{"id":2325955,"date":"2024-08-17T13:13:02","date_gmt":"2024-08-17T17:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-report-card-bidens-long-goodbye-begins-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-17T13:18:44","modified_gmt":"2024-08-17T17:18:44","slug":"white-house-report-card-bidens-long-goodbye-begins-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-report-card-bidens-long-goodbye-begins-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"White House Report Card: Biden\u2019s long goodbye begins &#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\">22<\/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%2Fwhite-house-report-card-bidens-long-goodbye-begins-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=2325955&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>The &#8220;White House Report Card&#8221; \u2064this \u2063week highlights President Joe Biden&#8217;s nearing departure from office, with only 157 days left in his term, as he prepares to step aside amid challenges from party \u200celites \u2062concerned \u200babout his polling against Donald Trump. Biden&#8217;s Vice \u2062President, Kamala Harris, has secured the Democratic nomination but the party&#8217;s convention continues\u2064 as \u2063planned. Polls indicate a competitive race between Harris and Trump, with some favorable momentum for Harris despite a\u200c recent slowdown in media support.<\/p>\n<p>This week brought mixed reviews \u2064for Biden&#8217;s administration; while some economic indicators such as inflation\u2064 appear\u200b to show\u2063 improvement, differing opinions emerged\u2064 about Harris&#8217;s economic\u2063 proposals. \u200cDemocratic pollster John Zogby graded the week an &#8220;A&#8221; for economic progress, \u2064while conservative Jed Babbin gave it a \u2062&#8221;D-minus,&#8221; criticizing Harris\u2019s approach to addressing inflation and food prices. As tensions rise globally, with significant conflicts\u2063 potentially\u2062 brewing in the\u200d Middle East,\u200c critics \u200cargue \u2063that the White \u200cHouse lacks strong leadership \u200bamidst these crises. the political \u200clandscape remains dynamic as the Democratic National Convention approaches, creating a moment of pivotal transition for the \u2064party.  <\/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><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/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\"><\/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\/\"><\/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\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">White House Report Card: Biden&rsquo;s long goodbye begins<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1732418\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>This week&rsquo;s White House Report Card finds President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a> 157 days away from handing over the keys to the executive mansion, four years short of his goal but potentially with an OK legacy of handing them off to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/3124207\/kamalanomics-just-bidenomics-but-dumber\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>new generation.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>His long goodbye begins Monday when he addresses the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3124135\/democrats-chicago-optimism-scars-2016-hillary-clinton-loss\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Democratic National Convention<\/a> for the last time as president, the result of being forced out by party elites who felt his polling wasn&rsquo;t good enough to beat challenger and former President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>His replacement, Vice President Kamala Harris, has already won the nomination, but the Democratic Convention was already planned, so the party will go on.<\/p>\n<p>Most polls show that she had made it an even race with Trump, though her media-driven momentum has slowed. Seven national polls released this week showed the race essentially tied. Harris leads in three of the seven.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Voters shouldn&rsquo;t want their leaders to be ordinary people. They should want extraordinary people, with more brains, talent, energy, wisdom, executive ability, charisma etc. This sort of pandering is a token of absurd levels of egalitarianism in American culture. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2y8i43RceP\">https:\/\/t.co\/2y8i43RceP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Hugo Gurdon (@hgurdon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hgurdon\/status\/1824544912995656023?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 16, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>For Biden, the week saw a couple of wins. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Inflation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Inflation<\/a> appears tamed and is within the 2% bracket that the Federal Reserve wanted before cutting rates. Illegal immigration is also closer to Trump-era levels than the horror show of a year ago.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic pollster John Zogby graded the week an &ldquo;A,&rdquo; citing the good inflation news. Conservative grader Jed Babbin came in with a &ldquo;D-minus&rdquo; and said the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/americans-just-dont-buy-that-cnn-anchor-blasts-biden-for-blaming-gas-prices-on-russia\/\" title=\"\u2018Americans Just Don\u2019t Buy\u2019 That: CNN Anchor Blasts Biden For Blaming Gas Prices On Russia\">good economic news<\/a> could be washed away by Harris&rsquo; &ldquo;Soviet-style&rdquo; economic ideas.<\/p>\n<p><strong>John Zogby<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Grade: A<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>The annualized increase in inflation is continuing its downward spiral and is actually at its lowest in over two years under President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a>. Without dissing her boss, Vice President Kamala Harris outlined her economic plans that included a kind of Biden-esque &ldquo;Building Back Better Even Better&rdquo; by merging working-class populism with FDR\/LBJ\/Biden government largesse.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>This week&rsquo;s polls show her growing her lead over former President Donald Trump nationwide while pulling ahead in several battleground states. While several pundits were giving up on Biden winning any southern rim states, thus making the northern blue wall states of Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania essential, her first leads in Arizona and Georgia have changed the dynamic.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Harris&rsquo; honeymoon will continue for a week with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Democratic-National-Convention\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Democratic National Convention<\/a> planned to begin Monday. Trump, meanwhile, continues to act stale and foul.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Biden will appear before a made-for-movies moment at the convention, a planned &ldquo;Thank you, Joe&rdquo; event Monday night. To paraphrase Old Blue Eyes himself, &lsquo;When I was 82, I had a very good week.&rdquo;<\/em><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Frank Sinatra sings It Was A Very Good Year (live from the 1965 TV special A Man And His Music)\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XKTfBm0ryUQ?start=201&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><strong>Jed Babbin<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Grade: D-<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>So President Joe Biden is still missing in action. He&rsquo;s promising to campaign for Vice President Kamala Harris in key states. That won&rsquo;t go over well with anyone, especially Harris. Meanwhile, she was still imitating Biden&rsquo;s 2020 campaign by hiding from the press and being silent on her policies. At least until Friday.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Harris&rsquo;s economic policies were unveiled Friday in a &ldquo;major&rdquo; economic speech. At the top of her list was reducing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/food\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>food<\/a> prices. Notably, the inflation of food prices was caused by her and Biden&rsquo;s radical overspending. How&rsquo;s she going to do this? By instituting a Soviet-style price control regime that will bring the force of government down on companies that are &ldquo;price gouging.&rdquo; Nothing about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-2023-budget-proposal-calls-for-critical-race-theory-ban-in-education-military\/\" title=\"Republican 2023 Budget Proposal Calls for Critical Race Theory Ban in Education, Military\">reducing government spending<\/a> to reduce inflation. The price controls will mean a reduction in the availability of food just like it did back in the USSR.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Another of Harris&rsquo;s major economic goals is to build three million homes for first<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-9-of-the-10-worst-cities-for-first-time-home-buyers-are-in-california\/\" title=\"Report: 9 Of The 10 Worst Cities For First-Time Home Buyers Are In California\">-time home buyers<\/a>, presumably at government expense. More radical spending, more inflation.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>While all that is going on, a very big war is probably going to break out in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Middle-East\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Middle East<\/a> between Iran and Israel and Ukraine is invading Russia with Russia threatening to retaliate with weapons. And nobody is home at the White House.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I&rsquo;m old enough to remember when grown-ups were in charge. Inflation was only a painful memory from the Jimmy Carter days and we weren&rsquo;t so globally weak that our enemies thought they could get away with anything. It&rsquo;s more than enough for us to miss the Nixon administration.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Next week is the Democrats&rsquo; convention. How many protesters will show up? It may turn into another 1968 when that DNC convention &mdash; also held in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Chicago\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Chicago<\/a> &mdash; was less in the news than the riots outside it were.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SEE THE LATEST POLITICAL NEWS AND BUZZ FROM WASHINGTON SECRETS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>John Zogby<\/strong> is the founder of the Zogby Survey and senior partner at <a href=\"https:\/\/johnzogbystrategies.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>John Zogby Strategies.<\/a> His podcast with son and managing partner and pollster Jeremy Zogby <a href=\"https:\/\/johnzogbystrategies.com\/the-zogby-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>can be heard here.<\/a> Their firm polls for independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Follow him on X <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/zogbystrategies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>@ZogbyStrategies<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jed Babbin<\/strong> is a <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> contributor and former deputy undersecretary of defense in the administration of former President George H.W. Bush. Follow him on X <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jedbabbin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>@jedbabbin<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <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_1732418\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1732418\"}});<\/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\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>**White House Report Card: Biden&#8217;s Extended Farewell Begins**<\/p>\n<p>In this week&#8217;s White House Report Card, President Joe Biden is just 157 days away from transferring power, falling four years short of his initial aspirations but possibly leaving behind a respectable legacy for the next generation. His extended farewell kicks off on Monday with his final address to the Democratic National Convention as president, a consequence of party leaders believing his polling numbers were insufficient to defeat former President Donald Trump. Vice President Kamala Harris has already secured the nomination, but since the convention was pre-scheduled, it will proceed as planned. Most polls indicate that she has made the race competitive against Trump, although her momentum has recently slowed due to media coverage. Seven national polls released this week show a near tie in the race; Harris leads in three of them.<\/p>\n<p>Voters should aspire for their leaders to be exceptional individuals\u2014possessing greater intelligence, talent, energy, wisdom, executive skills, and charisma\u2014rather than ordinary people. This notion reflects an extreme level of egalitarianism prevalent in American culture.<\/p>\n<p>For Biden this week brought some positive developments: inflation seems under control and is now within the Federal Reserve&#8217;s desired 2% range before any rate cuts are considered. Additionally, illegal immigration rates have returned closer to those seen during Trump&#8217;s presidency compared to last year&#8217;s crisis levels. Democratic pollster John Zogby awarded an &#8220;A&#8221; grade for these favorable inflation figures while conservative analyst Jed Babbin gave a &#8220;D-minus,&#8221; arguing that any economic gains could be overshadowed by Harris&#8217; &#8220;Soviet-style&#8221; economic proposals.<\/p>\n<p>Zogby noted that inflation continues its downward trend and is at its lowest point in over two years under Biden\u2019s administration. Without undermining her boss directly, Vice President Harris presented her economic strategies which echo aspects of Biden\u2019s \u201cBuilding Back Better\u201d initiative by combining working-class populism with government support reminiscent of FDR and LBJ policies. Recent polls indicate she is gaining ground against Trump nationally and making strides in key battleground states like Arizona and Georgia.<\/p>\n<p>Harris\u2019 favorable period will extend through next week with the upcoming Democratic National Convention set to start on Monday. In contrast, Trump appears increasingly stale and negative as Biden prepares for a cinematic moment at the convention during a planned \u201cThank you Joe\u201d event on Monday night.<\/p>\n<p>On another note regarding Biden&#8217;s absence from active campaigning: he plans to support Harris in crucial states\u2014a move likely not well-received by her or others given her recent strategy mirroring his 2020 campaign approach by avoiding press interactions until Friday when she finally revealed significant economic policies aimed at lowering food prices\u2014an issue largely attributed to their own administration&#8217;s excessive spending practices.<\/p>\n<p>Her proposed solutions include implementing price controls reminiscent of Soviet-era tactics targeting companies accused of price gouging without addressing government spending reductions that could alleviate inflation pressures\u2014a strategy likely leading only to decreased food availability similar to past failures seen historically.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally among her ambitious goals is constructing three million homes for first-time buyers funded presumably through government resources\u2014again raising concerns about further radical spending contributing more inflationary pressures amidst escalating global tensions involving Iran-Israel conflicts and Ukraine-Russia hostilities while leadership appears absent from Washington D.C., evoking nostalgia for previous administrations perceived as more competent during crises.<\/p>\n<p>As Democrats prepare for their convention next week amid potential protests reminiscent of tumultuous events from 1968 Chicago DNC gatherings overshadowed by riots outside venues\u2014the political landscape remains charged with uncertainty ahead<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2647,"featured_media":2325956,"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\/08\/Biden-Waves-Bye-scaled-1024x682.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[3620,33296,32127],"class_list":["post-2325955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-biden","tag-report-card","tag-white-house"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Biden-Waves-Bye-scaled-1024x682.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2325955","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\/2647"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2325955"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2325955\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2325956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2325955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2325955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2325955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}