{"id":2289376,"date":"2024-07-05T06:29:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-05T10:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/loud-mouth-politics-biden-needs-to-campaign-like-its-1987-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-05T06:33:05","modified_gmt":"2024-07-05T10:33:05","slug":"loud-mouth-politics-biden-needs-to-campaign-like-its-1987-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/loud-mouth-politics-biden-needs-to-campaign-like-its-1987-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Loud-mouth politics: Biden needs to campaign like it\u2019s 1987 &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">24<\/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%2Floud-mouth-politics-biden-needs-to-campaign-like-its-1987-washington-examiner%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=2289376&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>In this article, the author discusses how President Joe Biden can make a\u200c comeback in the 2024 election by campaigning more openly \u2064and embracing\u200c the spotlight. The author \u2062suggests that Biden should be more accessible to the media and voters, even if it means facing \u2062embarrassing moments. Drawing a comparison with former President Trump&#8217;s legal troubles, Biden could emphasize\u200c his honesty and\u2064 integrity as a contrast \u200dto Trump&#8217;s criminal behavior. The author \u2062also mentions \u2064the possibility of Biden adopting a strategy \u2062similar to John \u200cMcCain&#8217;s &#8220;Straight Talk Express&#8221; to connect with voters. \u2063Ultimately, the article highlights\u200c the \u2064importance \u2063of Biden being more transparent and engaging in his campaign to improve his chances of success.  <\/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\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">\n<div class=\"tdb-search-form-inner\"><input class=\"tdb-head-search-form-input\" placeholder=\" \" type=\"text\" value name=\"s\" autocomplete=\"off\"><button class=\"wpb_button wpb_btn-inverse btn tdb-head-search-form-btn\" title=\"Search\" type=\"submit\"><span>Search<\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-sacff-txt\">Magazine &#8211; Washington Briefing <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Loud-mouth politics: Biden needs to campaign like it\u2019s 1987<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> <a class=\"tdb-author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/david-mark\/\">David Mark<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2024-07-05T06:15:00-04:00\">July 5, 2024 6:15 am<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1694594\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The first time <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/?source=%2Fvideos%2Fwashington-examiners-the-debrief-hugo-gurdon-dissects-bidens-flagging-agenda-both-at-home-and-abroad&#038;utm_source=google&#038;utm_medium=cpc&#038;utm_campaign=WE_Search_Brand-June&#038;gad_source=1&#038;gclid=CjwKCAjwvvmzBhA2EiwAtHVrb4E4NeP8c1jOcMyd-RV-rpZTrqb117ADNyQOIfQFmDcCcGPvbe-bIBoCVy4QAvD_BwE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a> ran for president, it was hard to shut him up, which contributed to his early departure. Now running his mouth may be the president\u2019s one way to save his job.<\/p>\n<p>Biden faces that kind of politically existential choice after his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/3062924\/in-georgia-ordinary-voters-are-appalled-by-bidens-weak-performance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>widely panned June 27 debate performance<\/a> against former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>President Donald Trump<\/a>, the 2024 Republican nominee-in-waiting. Throughout the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/debates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>90-minute-plus faceoff<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/georgia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Georgia<\/a>, Biden\u2019s voice was soft and raspy, and he spoke with little vigor or energy. Biden, 81, further stumbled over prepared lines meant to reinforce his administration\u2019s accomplishments over 3 1\/2 years.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Then-Senator Joe Biden speaks as he stands with his wife Jill Biden after announcing his candidacy for president in Wilmington, Delaware on June 10, 1987.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Shortly after the disastrous performance, talk among Democrats turned to a possible replacement nominee, which would be needed if Biden dropped out. There\u2019s no reason to think Biden will leave, as he\u2019s craved the presidency his whole adult life. And he sought it twice before winning: in the 1988 cycle, as a precocious 44-year-old Democratic senator from Delaware, and 20 years later, when he did well enough in primary debates to grab the attention of the eventual Democratic nominee and future president, Sen. Barack Obama, who made Biden the ticket\u2019s understudy.<\/p>\n<p>It was in that first, Reagan-era presidential race, though, when Biden was at his most loquacious. Biden wasn\u2019t even halfway through his 36 years as a senator. But he already had a reputation as somebody who liked to talk and talk and talk. To the point that Capitol Hill reporters on deadline would have to politely step away and tell the yammering senator from Delaware they had to run off and write their stories. And C-Span\u2019s video archives are full of Biden\u2019s long-running speeches, on the Senate floor, at Democratic Party fundraisers, and in other venues.<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s mouth also turned out to be his worst enemy at the time.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Self-inflicted political wounds<\/h2>\n<p>Biden launched that first presidential campaign in June 1987 and ended it in September. His forced exit is remembered for revelations of plagiarism on a paper at Syracuse University\u2019s College of Law in the 1960s, as well as having to confront a leaked video showed Biden reciting a speech by British Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock nearly word for word, without attribution.<\/p>\n<p>But Biden was already sliding by the time those plagiarism stories hit. Done in by his big mouth.<\/p>\n<p>Biden said to a New Hampshire voter that summer, \u201cI think I probably have a much higher IQ than you do, I suspect.\u201d The senator added, \u201cI\u2019d be delighted to sit down and compare my IQ to yours if you\u2019d like.\u201d Not exactly a way to show humility and respect for voters\u2019 judgment.<\/p>\n<p>And Biden, testing his presidential message in February 1987 before a New Hampshire audience ahead of his campaign launch four months later, mused, \u201cWhen I marched in the Civil Rights Movement, I did not march with a 12-point program. I marched with tens of thousands of others to change attitudes. And we changed attitudes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Advisers at the time had to remind Biden gently that he had not marched during the Civil Rights Movement.<\/p>\n<p>Facing a wave of unfavorable press coverage, Biden quit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nevada-makes-move-to-become-first-state-in-presidential-primaries\/\" title=\"Nevada Makes Move To Become First State In Presidential Primaries\">presidential primary race<\/a> before any Democratic nominating contest votes were cast.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Flock to the media and embrace the spotlight<\/h2>\n<p>That long-ago, arrogant Joe Biden offers a road map for a 2024 comeback against Trump. Biden could use his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/this-isnt-johns-format-fetterman-campaign-sets-expectations-for-debate-disaster\/\" title=\"\u2018This Isn\u2019t John\u2019s Format\u2019: Fetterman Campaign Sets Expectations for Debate Disaster\">debate disaster<\/a> to become much more open to media interviews and public interaction. As president, Biden has done fewer interviews than his modern predecessors of both parties, by far. And his White House press office pushes back aggressively on any journalist suggestion that Biden is too old and infirm to run again.<\/p>\n<p>Biden could, in theory, throw off the rhetorical shackles imposed by his handlers and seek out interviews with journalists and meetings with voters in any venue that will have him. That wouldn\u2019t be difficult, of course, since he\u2019s president of the United States and can command audiences on a whim.<\/p>\n<p>Biden could take it upon himself to do multiple television interviews every day. To be sure, he would stumble at times and appear old and frail. That would have to be priced in with this kind of strategy, and his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jen-psaki-says-shed-be-happy-to-take-on-kayleigh-mcenany-on-fox-news\/\" title=\"Jen Psaki Says She\u2019d Be \u2018Happy\u2019 To Take On Kayleigh McEnany On Fox News\u00a0\">press shop<\/a> would need to just roll with embarrassing moments and answers by the president.<\/p>\n<p>Part of such a strategy would be acknowledging his age, as Biden would be 86 at the end of a second term. Still, Biden could constantly compare himself to Trump, his repeated rival from 2020, who faces sentencing on July 11 after being convicted in Manhattan on 34 New York state charges related to hush money payments made to a porn star with whom he\u2019d had a brief affair. There\u2019s some polling evidence independent and undecided voters have moved away from Trump since the convictions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI may be old, but I\u2019m not a criminal like Trump,\u201d Biden could say.<\/p>\n<p>In a sense, Biden already has gone down this path. On Friday, June 28, the afternoon after his embarrassing debate performance in Atlanta the previous night, Biden confronted the concerns swirling around him at a rally in Raleigh, North Carolina.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know I\u2019m not a young man, to state the obvious,\u201d he said to a crowd of people cheering. \u201cI don\u2019t walk as easy as I used to. I don\u2019t speak as smoothly as I used to. I don\u2019t debate as well as I used to. But I know what I do know: I know how to tell the truth. I know right from wrong. And I know how to do this job.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If that\u2019s the first of many such self-confessional statements that\u2019s used as a contrast with Trump, it could be part of a comeback. If it\u2019s a one-off, Biden is likely doomed.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u2018Straight Talk Express,\u2019 Part 2?<\/h2>\n<p>This kind of ask-me-anything strategy has been used before in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/do-your-fing-job-varsity-blues-star-absolutely-dismantles-the-dnc-in-memorial-day-video\/\" title=\"&#039;Varsity Blues&#039; actor slams DNC in Memorial Day video: &#039;Do Your Job&#039;\">modern presidential politics<\/a>, to varying effects. In the 2000 Republican primary fight. Sen. John McCain pioneered it with his \u201cStraight Talk Express\u201d bus trips. On long rides through New Hampshire ahead of its first-in-the-nation primary, McCain held court on all topics journalists wanted to ask him about.<\/p>\n<p>McCain fell short in that presidential bid against the eventual GOP nominee and White House winner, then-Texas Gov. George W. Bush. But the precedent for candidate openness was set.<\/p>\n<p>Even Trump adopted that \u201cI\u2019ll talk to anyone, anytime\u201d strategy for the early part of the 2016 Republican primary fight. It seems strange now, but until about February 2016, reporters could get Trump on the phone, or talk to him in person, with little problem. His Trump Tower assistant in New York would simply patch a call through.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That openness ended as Trump picked up delegates toward the Republican nomination and increasingly sparred with journalists. Yet there\u2019s no reason Biden couldn\u2019t adopt such an approach, even if it took a bit more planning due to Secret Service precautions and already having a day job as president, juggling any number of crises, foreign and domestic.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s no assurance any of this would work for Biden. Trump and his supporters will make sure to remind voters, repeatedly, about Biden\u2019s age and poor debate performance. Still, it\u2019s an opportunity for the president to be the Joe Biden of his earlier political incarnation. And hope that 37 years after shooting off his mouth, he can do it again, with voters this time not turned off by his arrogance but assured by his lucidity and coherence.  <\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1694594\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1694594\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Loud-mouth politics: Biden needs to campaign aggressively like he did in 1987 in order to save his job as president. After a poorly received debate performance against Trump, Biden may need to embrace media interviews and public interactions to regain support. This strategy, similar to his approach in his first presidential campaign, could help him connect with voters and contrast himself with Trump. While there is no guarantee of success, it presents an opportunity for Biden to showcase his strengths and potentially win back voters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2695,"featured_media":2289377,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/WB.Campaign.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[24059,3620,4087,33977,32076],"class_list":["post-2289376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-24059","tag-biden","tag-campaign","tag-loud-mouth-politics","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/WB.Campaign.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2289376","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\/2695"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2289376"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2289376\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2289377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2289376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2289376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2289376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}