In the two plus weeks since Joe Biden fell in the Orchestra Pit on national television at the Atlanta Presidential debate, all hell has broken loose in the Democrat Party.
Post-debate, a large and growing number of Democrat public officials have decided that it is time for Joe to go, (so far) totaling 19 House Members, 1 (New York) Lt. Governor, and 1 U.S. Senator. The left-wing MSM has written numerous editorials and op-ed pieces calling for Biden’s ouster as the nominee and/or resignation as President. The Democrat leadership has remained increasingly vague about whom they want to lead to the Democrat ticket. And former President Barack Obama’s advisors have increasingly talked down Biden’s chances, and Obama himself may have had a hand in actor/director George Clooney’s column in which Clooney begged Joe to go.
U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet of Colorado, who has not asked Biden to step down, has, in particular, been clanging the electoral alarm:
I'm sure President Biden has a different view of his prospects in this election than I do, but we should be having a discussion about that…The White House, in the time since that disastrous debate, I think, has done nothing to really demonstrate that they have a plan to win this election, that they have a convincing plan to win in the battleground states where we have to win in order to win the election. And they need to do that.
Meanwhile, the few strong Democrat Biden backers, including his family and personal hangers-on, are still making excuses or trying to explain away Biden’s horrible performance during the debate.
None of this is good news for Joe Biden or the Democrat Party.
So, let’s again look at the 2024 Presidential election fundamentals, and what they portend for the future:
More registered voters believe former President Donald Trump would do a better job than President Joe Biden tackling two of the top issues of the 2024 campaign, the economy and immigration, according to an exclusive poll by USA TODAY/Suffolk University taken after Biden's disastrous debate with Trump. The poll also found voters view Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee, more capable of handling national security issues and dealing with China.
Biden received higher marks than Trump on just two of six key issues surveyed: handling race relations and health care. Perhaps most troubling for Biden: 51% of respondents said they now approve of Trump's job performance when he was president from 2017 to 2021, compared to 41% who said they approve of Biden's current job performance.
To be continued…