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Biden Is Politically Dead, and Yet He Still Beats Donald Trump in the Polls (Barf alert)
National Review ^ | 12th July 2022 | CHARLES C. W. COOKE

Posted on 07/12/2022 7:49:57 AM PDT by Ennis85

On the homepage today, Rich writes that “for the good of the country, Biden shouldn’t run again.”

The same is true of Donald Trump.

In my view, there are many, many reasons for this — not least that Trump permanently disqualified himself from consideration with his behavior after the 2020 election. But, whether or not you agree with me about that, you can surely grasp that, as a political matter, Donald Trump is a spent force?

Yesterday’s New York Times poll sent shockwaves through the political world. It found that President Biden’s approval rating is at 33 percent; that “more than two-thirds of independents also now disapprove of the president’s performance”; that “more than three-quarters of registered voters see the United States moving in the wrong direction”; that “only 13 percent of American voters said the nation was on the right track”; and that “94 percent of Democrats under the age of 30 said they would prefer a different presidential nominee.” This is disastrous.

And yet:

One glimmer of good news for Mr. Biden is that the survey showed him with a narrow edge in a hypothetical rematch in 2024 with former President Donald J. Trump: 44 percent to 41 percent.

That’s right. Joe Biden is on political death row. And yet, in the same poll that has delivered his death warrant, he still beats Donald Trump in a head-to-head matchup. If Republican primary voters look at this information and decide to nominate Trump again anyway, they will have nobody to blame for the consequences but themselves.


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Society
KEYWORDS: angryneocons; biden; charlescwcooke; election; fakenews; nationalrepuke; nationalreview; nationalspew; neocontwaddle; nevertrumpers; newyorkslimes; polls; sharles; tds; trump
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To: from occupied ga
who did they poll? The staff at the Washington comPost?
And the Never-Trump suck-ups at Fox News Corp.
41 posted on 07/12/2022 8:16:55 AM PDT by lewislynn (The Murdochs might be citizens but they aren't true blue Americans.)
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To: Ennis85

Uh huh and I’m worth $20B. Hey if lying is the theme of the day....


42 posted on 07/12/2022 8:18:41 AM PDT by Boomer ( George Orwell: “During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.”)
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To: Ennis85

Who’d they poll ... dead voters?


43 posted on 07/12/2022 8:21:03 AM PDT by al_c (Democrats: Party over Common Sense)
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To: OHPatriot

LOL.....from someone from Whittier.


44 posted on 07/12/2022 8:21:44 AM PDT by Irish Eyes
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...
Sounds like the talking point being regurg'ed by the RINO Kinzinger, and Donny Deutsch, et al, ad nauseum.

45 posted on 07/12/2022 8:22:07 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: skeeter

That expresses my thoughts also.


46 posted on 07/12/2022 8:23:00 AM PDT by devere
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To: Blennos

They actively worked for Biden and the Dems in 2020. Buckley would have Rich’s head if he were alive today.


47 posted on 07/12/2022 8:23:14 AM PDT by Free Louie
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To: spincaster

Look, I know all about anecdotal evidence, but where I live (Buffalo), you see an awful lot of Trump banners (Both 2024 and 2020). People have left them up. You see MAGA hats, flags on trucks, bumper stickers. You see houses that are just festooned with signs and flags for Trump. Now, I know that you wouldn’t expect to see anything for Biden (or any other president halfway between elections), even if he was doing a great job, but there is a ton of uncommon support for Donald Trump. There may be many things you can say about President Trump, but “politically dead” is not one of them.


48 posted on 07/12/2022 8:23:17 AM PDT by fhayek
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To: Ennis85

Phony polls for a phony pretender president.


49 posted on 07/12/2022 8:23:27 AM PDT by Bullish (Rot'sa ruck America. )
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To: Ennis85

Can anyone tell me National Review’s circulation? Revenue?

How does it compare to 20 years ago?


50 posted on 07/12/2022 8:24:04 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: Ennis85

Meanwhile the tooth fairy still visits the writers at National Review.


51 posted on 07/12/2022 8:25:32 AM PDT by Midwesterner53
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To: Ennis85

If WFB were alive today, he’d be cleaning house and taking out the trash.


52 posted on 07/12/2022 8:26:21 AM PDT by Huskrrrr (Alinsky, you magnificent Bastard, I read your book!)
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To: Ennis85

National Review needs to die faster.


53 posted on 07/12/2022 8:28:16 AM PDT by Little Ray (Civilization runs on a narrow margin. What sustains it is not magic, but hard work. )
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To: Mr. K

National Review is working really hard at outlying the New York Times. And they are getting very successful at it too.
Chuckle.


54 posted on 07/12/2022 8:31:52 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: Ennis85

National Review is below contempt.


55 posted on 07/12/2022 8:32:44 AM PDT by Lazamataz (The firearms I own today, are the firearms I will die with. How I die will be up to them.)
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To: Ennis85
Trump did everything right, called out Biden 100% BEFORE the election and accomplished just about EVERY promise he EVER made to the American people.

Trump s ONLY fault to the commies in Congress is what he says and how he says it.

So we have Lyin' Joe, Cacklin' Kamala, druggie whore criminal Hunter and an entire dysfunctional Biden family compared to every workaholic, successful Trump kid.


POUND SAND, COMMIE BASTIDS !

56 posted on 07/12/2022 8:37:01 AM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true . . . . . I may not have proof, but they're true !)
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To: Ennis85

Polls are crap - they have Harris beating desantis for presidential race -


57 posted on 07/12/2022 8:37:34 AM PDT by revivaljoe ( )
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To: Ennis85

Cooke should know better what “politically dead” means. It means Muskie in ‘72, Humphrey in ‘80, George Allen Jr. after Macaca (how quaint), Sanford after his Appalachian detour to South America , Charlie Crist after he made it clear he as just an aging queen, John Ellis Bush having his liver plucked out every night during the primaries, etc


58 posted on 07/12/2022 8:39:09 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana (What was 35% of the Rep. Party is now 85%. And it’s too late to turn back—Mac Stipanovich )
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To: Ennis85

Poll it by state and see what happens. We don’t elect based on total vote.


59 posted on 07/12/2022 8:39:34 AM PDT by Codeflier (I am just going to assume you are a Democrat if you call me a Putin supporter and ignore you.)
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To: Ennis85

Oh my, another reminder as to why I let my subscription run out a few years ago.


60 posted on 07/12/2022 8:42:02 AM PDT by OttawaFreeper ("The Gardens was founded by men-sportsmen-who fought for their country" Conn Smythe, 1966 )
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