Given the current state of partisan polarization, it’s unlikely Biden can get majority job approval next year even with the most fortunate set of circumstances. But the good news for him is that he probably doesn’t have to. Job-approval ratings are crucial indicators in a normal presidential reelection cycle that is basically a referendum on the incumbent’s record. Assuming Trump is the Republican nominee, 2024 will not be a normal reelection cycle for three reasons.

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    11 months ago

    It’s not just that, also remember that Biden had made a minor career out of losing the Democratic Presidential Nomination before Obama asked him to be VP. Much of the reason for that is that he had the tendency to say dumb shit. Remember all those “Gaffes”?

    I don’t think Biden could have ever become President before Trump, because we used to have higher standards for what was “Presidential”. But once Trump became President, now all the dumb gaffes Biden makes are no longer a liability.

    I admit I have been more impressed with Biden then I thought I would. I think a big issue is he is a much better President than he is a candidate for President.

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      11 months ago

      All those “dumb gaffes” are because he has a stutter. It’s actually way more impressive how well he’s trained himself out of doing it constantly.

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        11 months ago

        They’re not all due to his stutter. He didn’t stutter when he said this about Obama:

        I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy. I mean, that’s a storybook, man.