Key quote:
Bidenās defiance against calls for him to leave the presidential campaign after last monthās debate have only worsened his chances in November, Cook Editor-in-Chief Amy Walter wrote.
āBiden was losing pre-debate. Now, heās losing by a bit more,ā she said, adding that the possibility Biden leaves the race at this point is āremote.ā
Citing postdebate polling, Cook announced it will move Minnesota, New Hampshire and Nebraskaās 2nd Congressional District from āLikely Democraticā to āLean Democratic.ā The group also moved Nevada, Arizona and Georgia from āTossupā to āLean Republican.ā
Unfortunately, that only goes a couple of ways:
The only way I see a āDā win is for Joe to die in office, Kamala picks up the reins and gets a massive sympathy vote.
I mean, you and others where weāre advocating that Biden was our only chance of beating Trump, and you in particular worked to silence voices trying to inform people that Biden was not winning this election.
So you shouldnāt be surprised that I weight your opinion on what āwillā happen politically to effectively 0.
R2O got a timeout for admitting that his relentless doom posting was agenda based, not because they were wrong. :)
I actually agreed with a lot of the articles posted.
Biden is walking a very fine line and since the debate, heās on the wrong side of it. Heās confident he will recover, I think thatās delusional.
What I can guarantee will happen next is this:
There will be a bigger bump when he announces his VP pick.
Without the conviction sentencing, the bump will be bigger than expected which will inspire more doom posting and calls for Biden to step aside.
Biden will power through to the Democratic convention in August.
Any more mis-steps or health scares between now and August? That will make it hard to continue.