Slow pace of Biden’s reelection campaign feeds Democrats’ 2024 anxiety

[stoner]

10 hours ago, ozimoron said:

Of course we never hear the right wing refer to dems as "totalitarian fascist communists" and the like.

i have read hundreds of comments on here AN referring to the right as fascist etc.  

[HappyExpat57]

5 minutes ago, stoner said:

and here i thought we weren't allowed to say this on here. 

Give the powers that be a chance, they'll get to it.

[EVENKEEL]

11 minutes ago, placeholder said:

Another crystal ball gazer. Or do you own a time machine?

Optimism is an admirable trait. But, at times you have to know when to fold em.

[Tug]

13 minutes ago, Yellowtail said:

Compared to 1.23% when he took office, so only up over 100%

U.S. regular retail gasoline prices averaged $2.17 per gallon when he took office, so only up 69%

Yet fewer people working than pre covid.

 

Indeed, and long as the press, big tech, big pharma and the justice department keep running interference for him he's a shoe-in. 

 

I would not vote for him, but I would bet on him. 

Yup Trump inherited that economy from a competent president #44 Obama,we all remember that pesky pandemic with no one traveling therefore an incredible glut of gas hence the low prices.actually in reality President Biden doesn’t interfere with the separation of governmental branches unlike #45 unemployment is down way way down oh and just for clarity president Biden inherited a country and economy in shambles thanks to gross mismanagement on 44s part and Covid the one and only thing trump got done was his tax cut for the rich that’s it

[Rimmer]

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[placeholder]

9 minutes ago, EVENKEEL said:

Optimism is an admirable trait. But, at times you have to know when to fold em.

Coming from someone whose election predictions haven't exactly been spot-on.

[onthedarkside]

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[Purdey]

On 7/14/2023 at 8:01 AM, Social Media said:

quiet whispers on the sidelines of events, texts, emails, furtive phone calls

Basically, no evidence just rumors. 

[BusyB]

15 hours ago, bamnutsak said:

Inflation down significantly.

US Inflation Rate is at 2.97%, compared to 4.05% last month and 9.06% last year. This is lower than the long term average of 3.28%.

https://ycharts.com/indicators/us_inflation_rate#:~:text=US Inflation Rate is at,in price over a year.

 

Gas prices down

US Retail Gas Price is at a current level of 3.663, up from 3.643 last week and down from 4.879 one year ago. 

https://ycharts.com/indicators/us_gas_price

 

Unemployment at 50 year low

Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 209,000 in June, and the unemployment rate changed little at 3.6 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment continued to trend up in government, health care, social assistance, and construction. 

https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/empsit.pdf

 

 

Gettin' stuff done.

 

Can't see what the hurry is on the re-election campaign? I mean most of us complain about the lengthening election cycle.

 

CNN is just lamenting the lack of content so they gin up stories like these.

 

Infections from the Woke Mind Virus seem to be trending down. And even Biden Derangement Syndrome is affecting fewer people.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quite. It's silly season in industry parlance. In the northern hemisphere anyway.

[riclag]

“They are so underestimated, and they keep getting it right,” said Jim Messina, former president Barack Obama’s 2012 reelection campaign manager, who has been one of the people privately advising Biden’s team to ramp up gradually!

 Wow that news story just broke, bidens team to ramp up and this unscrupulous character contributes  big money! Imop

“Onetime guest on Jeffrey Epstein’s ‘pedophile island’ donates nearly $700K to Biden campaign fund”.

https://nypost.com/2023/07/16/epstein-linked-linkedin-co-founder-reid-hoffman-donates-to-biden/

Edited July 17, 2023 by riclag

[candide]

24 minutes ago, riclag said:

“They are so underestimated, and they keep getting it right,” said Jim Messina, former president Barack Obama’s 2012 reelection campaign manager, who has been one of the people privately advising Biden’s team to ramp up gradually!

 Wow that news story just broke, bidens team to ramp up and this unscrupulous character contributes  big money! Imop

“Onetime guest on Jeffrey Epstein’s ‘pedophile island’ donates nearly $700K to Biden campaign fund”.

https://nypost.com/2023/07/16/epstein-linked-linkedin-co-founder-reid-hoffman-donates-to-biden/

So what?

Edited July 17, 2023 by candide

[metisdead]

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[Jingthing]

The pace may be slow but the republicans are helping immeasurably.

I love how she inflects "urban" -- an obvious racist dog whistle. 

 

 

Edited July 19, 2023 by Jingthing

[Yellowtail]

36 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

The pace may be slow but the republicans are helping immeasurably.

I love how she inflects "urban" -- an obvious racist dog whistle. 

 

 

You seem to have a vile hatred and intolerance of Republicans. 

[Jingthing]

14 minutes ago, Yellowtail said:

You seem to have a vile hatred and intolerance of Republicans. 

So the fascist maga republican party is the victim, eh?

[ozimoron]

18 minutes ago, Yellowtail said:

You seem to have a vile hatred and intolerance of Republicans. 

I only hate the MAGA politicians. They are vile.

[Jingthing]

3 minutes ago, ozimoron said:

I only hate the MAGA politicians. They are vile.

Maga dominates that party. Trump did a hostile takeover.

[ozimoron]

2 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Maga dominates that party. Trump did a hostile takeover.

Yes, I understand it's most of them. The rest are mainly gutless cowards who won't risk losing their seats by speaking out.

[Yellowtail]

2 hours ago, ozimoron said:

I only hate the MAGA politicians. They are vile.

Can you name a few of the MAGA politicians, and what about them you consider vile?  

[scottiejohn]

1 hour ago, Yellowtail said:

Can you name a few of the MAGA politicians, and what about them you consider vile?  

All of them and everything they do and say in support of their Muppet puppet master!

[nauseus]

On 7/14/2023 at 6:05 PM, EVENKEEL said:

Get ready, they urge, in conversations that aides to several of the people involved have described to CNN: Despite what he has said, despite the campaign that has been announced, President Joe Biden won’t actually be running for reelection.

 

There you go folks, I'm thinking gavin newsom, perhaps.

I actually agree with CNN. One way, or another, I don't think Biden will run either and that the Democrats are not as anxious as the OP implies. 

[ozimoron]

1 hour ago, Yellowtail said:

Can you name a few of the MAGA politicians, and what about them you consider vile?  

I could name many and what I consider vile about them is their abject and obvious racism and fascist sympathies.

[nauseus]

On 7/14/2023 at 8:00 PM, Tug said:

Well he’s been just a tad busy you know expanding NATO taming inflation achieving meaningful legislation for the country you know like he said just watch me well I for one have I’m impressed with what he has gotten accomplished so far it’s still early in the process and he’s been just a bit busy you might say

Busy down Mexico way at the border anyways.

[ozimoron]

2 minutes ago, nauseus said:

I actually agree with CNN. One way, or another, I don't think Biden will run either and that the Democrats are not as anxious as the OP implies. 

It's true, Democrats are nowhere near as wedded to Biden as Republicans are to Trump. No president has ever been as anti-intellectual as Trump.

[Jingthing]

2 minutes ago, nauseus said:

Busy down Mexico way at the border anyways.

Not particularly.

[Hanaguma]

The Democrats face a few problems;

 

a/ Joe and The Donald both run. Joe will have to actively campaign- no basement this time.

b/ Joe and Not Donald run. The above PLUS he will have to have a campaign based on more than "I'm not him".

c/ Not Joe and The Donald run. Might be their best hope... as long as it isn't Kamala. Gov. Newsome warming up in the bullpen.

d/ Not Joe and Not Donald.  I wish.... would be vastly superior to any of the above options.

 

They have to prepare for all of the above, which is a Herculean task.

[nauseus]

21 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Not particularly.

Yes, you're right. Kamala has it all covered.

[Jingthing]

18 minutes ago, Hanaguma said:

The Democrats face a few problems;

 

a/ Joe and The Donald both run. Joe will have to actively campaign- no basement this time.

b/ Joe and Not Donald run. The above PLUS he will have to have a campaign based on more than "I'm not him".

c/ Not Joe and The Donald run. Might be their best hope... as long as it isn't Kamala. Gov. Newsome warming up in the bullpen.

d/ Not Joe and Not Donald.  I wish.... would be vastly superior to any of the above options.

 

They have to prepare for all of the above, which is a Herculean task.

For option A Uncle Joe mostly just needs to perform as the president.

You're forgetting that's very different than last time.

Most of his travel can be office related.

No need to Trump / Mussolini type rallies.

Biden is not a cult like Trump 

No need to copy that hot mess of ugly chaos.

[ozimoron]

13 minutes ago, nauseus said:

Yes, you're right. Kamala has it all covered.

I just checked - it looks like she does.

 

Unlawful entries along the southern border have decreased 70% from their record highs since the end of Title 42 on May 11, according the Department of Homeland Security.

 

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/unlawful-southern-border-entries-70-record-highs-end/story?id=99868336

[EVENKEEL]

3 minutes ago, ozimoron said:

I just checked - it looks like she does.

 

Unlawful entries along the southern border have decreased 70% from their record highs since the end of Title 42 on May 11, according the Department of Homeland Security.

 

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/unlawful-southern-border-entries-70-record-highs-end/story?id=99868336

Well then kamala for pres 2024,