It's Not Biden's Debate or Dementia, He's Losing Because of Policy
S E E D E D C O N T E N T
In the past few weeks, much airtime has been spent and ink spilled on President Joe Biden's debate debacle. Rightfully so, since Biden currently occupies the Oval Office and is asking voters for another four years. It also makes complete sense that the political chattering class, of which I am a card-carrying member, discuss the impact of the debate on the 2024 election.
However, it oversimplifies it to suggest that Biden is losing the election simply because of his dismal debate performance.
President Biden was losing the election prior to the debate on June 27. According to the RealClearPolitics Average, Biden was trailing former President Donald Trump by 1.5 percentage points nationally the day before the debate. Biden also trailed Trump in every single battleground state. It was for these reasons the Biden campaign desperately agreed to the debate in the first place. They needed to change the trajectory of the campaign. They failed.
The key is not just that they were losing prior to the debate but why they were losing. It wasn't just about questions regarding Biden's mental acuity, though valid; it was about his presidency and lack of results.
Roughly two-thirds of the American people, according to the RealClearPolitics Average, believe our country is headed on the wrong track, a number that has remained very consistent for the last two years. Approval of Biden's presidency at the same time has roughly remained stuck around 40% also for the past two years.
The reason is not about the debate. It's about his failed policies. Period.
The American people disapprove of Biden's handling of just about every issue of importance. Anywhere from 60%-65% disapprove of his work on the economy and inflation, energy prices, the southern border crisis and immigration, foreign policy, and crime.
These are the reasons Biden was losing the race and continues to be losing. People remember that life was more affordable under the America First policies of Donald Trump. They remember gas and groceries being cheaper, and rent, mortgages, and utility bills that cost less. Americans also know their paychecks went further. Our country wasn't facing an invasion of an estimated 12 million illegal immigrants. Europe and the Middle East weren't dealing with the horrors of war. On nearly every issue Americans regularly list as their top concern, life was better under President Trump.
Which brings us to an even bigger problem for Democrats. They fail to recognize why Biden was losing in the first place and don't realize that changing names at the top of the Democratic ticket won't change the underlying facts.
It simply does not matter which Democratic candidate is at the top of the ticket. Regardless of whether it's Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, California Gov. Gavin Newsom, or any other Democrat, none of those candidates or potential candidates would change the unpopular policies that Americans mostly reject.
Do you see a Democratic candidate for president saying we need to secure the border and deport illegal immigrants who entered our country under Biden? No!
Democrats will not suddenly say that America needs to pump more oil, refine more gas, lower prices at the pump, and ditch their Green New Deal EV mandates.
Big government Democrats are not suddenly going to stop inflation-causing government spending and extend the Trump Tax Cuts, which doubled the Child Tax Credit, saved average Americans thousands of dollars, and caused the total percent of taxes paid by the top 1% to increase, not decrease as the left incorrectly suggests.
The party that supported the deadly and destructive BLM riots is not suddenly going to turn its back on the "Defund the Police" radicals in their midst. Remember, VP Harris and others helped raise money to bail out the rioters, arsonists, and looters. They also support the anti-Israel/pro-Hamas terrorist activists who took over college campuses and burned American flags. No Democrat is suddenly pro-police.
Democrats are stuck with policies the American people don't like.
So, as we discuss the president's mental acuity, speculate on possible replacements, or watch as they press ahead with Biden, do not forget it's not just about his debate or his mumbles, stumbles, and brain freezes. Biden and the Democrats were and are losing because of bad policies. That's not going to change, no matter what they do in the coming weeks.
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What policies is the former 'president' convicted felon and rapist putting forth? I only hear revenge & retribution.
As much as I agree with the list- this one will be a little difficult; because most of the pro Hamas radicals are US citizens.
Where are you going to deport them to?
Sure, you can deport those on student VISA, illegal immigrants, or regular VISA that run a foul of the law; but that is about it.
I believe Gitmo is still open...
So the Constitution is useless?
Even Ronin2 has a sense of what is and what is not allowable.
However, it oversimplifies it to suggest that Biden is losing the election simply because of his dismal debate performance.
Agree for the most part. The folks that hate the policies of Joe and can get past the baggage of Trump already had their minds made up. I think it is the independents and undecided that are most concerned and moving toward Trump at this point due to his obvious decline in Bidens mental capabilities. Funny how so many say they will vote for Biden as the lesser of two evils and now so many are starting to say they will vote for Trump because he is the lesser of two evils. In my opinion that is why so many on the left are concerned and want Joe to bow out
Freudian slip?
I am going to disagree with the title slightly and choose all of the above . I dont think its any one thing that has led us to where we are .
I think this article kind of nails the Democrats' dilemma.
It is indeed the policies endorsed by Democrats that are largely responsible for their poor outlook. Democrats are very reluctant to change them and will go along with what the Party line dictates.
Biden is clearly not a good candidate, his cheerleaders notwithstanding. The public isn't being fooled any longer about Biden's condition, and the media seems to have finally stopped shilling so hard for Biden now, instead and at long last telling the truth about his condition. Of course, they were dragged kicking and screaming to this 'sudden' realization after the debate showed exactly what everyone had been trying to cover up and deny for years now.
The only questions before us now are:
1. Will Democrats nominate Biden now?
2. Who else do they have to run?
3. Has the cover-up and denials turned the public against Democrats when the public finally started to learn and accept the truth about Biden?
4. Is Biden really the lesser of two evils in his obviously diminished state?
5. Will enough folks be convinced to vote for Joe and pretend he is fit?
I think Joes check the box appointments will bite the ass of those that say Joe is still the lesser of two evils because of those he surrounds himself with and they will help him through. Of course in my opinion a president that needs others to help him through is past the point of being a viable option.
I think the Dems are stuck with Joe.
It would make them look like monumental hypocrites to change horses now, this late in the game, after doing nothing but tell us how good Joe is and how sharp he is mentally.
Viability to some just means "who can possibly win" without regard to the health of the nation or what is best for it.
I do look forward to hearing Joe and Democrats tout his record on the border, deficit, world wars, and inflation. Should be an interesting sell to America.
I’m of the volition that this is all planned out.
They been protecting/defending the indefensible (Biden) for over 4 years, hiding him in his basement and then suddenly they agree to a very public debate? Nothing strange there. Then they act like they didn’t know Biden was compromised the whole time and start turning on him now. Toot sweet.
Yeh, this whole thing stinks to high heaven.
It’s funny, and not surprising, he’s resorted to mimicking trump to try make up for the policy deficit. He’s always been trumps mirror image in character. Yesterday he was enjoying his “crowd” doing a lock him up chant. And as Tyler Austin says, “ Since the debate, Biden has consistently attacked the media, called polls fake, bragged about crowd sizes, called voters bedwetters, and on and on. At what point do we conclude that this is not a coincidence, and his team is adopting the Trump playbook as a deliberate strategy?”
The criticism of trump has always been because of the r after his name. For all the performative hysteria, they don’t care about what he actually does.
And there are other issues that the majority of Americans don't accept. Social issues like the progressives embracing the trans agenda and favoring emotionally stunted men over biological females, and advocating drugs and surgery for young people who would be better off with counseling, since most of them grow out of this phase. Parents being shut out of what their kids are being taught at the low performing public schools.
Then there is Biden's scorn of Netanyahu and interference in Gaza war. Many Muslims are mad at him, and the same goes for Jews. Both Black and Hispanics are switching to Trump, and even suburban women. His only support seems to be young and uninformed females. I can't think of any policy of the left that actually benefits most American citizens.
Joe Biden has clearly bragged (correctly I might add) that he is the only candidate who has beat Donald Trump. That sure throws a huge amount of shade on Hilary Clinton. And during NATO presser Biden had the audacity to throw Obama under the Afghan bus by clearly claiming that he wanted to leave Afghanistan when Osama bin Laden had been killed.
If Biden is lucid, competent, and in control then what Biden is telling us that Reagan Democrats got it right and that the United States needs to revitalize the legacy of Reagan. Joe Biden is telling that the election is not a contrast between two personalities; the election is actually between revitalizing Reagan's legacy or a post-Reagan future. Joe Biden is fighting to strengthen and maintain the status quo of the Reagan era.
Is Biden running against Donald Trump or is Biden running against Ross Perot?
I'd rather vote for Ross Perot over Biden even if he has been dead for 5 years
Not sure there would be any significant difference.