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Deep cracks emerge in Biden’s firewall
Politico via MSN ^ | 2/15/20 | Maya King

Posted on 02/16/2020 4:26:46 AM PST by Libloather

CHARLESTON, S.C. - His message is uninspiring. His ground game is flawed. After Iowa and New Hampshire, they’re no longer convinced he can beat Donald Trump.

Interviews with two dozen South Carolina lawmakers, consultants and voters here suggests there are deep cracks in Joe Biden’s firewall state, where his campaign expects to turn his misfortunes around with a robust victory that highlights his broad-based support - particularly among African Americans.

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But his advantage has gradually eroded. In a state where African Americans cast 61 percent of the primary vote in 2016, a February Quinnipiac poll showed Biden's support among African-Americans at 27 percent - a 22-point slip from before the Iowa caucus. While almost no one is willing to predict a Biden defeat here, many point to worrisome signs about the state of his campaign.

During a get-out-the-vote effort Wednesday in a North Charleston neighborhood just blocks away from Biden’s offices, members of the media rivaled the number of volunteers present. Some prominent black state leaders expected to be firmly in Biden’s camp have migrated to other campaigns, namely those of Tom Steyer and Bernie Sanders.

Dahli Myers, vice chair of the Richland County Council and a former Biden supporter, said she switched allegiances to Sanders after warning several Biden staffers that their grassroots approach was outdated. His get-out-the-vote strategy, she said, was too tailored to older voters and his message of electability too broad to be convincing.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Conspiracy; Politics; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: biden; cracked; firewall; sc
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Gropin' Joe outdated? A little denture slippage and they just toss him to the curb. The freeloaders are getting restless...
1 posted on 02/16/2020 4:26:47 AM PST by Libloather
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> His get-out-the-vote strategy, she said, was too tailored to older voters <

That’s a bunch of malarkey! All Biden has to do is put in an appearance at a few bingo games and he’ll be back on top.


2 posted on 02/16/2020 4:30:24 AM PST by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: Libloather

They keep using the term “firewall”. I think it’s odd usage. What’s on fire? Are they trying to stop the fire? Are they protecting Joe from the fire?


3 posted on 02/16/2020 4:31:37 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
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To: Libloather

There are deep cracks in Bidens’ brain and his son is on crack.


4 posted on 02/16/2020 4:35:24 AM PST by Boardwalk
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To: Libloather

Blacks are taken advantage of by these Democrats who have RUINED their Schools, Their Homes, etc.....WHEN WILL BLACKS WAKE UP??


5 posted on 02/16/2020 4:38:50 AM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Libloather

Brainfriden is toast.


6 posted on 02/16/2020 4:41:58 AM PST by HighSierra5
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Biden is something else.


7 posted on 02/16/2020 4:44:28 AM PST by AnthonySoprano
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To: Ann Archy

Most blacks enjoy Plantation life.


8 posted on 02/16/2020 4:44:56 AM PST by tennmountainman (The Liberals Are Baby Killers)
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To: Libloather

Biden never had anything more than name-recognition.

The more voters saw of him, the more they saw he was not mentally fit to go up against Trump.

Even Democrats are tired of entrenched politicians for life....but they give Bernie a pass because he is less well known.


9 posted on 02/16/2020 4:52:45 AM PST by Erik Latranyi (The Democratic Party is communism)
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To: AnthonySoprano

Joe has a dream for black students—he wants them to be as dumb as he is!


10 posted on 02/16/2020 5:19:21 AM PST by cgbg (The Democratic Party is morphing into the Donner Party)
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To: tennmountainman

Most blacks enjoy Plantation life.

Really, and how would you know that?


11 posted on 02/16/2020 5:29:48 AM PST by jimjohn (2020: The year the Republicans can and should take back the black vote.)
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To: Libloather

Biden wants to know are there any black girls in the audience between the age of 11-15?


12 posted on 02/16/2020 5:37:57 AM PST by Leep (Everyday is Trump Day!)
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To: tennmountainman

Sadly, Biden can get away with a history of thinly veiled racist remarks that if Trump had said even a shadow of would have ended his career. Instead, many but not all black people will ignore his long history of such remarks and vote for him in the primary.


13 posted on 02/16/2020 5:42:52 AM PST by laconic
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To: jimjohn

Because no matter that Black unemployment is at its lowest in history.
And that wages are up for working class Americans including blacks.
And that Trump has sincerely reached out to black Americans,
Most Black Americans will vote to remain on the RAT Plantation.


14 posted on 02/16/2020 5:42:54 AM PST by tennmountainman (The Liberals Are Baby Killers)
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To: Libloather

Dahli Myers, vice chair of the Richland County Council and a former Biden supporter, said she switched allegiances to Sanders after warning several Biden staffers that their grassroots approach was outdated. His get-out-the-vote strategy, she said, was too tailored to older voters and his message of electability too broad to be convincing.

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The unfrozen caveman strategy.


15 posted on 02/16/2020 5:49:28 AM PST by Moonman62 (Charity comes from wealth.)
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To: laconic

Orange man bad.
Quid Pro Joe good.


16 posted on 02/16/2020 5:52:01 AM PST by tennmountainman (The Liberals Are Baby Killers)
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To: ClearCase_guy
"They keep using the term “firewall”. I think it’s odd usage. What’s on fire? Are they trying to stop the fire? Are they protecting Joe from the fire?"

Agreed! It's a strange use of the term.

17 posted on 02/16/2020 6:15:26 AM PST by MV=PY (The Magic Question: Who's paying for it?)
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To: Libloather

17 posts and no one has accused you of being a lying dog-faced pony soldier.


18 posted on 02/16/2020 6:31:31 AM PST by JusPasenThru (KAG 2020.)
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To: jimjohn

Well they keep voting for the massahs........


19 posted on 02/16/2020 6:55:45 AM PST by TnTnTn
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To: jimjohn

Because that’s where they choose to stay, obviously.


20 posted on 02/16/2020 7:23:54 AM PST by chris37 (Impeach Chief Obama Injustice Roberts, a fraud, a clown and a tyrant!)
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