Politico: Dems in full-blown ‘freakout’ over Biden

Discussion in 'Politics' started by ipatent, May 28, 2024.

  1. ipatent

    ipatent

    Dems in full-blown ‘freakout’ over Biden

    A pervasive sense of fear has settled in at the highest levels of the Democratic Party over President Joe Biden’s reelection prospects, even among officeholders and strategists who had previously expressed confidence about the coming battle with Donald Trump.

    All year, Democrats had been on a joyless and exhausting grind through the 2024 election. But now, nearly five months from the election, anxiety has morphed into palpable trepidation, according to more than a dozen party leaders and operatives. And the gap between what Democrats will say on TV or in print, and what they’ll text their friends, has only grown as worries have surged about Biden’s prospects.

    “You don’t want to be that guy who is on the record saying we’re doomed, or the campaign’s bad or Biden’s making mistakes. Nobody wants to be that guy,” said a Democratic operative in close touch with the White House and granted anonymity to speak freely.

    Despite everything, Trump is running ahead of Biden in most battleground states. He raised far more money in April, and the landscape may only become worse for Democrats, with Trump’s hush-money trial concluding and another — this one involving the president’s son — set to begin in Delaware.



    But Biden’s stubbornly poor polling and the stakes of the election “are creating the freakout,” he said.
     
  2. Tony Stark

    Tony Stark

    Some of us knew Biden was done over a year ago.The dumb ass DNC and Biden supporters is just starting to figure it out.
     
  3. mervyn

    mervyn

    it is not about biden, who is too old anyway. the whole show is can't have a narcissist to run a country again.
     
  4. notagain

    notagain

    It's likely Michelle with Obama as first man.
    Supreme Court refused to hear about cheating so that's a green light to cheat again.
    Vote Trump and if that doesn't work?
     
  5. Tsing Tao

    Tsing Tao

    "This isn't 'oh God, Mitt Romney might be President', its 'oh God, the Democracy might end'."

    What a bunch of chicken littles. The Democracy isn't going to end if Trump somehow becomes President. So stupid.
     
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  6. smallfil

    smallfil

    The US will be better off with President Donald Trump in charge. Most Democrat voters who voted for Joe Biden know that now. They should have thought twice before they cast their votes for Joe Biden. Like the Keystone pipeline workers who voted for Joe Biden even though, he said he was going to shutdown the pipeline. They managed to get rid of their good paying jobs. You cannot really fix stupid. Some people are beyond help.
     
  7. Yes.

    Similarly, the auto workers have some thinking to do. They align themselves with Biden because Biden supports more pay and bennies for them because that is what unions do.

    At the same time, the autoworkers are not stupid. Strategically, they are aligned with Trump in his quest to kill this transition to EV scam. He has given them plenty to think about and he should continue to exploit that weak point. The autoworkers know that the recent union bennies that they got are great and will continue to be great for the few that are left with jobs over time.

    Plenty to think about there. Note to union autoworkers: Don't be stupid.
     
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