{"id":1620356,"date":"2022-08-23T12:31:24","date_gmt":"2022-08-23T16:31:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1620356"},"modified":"2022-08-23T12:31:55","modified_gmt":"2022-08-23T16:31:55","slug":"democrats-in-competitive-districts-shun-biden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-in-competitive-districts-shun-biden\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats in Competitive Districts Shun Biden"},"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\">12<\/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%2Fdemocrats-in-competitive-districts-shun-biden%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=1620356&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--><div><\/div>\n<aside id=\"aside1\" class=\"left\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Remember when President Biden and Vice President Harris <a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/guybenson\/2022\/01\/13\/desperate-demagogue-those-who-oppose-my-elections-power-grab-are-domestic-enemies-n2601751\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">went down to Georgia<\/a> earlier this year to lie about &#8216;voter suppression&#8217; and compare Republicans to segregations and confederates? \u00a0The leaders of the Democratic Party were hosting a hardcore pander-fest on <a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/guybenson\/2020\/11\/16\/yes-democrats-and-the-media-are-hypocrites-about-stacey-abrams-and-accepting-election-results-n2580123\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">election truther<\/a> Stacey Abrams&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/guybenson\/2022\/05\/26\/final-score-suppressed-voter-turnout-in-georgia-primaries-absolutely-blew-away-all-previous-records-n2607789\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">signature phony issue<\/a>, in her back yard, yet she oddly couldn&#8217;t be bothered to show up. \u00a0Scheduling issues, you see. \u00a0And so it&#8217;s gone for Biden all across the country, including in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2022-07-06\/statewide-candidates-sidestep-biden-in-ohio-in-now-familiar-snub\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">places like Ohio<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/us-politics\/joe-biden-conor-lamb-democratic-senate-beto-o-rourke-b2002533.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Pennsylvania<\/a>. \u00a0Members of the president&#8217;s party continue to <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/leading-house-democrat-backtracks-biden-2024-running\/story?id=87844703\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">tie themselves into knots<\/a> over whether they want him to run for re-election in 2024, and as several of my colleagues <a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/saraharnold\/2022\/08\/20\/ohio-democrat-distances-herself-from-biden-she-doesnt-work-for-biden-n2612019\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">have noted<\/a>, they&#8217;ve been awkwardly trying to <a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/leahbarkoukis\/2022\/08\/22\/tapper-kelly-biden-n2612055\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">navigate answering<\/a> questions about whether they&#8217;d like POTUS to stump for them:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The latest example comes from Democrat Sen. Mark Kelly, who tried avoiding the question on Sunday when asked by CNN\u2019s Jake Tapper if he wants Biden to come to Arizona to campaign. \u201c<strong>Hey, I\u2019ll welcome anybody to come to Arizona, travel around the state at any time, as long as I\u2019m here,\u201d he said on <em>State of the Union.<\/em>\u00a0 \u201cIf I\u2019m not up in Washington in session. And talk about what Arizona needs.\u00a0<\/strong>This water situation is significant. And right now, we have some of the tools necessary to deal with it,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;I\u2019m trying to get some answers from the Department of Interior on more \u2013 like what authority do they have to make some decisions themselves on this because, as I said earlier, the other states are not stepping up to help Arizona deal with this. But if anybody wants to come to Arizona and talk about Arizona issues or issues that affect the country, I\u2019ll be here.&#8221; <strong>&#8220;That\u2019s not exactly an open invitation to President Biden to come and campaign with you, even though he won the state of Arizona in 2020, saying you\u2019d welcome anybody,&#8221; Tapper pointed out.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>But what about the big winning streak, or whatever? I thought meme-star Dark Brandon was suddenly shooting laser beams out of his aviator sunglasses and owning the cons, or whatever. Journalists appear to be much more excited about that narrative than average voters, who continue to give Biden and the US economy poor reviews. They are also <a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/guybenson\/2022\/08\/22\/nbc-poll-inflation-reduction-act-not-playing-well-with-voters-n2612035\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">deeply and realistically pessimistic<\/a> about the so-called &#8216;Inflation Reduction Act&#8217; doing much of anything to help improve their lives. More telling, though, is how many elected Democrats and Democratic candidates are rejecting the &#8216;comeback&#8217; framing, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2022\/08\/21\/biden-turns-toward-midterms-he-may-not-be-top-surrogate\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">as clearly evidenced<\/a> by their actions:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\" style=\"text-align: center;\">A Wash Post survey of more than 60 candidates in the country\u2019s most competitive races found most either not asking President Biden to come \u2014 or avoiding him when he does.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mviser?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@mviser<\/a> reports<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NLUqMCzieD\">https:\/\/t.co\/NLUqMCzieD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PhilipRucker\/status\/1561392615005818881?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 21, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>He\u2019s being attacked more often in televised ads than Obama was at this point in 2010, or Trump was in 2018. He goes<strong>\u00a0largely unnamed on Democratic campaign websites and Twitter accounts.<\/strong> And candidates in key races in battleground states are either not asking him to come \u2014 or actively avoiding him when he does, according to a Washington Post survey of more than 60 candidates in the most competitive gubernatorial, U.S. Senate and congressional campaigns in the country. Few candidates said they wanted Biden to campaign for them in their state or district, with many not responding to the question at all. <strong>The Post also asked if candidates wanted Vice President Harris as a surrogate campaigner for the Biden administration and got the same set of unenthusiastic responses.<\/strong> \u201cNo comment from the campaign at this time,\u201d said a spokeswoman for Sen. Michael F. Bennet (D-Colo), who is a Republican target in a state that Biden won by more than 13 points.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Despite some <a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/guybenson\/2022\/08\/17\/is-it-panic-time-for-senate-republicans-n2611808\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">GOP struggles<\/a> on fundraising and candidate recruitment, it remains a political reality that this is a very tough election cycle for Democrats, and the fundamentals are quite bad for the ruling party. \u00a0Gallup&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/news.gallup.com\/poll\/397286\/poor-life-ratings-reach-record-high.aspx\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;suffering&#8221; index<\/a> has hit a new high:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The percentage of Americans <strong>who evaluate their lives poorly enough to be considered &#8220;suffering&#8221; on Gallup\u2019s Life Evaluation Index was 5.6% in July, the highest since the index\u2019s inception in 2008.<\/strong> This exceeds the previous high of 4.8% measured in April and is statistically higher than all prior estimates in the COVID-19 era. Across extensive measurement since January 2008, the suffering percentage has reached 4.5% or higher on a handful of occasions.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>That might be less of a problem if the misery were limited to a relatively small fraction of Americans, but the overall right\/wrong track number across is also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/epolls\/other\/direction_of_country-902.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">awful across the board<\/a>, underwater by roughly <em>50 points<\/em> on average. \u00a0Relatedly, I can&#8217;t believe they&#8217;re <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RNCResearch\/status\/1561370651809792001\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">sticking with this<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Biden Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm: \u201cIf you are low-income, you can get your home entirely weatherized\u201d to help deal with 40-year high inflation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can get 30% off the price of solar panels.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qUM7JGvdYN\">pic.twitter.com\/qUM7JGvdYN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RNCResearch\/status\/1561370651809792001?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 21, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/guybenson\/2022\/08\/16\/stumped-biden-administration-official-cant-explain-how-inflation-reduction-act-brings-down-costs-n2611749\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">we wrote recently<\/a>, telling people that they can reap taxpayer-funded credits to defray part of the cost of expensive purchases like home weatherizing, installing solar panels, or purchasing a $60,000 electric vehicle sounds like a ridiculous slap in the face to many middle and working class people who are already living <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2022\/06\/27\/more-than-half-of-americans-live-paycheck-to-paycheck-amid-inflation.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">paycheck to paycheck<\/a>. \u00a0They don&#8217;t have thousands of free dollars lying around to spent, in order to unlock the &#8220;anti-inflation&#8221; windfall Granholm is talking about. \u00a0On a separate subject we&#8217;ve also <a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/guybenson\/2022\/07\/26\/gross-democrats-keep-spending-campaign-cash-to-boost-unelectable-candidates-in-gop-primaries-n2610786\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">covered at some length<\/a>, I&#8217;ll leave you with this:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\" style=\"text-align: center;\">It&#8217;s hard to overstate the cynicism.<\/p>\n<p>First, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dccc?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@dccc<\/a> funds a Trump puppet in Michigan to beat one of the few Republicans who stood up to Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Then, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdamSchiff?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AdamSchiff<\/a> says Democrats needs your money, because one of the only Republicans &#8220;who dared to stand up to&#8221; Trump has lost. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/D6VuxDI9cc\">pic.twitter.com\/D6VuxDI9cc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Peter Savodnik (@petersavodnik) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/petersavodnik\/status\/1560265594636607489?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 18, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Remember when President Biden and Vice President Harris went down to Georgia earlier this year to lie about &#8216;voter suppression&#8217; and compare Republicans to segregations and confederates? 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