Party insiders overlooked him and chose Hillary Clinton as their presidential nominee.
When the 2020 race began, Biden started with a string of horrific losses. He was saved in South Carolina by U.S. Congressman James Clyburn (D-SC), and he cruised to the nomination because the Democratic Party leadership feared his major opponent, U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), was too radical.
Of course, Biden became President in a tumultuous election year filled with COVID worries, George Floyd riots, lockdowns, unprecedented voting procedures, millions of mail-in ballots, and unending controversy about the result.
Biden’s tenure as President has been catastrophic. While he achieved significant legislative successes, none of the “accomplishments” improved the lives of Americans.
The results have been horrific, including record $33 trillion national debt and a 3.7% inflation rate, more than double the 1.4% rate at the start of his presidency. In addition, mortgage rates have skyrocketed to the highest point in almost 23 years, which has devastated the real estate industry and led to higher credit card debt payments for millions of Americans.
As the economy has deteriorated, voters are blaming the President, who has labeled this collection of policies as Bidenomics. Only 20% of Americans believe they are “better off’ today than in 2020, at the start of the pandemic.
Biden’s awful record is coupled with a sharp decline in his physical condition and his ability to communicate. When he is not falling off his bike or on stage, he is making speeches filled with gaffes and misstatements.
In the last week, he embarrassed himself at the United Nations, fumbling with an earpiece and almost knocking over the Brazilian flag. To make matters worse, he insulted the Brazilian President by leaving the stage without shaking his hand.
In another speech, he praised the significant accomplishments of the Congressional Black Caucus; however, he was speaking to the Congressional Hispanic Caucus. During an actual speech to the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s legislative conference, he referred to their “Phoenix Award” recipient, rapper LL Cool J as “LL J Cool J.” As icing on the cake of gaffes, he called the rap legend “boy.”
No wonder, only 34% of Americans believe that Biden can finish a second term if elected again. Even worse, in a new ABC News poll, 74% of respondents believe he is too old and should not run again.
The ABC News poll also showed that President Donald Trump is leading Biden by a remarkable 51-42% margin. Overall, Biden has a low 37% approval rating among voters, with only 30% approving of his stewardship of the economy and a mere 23% approving of his handling of “immigration” on the U.S./Mexican border.
These results are devastating for Biden, indicating that Americans dislike his policies and are increasingly worried about his age and ability to serve as President. While Trump is gaining support and expanding his lead in the race for the GOP presidential nomination, Biden’s troubles are intensifying.
Democrats are not going to steadfastly support Biden if it means Trump will return to the White House. They possess an unnatural hatred of Trump and a true fear of his “Make America Great Again” (MAGA) agenda.
Sadly, for Democrats, their options are limited by the presence of another unpopular politician, Vice President Kamala Harris, who has a low 39% approval rating. She is also not very respected by many Democratic Party insiders and possesses an extremely poor record of accomplishment.
For example, she was appointed the “Border Czar” by President Biden. Even though a record number of 5.8 million illegal immigrants have streamed into our country in the last 32 months, Harris has made only one visit to the border.
While Biden is the king of gaffes, Harris is the queen of “word salads.” Neither politician is connecting with the American people or generating fervent support.
If not Biden or Harris, what other options do Democrats have? Their bench is woefully weak. Michelle Obama does not seem to want the position, and California Governor Gavin Newsome said that if Biden does not run again, Harris is “naturally lined up” for the job.
Other potential candidates include the Governor of Michigan, Gretchen Whitmer, and the Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. Yet, none of these potential nominees are politically moderate or opposed to the radical left direction being pushed by the Biden administration.
Only one Democratic Party presidential contender offers some diversity of views, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. He has sparked interest from a collection of voters from across the political spectrum.
His beliefs on the Covid “vaccine”, the border, the power of government agencies, and the war in Ukraine do not coincide with the powerful interests who control the Democratic Party, so he has no chance of winning the party’s nomination. His only chance to get any traction is a possible third-party candidacy, but that would ensure the re-election of Trump as President.
The Democratic Party woes are good news to President Trump, who continues to lead all his GOP challengers by huge margins. He will skip this week’s Republican Party presidential debate to speak to 500 United Auto Workers on strike.
After eight years as a candidate and President, Republicans know Donald Trump, so he does not need to debate and give exposure to his challengers. Despite his indictments, Trump is in an outstanding position politically. In contrast, Biden’s support is crumbling, and the Democrats are starting to desperately search for an alternative.
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Jeff Crouere is a native New Orleanian and his award-winning program, “Ringside Politics,” airs Saturdays from Noon until 1 p.m. CT nationally on Real America’s Voice TV Network & AmericasVoice.News and weekdays from 7-11 a.m. CT on WGSO 990-AM & Wgso.com. He is a political columnist, the author of America’s Last Chance and provides regular commentaries on the Jeff Crouere YouTube channel and on Crouere.net. For more information, email him at jcrouere@gmail.com
Polling no longer matters
Democrats will win again
I remember watching the Democrat debates before the 2020 election and, though all of them looked like clowns (except for Gabbard), I saw Biden’s presence there as some sort of joke. He had no business on that stage, and his mental issues were showing up clearly even then.
Yet here we are. They obviously learned from 2016. They really dialed in that election fraud thingee. And don’t kid yourself. The deep state was expecting Jeb Bush to be their candidate in 2016. But, again, they miscalculated.
I recognize the Biden type from my experience in the working world. A man who is deeply flawed and problematic is brought along by the powers that be BECAUSE he is no danger to them. He’ll always support them, no matter what, because they put the butter on his bread, and they supply the bread. The real problems arise when the powers that be move on. Who is the logical choice to succeed them? Well, the deeply flawed and probably incompetent person they were using to guard their back. This person is invariably unable to fill the shoes he suddenly finds himself clomping around in.
If he was on Star Trek, he’d be wearing a Red Shirt................
Biden could be dumped Newsom vetoed some bills Friday evening out in California.
One would have forced the judges to consider “gender affirmation” by parents in child custody cases.
Newsom also vetoed a ban on driverless trucks.
One veto makes him look “Moderate” the other lines his pockets with tech money in a POTUS run.
Yes I’ve been assuming Newsome will be the candidate for some time. It all depends on Biden announcing he will retire after serving out his term, and the democrats throwing the nomination open, so Kamala Harris doesn’t snatch the prize. Nobody wants that.
And almost every poll said there’d be a RED WAVE last cycle!
Polls, what a joke!
Until the republitards stop mail in voting, and make election day, just that, election DAY, it’s over!
Hard to believe otherwise!!
90 million votes for Biden this time around.
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Joe Biden rules the Deep Swamp with an Iron Fist though.
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And yet, oddly enough, he tallied more votes than anyone in our nation's history. Weird, huh?
Where's the video!
95 million votes for Biden. Those illegals who entered will likely be voting, plus all the fraud.
At this link, scroll down.
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2023/09/24/watch-president-joe-biden-calls-ll-cool-j-boy-congressional-black-caucus-event/
the art of the steal.
Owning the mass media and election officials in a relative few strategic metropolitan areas is what matters I’m afraid. Hope I’m wrong though.
Trump + (fraud + Biden) <= Total number of registered voters.
The last ABC poll had a 5% Trump lead and methodology did not change in this one.
Partisan mix 25/25/47 Dem/Rep/Ind
It is absurdly popular on FR to say this Rep or that Rep had a xx% lead in polls before a lost election. This is pretty much always wrong.
Biden had a substantial lead in pre election polls. He hugely under-performed them. This is usually attributed to Trump voters refusing to participate, with pollsters perceived to be Swamp creatures.
This was also true in 2016 and pollsters attempted an adjustment into 2020, and were still wrong.
The key remains Biden getting 7 million more votes in 2020, with 5M of those in Calif, and 2M in NY, and 1M in IL. In no state did Trump have a lead over 1M votes.
The Biden numbers were hugely concentrated and there was no need for the Dems to risk cheat exposure in those huge margin states, so they didn’t. The VBM zero address verfy efforts were reserved for the swing states. With that overwhelming concentration, it is impossible for ztrump to have lost all of them except NC.
This ABC poll is likely real. No change to methodology grew an already existing lead.
“Democrats will win again”
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Democrats play to win. They are always on offense.
Republicans not so much.
As of today, I don't think anybody knows for sure where this will end up. The only known is it will be Trump and it won't be Biden running.
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