{"id":2206010,"date":"2024-03-25T19:11:01","date_gmt":"2024-03-25T23:11:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/james-carville-says-viewing-bidens-poll-numbers-is-like-walking-in-on-your-grandma-naked\/"},"modified":"2024-03-25T19:11:52","modified_gmt":"2024-03-25T23:11:52","slug":"james-carville-says-viewing-bidens-poll-numbers-is-like-walking-in-on-your-grandma-naked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/james-carville-says-viewing-bidens-poll-numbers-is-like-walking-in-on-your-grandma-naked\/","title":{"rendered":"James Carville likened checking Biden&#8217;s poll numbers to an unexpected sight of your grandmother undressed"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/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%2Fjames-carville-says-viewing-bidens-poll-numbers-is-like-walking-in-on-your-grandma-naked%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=2206010&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>Veteran Democratic political consultant James Carville used a bold metaphor to describe President Biden&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-stares-dumbfounded-at-his-teleprompter-says-im-not-gonna-even-try\/\" title=\"Biden Stares Dumbfounded at His Teleprompter, Says 'I'm Not Gonna Even Try'\">declining poll \u200bnumbers<\/a>, comparing it to\u200c the shock of seeing your grandmother naked. In an interview with\u2064 Maureen Dowd of The New York Times, Carville discussed the Democratic Party&#8217;s current\u200b state and \u2063Biden&#8217;s struggles with voter support as he gears \u2063up for\u2063 re-election. Biden trails behind former President Trump in battleground states.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Veteran Democratic political consultant James Carville says President Joe Biden\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/midterm-report-democrats-are-a-bit-of-a-mess-with-infighting-retirements-polling\/\" title=\"Midterm Report: 'Democrats Are a Bit of a Mess' with Infighting, Retirements, Polling\">sagging poll numbers<\/a> are \u201clike walking in on your grandma naked.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Carville offered the bawdy metaphor to The New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd in an <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/03\/23\/opinion\/james-carville-bill-clinton.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">interview<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> that addressed the current state of the Democratic Party. Polls lately have reflected that Biden, in particular, is in a tough spot with voters as he seeks re-election.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWhen I look at these <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-despite-flood-of-accusations-most-ny-democrats-dont-want-cuomo-to-resign\/\" title=\"Poll: Despite Flood Of Accusations, Most NY Democrats Don\u2019t Want Cuomo To Resign\">polling numbers<\/a>, it\u2019s like walking in on your grandma naked. You can\u2019t get the image out of your mind,\u201d Carville told the columnist.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Biden <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolling.com\/elections\/president\/2024\/battleground-states\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">trails<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> his presumptive Republican opponent, former President Donald Trump, in all seven battleground states, according to the RealClearPolitics polling averages of voters in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Biden\u2019s age and consistent gaffes have especially taken a toll on his public image, according to Carville. Compared to Trump, the 81-year-old Biden appears slower, weaker, and more a victim of old age than his 77-year-old competitor.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIf you do a focus group,\u201d Carville said, \u201cthe first thing out of anybody\u2019s mouth is \u2018Old,\u2019 so how do you say we\u2019re going to act like this doesn\u2019t exist?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cNow don\u2019t tell me that Biden has more energy or cognition than Trump because it\u2019s evident that, yeah, Trump\u2019s got word salads, but he projects energy,\u201d Carville continued. \u201cHe\u2019s insane. He\u2019s a criminal of the first order. But he does have a little timing and a little sense of humor and knows how to move from one story to the other.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In an NBC News <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2024-election\/bidens-age-fitness-top-list-voters-concerns-poll-finds-rcna137212\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">poll<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> from early February, three-quarters of voters, including half of Democrats, expressed concerns about the octogenarian president\u2019s mental and physical health as he campaigns for another four years in office. Voters have <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/ben-carson-pretty-much-guarantee-biden-couldnt-pass-simple-cognitive-test\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">expressed<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> concerns about Trump as well, though not to the same degree.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Asked about how Biden can blunt or reverse course and bolster his polling numbers, Carville suggested that staying the course was the president\u2019s only option.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI don\u2019t think he can do much more than soldier on and let the Democratic groups kick in,\u201d the longtime Democratic strategist said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Renowned Democratic strategist James Carville compared President Biden&#8217;s declining poll figures to an awkward scenario of stumbling upon your grandmother unclothed. Carville shared this vivid analogy with New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd, shedding light on the Democratic Party&#8217;s current situation. Recent polls have highlighted a notable dip in Biden&#8217;s popularity amidst ongoing challenges<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":2206011,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/03\/James-Carville.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2206010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/03\/James-Carville.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2206010","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/70"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2206010"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2206010\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2206011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2206010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2206010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2206010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}