What matters is not what Kristol and Eggers write for their audience (I doubt that any Bulwark subscriber is an undecided swing voter) but how Biden is seen by those swing voters I mentioned whose votes will decide the election and the fate of democracy in our country. All sufficiently educated or knowledgeable people know there is a considerable apparatus surrounding the President that takes care of the details, but big decisions ultimately end up with the big guy. This is why it matters how the President comes across to the people at large.
All of us here want the same end-result - defeat of a would-be autocrat. The question is about the best set of tactics to get us from here to that end-result, which will be decided in just over 4 months.
If you think swing voters (that's the only group I'm focusing on because it's all that matters in the outcome of this election) are reading Kristol & Egger, then I would beg to strongly differ.
Because of the key issue of funding that you astutely bring up, what JVL writes about in today's Triad is really useful... Kamala is the only one who can directly inherit the Biden-Harris campaign coffers.
When I said I would vote for a comatose Biden, I'm obviously not saying he *is* comatose. What I meant is that I would vote for Biden even if he were comatose. But if Biden keeps "looking" ("presenting" as they say in medical lingo) physically and mentally not up to the task and has a repeat of his debate performance in a public setting, those swing voters who matter and who may be leaning towards Biden would either go with Trump or stay at home - neither is a good outcome.
You can reply again if you want, but from my side, I will close this back and forth. Thank you for engaging (I mean that seriously, not facetiously).
I am a swing voter in a swing state (actually, registered GOP, Never Trum) and I listen to Kristol and Egger, Miller, Stoddard, Charen, JVL, et. al. I swing between voting for Biden and not voting for president. Before the debate, I veered from day to day often more than once a day. (In any case, I will vote for the Democratic candidates for US Senate and House). Since the debate, I will not vote for Biden. Hard no. And probably not for Kamala. If the Democrats are serious, they need to demonstrate that with a candidate who energizes voters.
What matters is not what Kristol and Eggers write for their audience (I doubt that any Bulwark subscriber is an undecided swing voter) but how Biden is seen by those swing voters I mentioned whose votes will decide the election and the fate of democracy in our country. All sufficiently educated or knowledgeable people know there is a considerable apparatus surrounding the President that takes care of the details, but big decisions ultimately end up with the big guy. This is why it matters how the President comes across to the people at large.
All of us here want the same end-result - defeat of a would-be autocrat. The question is about the best set of tactics to get us from here to that end-result, which will be decided in just over 4 months.
If you think swing voters (that's the only group I'm focusing on because it's all that matters in the outcome of this election) are reading Kristol & Egger, then I would beg to strongly differ.
Because of the key issue of funding that you astutely bring up, what JVL writes about in today's Triad is really useful... Kamala is the only one who can directly inherit the Biden-Harris campaign coffers.
When I said I would vote for a comatose Biden, I'm obviously not saying he *is* comatose. What I meant is that I would vote for Biden even if he were comatose. But if Biden keeps "looking" ("presenting" as they say in medical lingo) physically and mentally not up to the task and has a repeat of his debate performance in a public setting, those swing voters who matter and who may be leaning towards Biden would either go with Trump or stay at home - neither is a good outcome.
You can reply again if you want, but from my side, I will close this back and forth. Thank you for engaging (I mean that seriously, not facetiously).
I am a swing voter in a swing state (actually, registered GOP, Never Trum) and I listen to Kristol and Egger, Miller, Stoddard, Charen, JVL, et. al. I swing between voting for Biden and not voting for president. Before the debate, I veered from day to day often more than once a day. (In any case, I will vote for the Democratic candidates for US Senate and House). Since the debate, I will not vote for Biden. Hard no. And probably not for Kamala. If the Democrats are serious, they need to demonstrate that with a candidate who energizes voters.