Christine, I am a lifelong, center-left Dem. I think Biden has been a very good president in terms of his legislative accomplishments, his leadership of NATO and his handling of the Israel/Hamas war that has cost him in approval. (He's not managed the border or the crime issue well.)
Until I saw Biden at his press conference Thursday nigh…
Christine, I am a lifelong, center-left Dem. I think Biden has been a very good president in terms of his legislative accomplishments, his leadership of NATO and his handling of the Israel/Hamas war that has cost him in approval. (He's not managed the border or the crime issue well.)
Until I saw Biden at his press conference Thursday night, I would have agreed with you. Now I don't. He looked old, he sounded old and he walked old. I hadn't seen him live since his outstanding performance at the State of the Union address a year ago. And that wasn't just reading the teleprompter. He improvised a bit and "showed flashes of humor and effective off-the-cuff retorts to Republican hecklers in a setting not known for improvisation" as the NYT put it. I thought that if he kept this up, he wins reelection. He didn't Thursday night.
When Biden announced he was running last April, I and a lot of Dems thought he was the only one who could beat Trump. Why? Whitmer was a female, Pete B was gay, Shapiro was a Jew and Kamala was unpopular with center-left and -right voters which is where elections are won.
After Thursday's performance, I'm concerned he CAN'T beat Trump, and beating Trump is all that matters.
It was when he took reporters' questions, not in his remarks, that I saw the decline in his performance. (And they looked like vultures leaning over the rope hurling questions at him.)
They looked horrible. He looked like he wanted to kill them. Not sure I blame him. The thing about Beau was so far out of line and he was furious at the entire thing. Even so, his response to Doocey was 100% right on and faster than I could have thought of it. I thought he was fine. He’s allowed to be mad and hurt. It was an incredibly hurtful insult. Would it have been better if he hadn’t reacted? Who knows? He’s Biden. I like him.
Agree the report mentioning the DATE of the death of his son - not THAT it happened - was obscene. I like Biden too. His looking, sounding and walking old doesn't change that. But we're talking about him beating Trump. It's definitely a liability and Thursday night made it stronger. My sister, a lifelong Dem like me is 81. She can't stand to look at his signs of aging and figures everyone agrees with her. That's what we're up against.
Christine, I am a lifelong, center-left Dem. I think Biden has been a very good president in terms of his legislative accomplishments, his leadership of NATO and his handling of the Israel/Hamas war that has cost him in approval. (He's not managed the border or the crime issue well.)
Until I saw Biden at his press conference Thursday night, I would have agreed with you. Now I don't. He looked old, he sounded old and he walked old. I hadn't seen him live since his outstanding performance at the State of the Union address a year ago. And that wasn't just reading the teleprompter. He improvised a bit and "showed flashes of humor and effective off-the-cuff retorts to Republican hecklers in a setting not known for improvisation" as the NYT put it. I thought that if he kept this up, he wins reelection. He didn't Thursday night.
When Biden announced he was running last April, I and a lot of Dems thought he was the only one who could beat Trump. Why? Whitmer was a female, Pete B was gay, Shapiro was a Jew and Kamala was unpopular with center-left and -right voters which is where elections are won.
After Thursday's performance, I'm concerned he CAN'T beat Trump, and beating Trump is all that matters.
God. I saw a different press conference. He was pissed off, he was funny, and he was thorough in his despise to substantive questions.
It was when he took reporters' questions, not in his remarks, that I saw the decline in his performance. (And they looked like vultures leaning over the rope hurling questions at him.)
They looked horrible. He looked like he wanted to kill them. Not sure I blame him. The thing about Beau was so far out of line and he was furious at the entire thing. Even so, his response to Doocey was 100% right on and faster than I could have thought of it. I thought he was fine. He’s allowed to be mad and hurt. It was an incredibly hurtful insult. Would it have been better if he hadn’t reacted? Who knows? He’s Biden. I like him.
Agree the report mentioning the DATE of the death of his son - not THAT it happened - was obscene. I like Biden too. His looking, sounding and walking old doesn't change that. But we're talking about him beating Trump. It's definitely a liability and Thursday night made it stronger. My sister, a lifelong Dem like me is 81. She can't stand to look at his signs of aging and figures everyone agrees with her. That's what we're up against.