{"id":1458859,"date":"2022-04-30T08:16:17","date_gmt":"2022-04-30T12:16:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1458859"},"modified":"2022-04-30T08:16:20","modified_gmt":"2022-04-30T12:16:20","slug":"historically-unpopular-biden-ready-to-try-to-help-democrats-on-the-campaign-trail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/historically-unpopular-biden-ready-to-try-to-help-democrats-on-the-campaign-trail\/","title":{"rendered":"Historically Unpopular Biden Ready to Try to Help Democrats on the Campaign Trail"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhistorically-unpopular-biden-ready-to-try-to-help-democrats-on-the-campaign-trail%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1458859&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/04\/29\/politics\/joe-biden-2022-politics\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">This will end in tears.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In 2010, the year of the ObamaCare backlash, Obama didn\u2019t campaign for a single House candidate \u2014 except one. Whether that was by mutual agreement that his presence on the trail would be \u201cunhelpful\u201d or because House Dems simply weren\u2019t inviting him to their districts, The One stayed away from individual races. Which was a rational strategy. The last thing a party wants to do is remind angry voters why they\u2019re angry.<\/p>\n<p>But in the waning days of the campaign, Obama made an exception. He swooped into Virginia to support Tom Perriello, a loud-and-proud liberal who had flipped a red district in the Democratic wave year of 2008 and then boldly voted for ObamaCare despite the risk that posed to his candidacy. \u201cWe always say we want integrity from our elected officials. And you know what? This is a test case in Charlottesville,\u201d Obama <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-usa-elections-obama-perriello\/obama-in-rare-late-campaign-stop-for-congressman-idUSTRE6A03P320101101\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> an excited crowd at a rally for Perriello held a few days before the election.<\/p>\n<p>Perriello lost. Democrats got wiped out nationally.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe Biden has reflected on all of that and concluded that things would have turned out differently if only Obama *had* campaigned more aggressively that fall. Whereas I reflect on it and conclude that a president whose approval is in the mid- to low 40s is a major liability to his party whose presence on the trail is, <i>at best<\/i>, no help.<\/p>\n<p>But look at it this way. Given the magnitude of the Republican landslide that\u2019s shaping up, Biden probably can\u2019t make things much worse. If he\u2019s looking for an excuse to throw roundhouses at the right knowing that his party is doomed either way, he might as well turn the midterms into a personal soapbox.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>He\u2019s gearing up for intense midterm campaigning built around hammering Republicans, as he tries to save Democrats in the House and Senate, but also to tee up a reelection campaign that for now is expected to be announced by next spring.<\/p>\n<p>Biden is frustrated that journalists aren\u2019t calling out Republicans for, as he sees it, giving up their principles in pursuit of power, according to a dozen people familiar with the President and his inner circle. He\u2019s eager to unleash on the GOP ahead of the midterm elections but worries that doing so could endanger his last remaining hopes for bipartisan legislative wins\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Just as Trump is using his midterm endorsements and rallies to cut what could be a path of his own for 2024, Biden sees the next six months as his own opportunity to capitalize on his brand.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s like Scranton in his mind,\u201d said one person who has spoken to the President, referring to the Pennsylvania town where Biden was born and that he often references. \u201cThere was a boom, then a bust, but the value hasn\u2019t changed. Only the fleeting market interest has.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Biden doesn\u2019t have a \u201cbrand.\u201d And there was never any real \u201cmarket interest\u201d in him. His brand in 2020 was Not Trump, which only works when Trump himself is on the ballot. Dems are hoping to re-create that dynamic this year now that Trump is back on the trail himself and campaigning for candidates like J.D. Vance, but I\u2019m skeptical that it\u2019ll work for two reasons. One: Trump was also a presence in Glenn Youngkin\u2019s gubernatorial race last November and that didn\u2019t stop Virginians from preferring Youngkin to Democratic establishment retread Terry McAuliffe.<\/p>\n<p>Two: Uhhhhhhhhh\u2026<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Biden Job Approval:<br \/>Approve 42%<br \/>Disapprove 50%<br \/>.<br \/>Donald Trump Favorable Rating:<br \/>Favorable 51%<br \/>Unfavorable 46%<\/p>\n<p>.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EmersonPolling?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@EmersonPolling<\/a>, 1,000 RV, 4\/25-26<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LGyjebWENB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/LGyjebWENB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Political Polls (@Politics_Polls) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Politics_Polls\/status\/1520101644461121536?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 29, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>I\u2019m skeptical that Trump\u2019s approval rating is really that high but go figure that some \u201csoft\u201d anti-Trumpers might be nostalgic for the Trump economy as terrible new inflation reports trickle in day by day. CNN reports today that \u201cBiden keeps telling his team that if he can just get out of the White House more he\u2019ll be able to convince more people \u2014 Americans and lawmakers \u2014 to support his agenda,\u201d a line that made me laugh out loud and not just because <a href=\"https:\/\/hotair.com\/allahpundit\/2022\/04\/28\/bidens-worst-senior-moment-yet-n465649\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">oratory isn\u2019t Joe Biden\u2019s strong suit<\/a>. His \u201cagenda\u201d in the eyes of most voters is high inflation, full stop. He can stand there for an hour at a rally and babble about Build Back Better or whatever but the reality of life in America during the Biden presidency will remain what it is.<\/p>\n<p>Which brings us to this new data from Marist:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8NEW POLL: Biden and Democrats plummeting with Hispanics. <\/p>\n<p>55% disapprove \/ 40% approve<\/p>\n<p>52% likely to vote for a Republican \/ 33% likely to vote for a Democrat<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IuSCgRUHJA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/IuSCgRUHJA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wf5kFzxunC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/wf5kFzxunC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nicole Morales (@nicolemoralesdc) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nicolemoralesdc\/status\/1520115896542547969?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 29, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/emersonpolling.reportablenews.com\/pr\/april-2022-national-poll-civics-education-may-be-linked-to-trust-in-institutions-biden-approval-holds-at-42\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Emerson poll<\/a> mentioned above also sees gruesome numbers for Biden among Hispanics, with his approval currently 35\/60 among that group. The share of Hispanics who say the economy is the most important issue facing the country is also the largest of any demographic. A working-class cohort struggling through a period of skyrocketing inflation doesn\u2019t want to hear much about the president\u2019s \u201cagenda,\u201d I\u2019d imagine.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s news from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/epolls\/other\/2022-generic-congressional-vote-7361.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RCP today<\/a> as well. The Republican lead in the generic ballot is now the biggest it\u2019s been all year, thanks partly to rosy data from some right-leaning outfits:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Not since November of 2021 have Democrats touched as high as 44 percent on the generic ballot. The midterms are going to be ugly.<\/p>\n<p>The best one can do in finding good news for liberals today is this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2022\/04\/29\/1094782769\/parent-poll-school-culture-wars\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">new Ipsos data<\/a> suggesting that the culture wars over education, e.g., CRT and \u201cdon\u2019t say gay,\u201d don\u2019t seem to matter much to most parents. \u201cJust 18% of parents say their child\u2019s school taught about gender and sexuality in a way that clashed with their family\u2019s values; just 19% say the same about race and racism; and just 14% feel that way about U.S. history.\u201d Eighteen percent is a big game-changing number *if* it includes a meaningful share of swing voters. But the people complaining about indoctrination in this poll are probably righties who were already committed to voting Republican this fall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This will end in tears. 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