You continue to mischaracterize the situation. No one is hiding Biden, and just because the media would rather cover the seriously incoherent Trump than boring normal Biden does not mean that unscripted events are as infrequent as possible. Personally I am glad he doesn't do those helicopter statement that Trump was so fond of.
You continue to mischaracterize the situation. No one is hiding Biden, and just because the media would rather cover the seriously incoherent Trump than boring normal Biden does not mean that unscripted events are as infrequent as possible. Personally I am glad he doesn't do those helicopter statement that Trump was so fond of.
But I grant you one point. Biden has been a gaffe machine since he was first elected to office at the age of 29. All the media has to do is wait and then pounce. And yep In order to decrease those gaffes, since his election, Biden has been doing a lot more self-monitoring. That alone will slow him down and sometimes render him speechless. Joe is damned if he does and damned if he doesn't. But still, nothing about Biden even compares to Trump's fluent incoherence and danger to us all.
OK I shouldn't have said hiding, that was unfair. What I mean is that he can't continue to simply govern like he has been, he now has to start campaigning which means a lot more speaking, a lot more attention on his speeches, and a lot more opportunities for flubs. He's lost all benefit of the doubt with the debate.
Of course Biden is infinitely better than Trump, but the best candidate doesn't always win. Trump appears healthier and more vigorous, and that registers with voters' feelings, which are much more important to most low-information voters than legislative accomplishments, unfortunately. Those low information undecided voters are the ones he needs to win over. He's already got the Democratic base on his side, but that's only 1/3 of the electorate.
The partisan identification of registered voters is now evenly split between the two major parties: 49% of registered voters are Democrats or lean to the Democratic Party, and a nearly identical share – 48% – are Republicans or lean to the Republican Party.
Those who lean Democrat aren't necessarily going to vote for a Democrat, a lot of these people are low information voters who don't think about politics on a daily basis. They don't know about Biden's accomplishments because for whatever reason he and his team either can't effectively communicate them or the people are just in a "throw out the incumbent" mood and accomplishments don't matter. They see the choice as between a frail old man and a less frail clown. Many of them will sit out the election.
You continue to mischaracterize the situation. No one is hiding Biden, and just because the media would rather cover the seriously incoherent Trump than boring normal Biden does not mean that unscripted events are as infrequent as possible. Personally I am glad he doesn't do those helicopter statement that Trump was so fond of.
But I grant you one point. Biden has been a gaffe machine since he was first elected to office at the age of 29. All the media has to do is wait and then pounce. And yep In order to decrease those gaffes, since his election, Biden has been doing a lot more self-monitoring. That alone will slow him down and sometimes render him speechless. Joe is damned if he does and damned if he doesn't. But still, nothing about Biden even compares to Trump's fluent incoherence and danger to us all.
OK I shouldn't have said hiding, that was unfair. What I mean is that he can't continue to simply govern like he has been, he now has to start campaigning which means a lot more speaking, a lot more attention on his speeches, and a lot more opportunities for flubs. He's lost all benefit of the doubt with the debate.
Of course Biden is infinitely better than Trump, but the best candidate doesn't always win. Trump appears healthier and more vigorous, and that registers with voters' feelings, which are much more important to most low-information voters than legislative accomplishments, unfortunately. Those low information undecided voters are the ones he needs to win over. He's already got the Democratic base on his side, but that's only 1/3 of the electorate.
The partisan identification of registered voters is now evenly split between the two major parties: 49% of registered voters are Democrats or lean to the Democratic Party, and a nearly identical share – 48% – are Republicans or lean to the Republican Party.
Those who lean Democrat aren't necessarily going to vote for a Democrat, a lot of these people are low information voters who don't think about politics on a daily basis. They don't know about Biden's accomplishments because for whatever reason he and his team either can't effectively communicate them or the people are just in a "throw out the incumbent" mood and accomplishments don't matter. They see the choice as between a frail old man and a less frail clown. Many of them will sit out the election.
Pew finds that independents generally vote the way they lean. there are only about 7% true independents, but they could give trump the WH.