Biden’s Low Approval Rating May Not Matter.
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A.B. STODDARD: Biden’s Low Approval Rating May Not Matter.
PRESIDENT BIDEN’S JOB APPROVAL RATING has plummeted during his three years in office to historic lows—lower than President Obama’s was at this point before he won re-election in 2012, lower even than President Trump’s was in October 2020 before he lost.
The numbers make clear that Biden is a much weaker candidate than he was when he defeated Trump three years ago. It’s unlikely Biden’s approval will recover significantly before November. But—crucially—that doesn’t mean he will lose the election.
A Marist poll last week showed Biden beating Trump in New Hampshire by 7 points, and by 3 points with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. running as a third-party candidate. The president’s approval in the Granite State is a dismal 38 percent.
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CATHY YOUNG: Lenin Is Still Dead—or Is He?
SUNDAY MARKED THE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY of a death that, in its time, reverberated through the world: that of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (né Ulyanov), the leader of the second Russian Revolution of 1917—the “October Revolution”— and the founder and first leader of the Soviet Union. “Lenin is dead, but his cause lives on” was one of the slogans plastered all over Soviet public spaces for much of the twentieth century.
🚨OVERTIME🚨
Happy Tuesday! See you tonight in the comments in Ballot Box? It’s been 20 years since the Dean Scream (and my bottle opener still works!) What does tonight have in store?
What makes the speed project special? Hannah Yoest has re-launched Hellcat. Go read, and if you’re new to it… sign up!
A vote for Bart is a vote for Anarchy! This New Hampshire voter speaks of Trump’s chaos… (Almost like it’s a good thing!)
He probably should have gone home to his wife… In 2014, the NYT profiled this Ohio pastor for his protests outside of strip clubs. Six years later, he was there on January 6, and ten years after his first profile, he was found guilty of felonies for it. (h/t Clay Ranck for the quip.)
Karma chameleon… It comes and goes for No Labels, who are being sued by NY donors accusing them of a bait and switch.
Two teens invited President Biden to their house… And he showed up. With Cook Out.
Is DeSantis Gonna Burn This Muthafucka Down? People are worried he’s gonna go full Burger Shack. (But Florida has a White Castle, the world’s largest!)
Tucker the Crank Yanker… The former #1 rated host in cable is now prank calling foreign leaders for the #content.
The NSA’s Furby documents… Just dropped. And yes, you read that right.
Mike Johnson, prohibitionist… We just keep learning interesting (and depressing) new things about the House Speaker.
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