President Joe Biden on Friday addressed his poor performance in Thursday's presidential debate, just hours after he faltered on stage in his matchup against former President Donald Trump.
It is looking like Pres Biden needs to address more than just his poor debate performance....
The RCP round-up of recent polls shows fmr Pres Trump increasing his lead from 0.5% to 1.9%.
2024 General Election: Trump vs. Biden
www.realclearpolling.com
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NY Times/Siena - Trump+4
Quinnipiac - Trump+4
Morning Consult - Tie
Rasmussen Reports - Trump+9
CBS News - Trump+1
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Go to the link for more details.
FWIW, the dates of those polls I quoted all were before the debate. It is going to be a week or two before the polls numbers settle in post-debate.
... and for reference...
2020 General Election: Trump vs Biden
www.realclearpolling.com
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Final Results Biden +4.5
RCP Average Biden +7.2
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The campaign continues...
Obama to the rescue as Biden's strategy to calm nervous Democrats begins
www.axios.com
... President Biden tried quell concerns about his shaky debate performance in Atlanta last night with a fiery appearance North Carolina rally this afternoon " and a plea for sympathy from former President Obama.
Why it matters: It's part of an emerging survival strategy by Biden's team to show his supporters " including senior Democrats who came away from the debate doubting Biden's viability as a candidate " that the president has the stamina and strength to defeat former President Trump.
- - - Biden and Obama also are asking voters for a little grace after a debate night that they admit wasn't great.
- - - "Bad debate nights happen. Trust me, I know," Obama said, referencing his own subpar 2012 debate performance against Republican Mitt Romney.
- - - "But this election is still a choice between someone who has fought for ordinary folks his entire life and someone who only cares about himself," Obama posted on X.
In his remarks at the rally in Raleigh, N.C., an enthusiastic Biden " using a Teleprompter before a cheering crowd " also acknowledged that his debate skills have atrophied with age.
- - - "I don't speak as smoothly as I used to," he said. "I don't debate as well as I used to."
- - - But I know what I do know," he added. "I know how to tell the truth. I know right from wrong."
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Will the campaigning work?
imo, there is a rather significant hill that must be climbed.
@#7 ... I'm pulling for Biden Now. ...
Yeah, after Pres Putin said as much.
Putin says Biden is better for Russia than a Trump presidency (February 2024)
www.nbcnews.com
... President Joe Biden has been handed an endorsement from an unexpected and perhaps unwelcome source: the Kremlin.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that his country would prefer to see the "more experienced" Biden in the White House for a second term than the Republican front-runner, former President Donald Trump.
The comments, which may be taken more as mischievous meddling than serious statecraft, were the Russian leader's most direct in public on the upcoming U.S. presidential election. They were welcomed by Trump but dismissed by the White House, which urged Putin to "stay out" of the election. ...
So... still, apparently, still echoing the talking points issued?
@#9 ... Now that Putin's for Biden you gonna vote Trump? ...
Yeah as I noted in another thread, your current alias seems to echo Pres Putin ...
drudge.com
... @#7 ... I'm pulling for Biden Now. ...
Yeah, after Pres Putin said as much.
Putin says Biden is better for Russia than a Trump presidency (February 2024)
www.nbcnews.com
... President Joe Biden has been handed an endorsement from an unexpected and perhaps unwelcome source: the Kremlin.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that his country would prefer to see the "more experienced" Biden in the White House for a second term than the Republican front-runner, former President Donald Trump.
The comments, which may be taken more as mischievous meddling than serious statecraft, were the Russian leader's most direct in public on the upcoming U.S. presidential election. They were welcomed by Trump but dismissed by the White House, which urged Putin to "stay out" of the election. ...
So... still, apparently, still echoing the talking points issued? ...
Five Man Electrical Band - Signs (1971)
www.youtube.com
Lyrics excerpt...
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And the sign said "Long-haired freaky people
Need not apply"
So I tucked my hair up under my hat
And I went in to ask him why
He said "You look like a fine upstanding young man
I think you'll do"
So I took off my hat, I said "Imagine that
Huh! Me workin' for you!"
Whoa-oh-oh
[Chorus]
Sign, sign, everywhere a sign
Blockin' out the scenery
Breakin' my mind
Do this, don't do that
Can't you read the sign?
[Verse 2]
And the sign said anybody caught trespassing
Would be shot on sight
So I jumped on the fence and I yelled at the house
"Hey! What gives you the right?
To put up a fence to keep me out
Or to keep Mother Nature in
If God was here he'd tell you to your face
Man, you're some kinda sinner"
[Chorus]
Sign, sign, everywhere a sign
Blockin' out the scenery
Breakin' my mind
Do this, don't do that
Can't you read the sign?
{In album version only}
[Bridge]
Now, hey you, mister, can't you read?
You've got to have a shirt and tie to get a seat
You can't even watch, no, you can't eat
You ain't supposed to be here
The sign said you got to have a membership card to get inside
Ugh!
[Verse 3]
And the sign said, "Everybody welcome. Come in, kneel down and pray"
But when they passed around the plate at the end of it all, I didn't have a penny to pay
So I got me a pen and a paper and I made up my own little sign
I said, "Thank you, Lord, for thinkin' 'bout me. I'm alive and doin' fine."
Wooo!
...
As I look back to my years in college when the phrases like ~you're a long haired hippie freak~ (because I was protesting against the Vietnam War) were tossed at me. Well, this obscure song from back in the day hits a bell.
Though this song was ten years or so later, I'd proffer that it still evokes an appropriate scenario for "back then."
In other words, was the Country in a good place at that time?
Bruce Cockbrn - If I Had A Rocket Launcher (1984)
www.youtube.com
Lyrics excerpt...
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[Verse 1]
Here comes the helicopter
Second time today
Everybody scatters
And hopes it goes away
How many kids they've murdered
Only God can say, hey
[Chorus]
If I had a rocket launcher
If I had a rocket launcher
If I had a rocket launcher
I'd make somebody pay
[Verse 2]
I don't believe in guarded borders
And I don't believe in hate
I don't believe in generals
Or their stinking torture states
And when I talk with the survivors
Of things too sickening to relate
[Chorus]
If I had a rocket launcher
If I had a rocket launcher
If I had a rocket launcher
I would retaliate
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For what it's worth:
Although many Democratic voters say they would prefer President Joe Biden step aside as the party's nominee after Thursday's weak debate performance, a new Morning Consult poll reveals that Biden's support actually improved after the debate.
Biden gained a point in the latest survey.
When the survey asked respondents to choose between Biden and former President Trump, 45% chose the President and 44% chose Trump.
www.nj.com
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