Democrats are turning on Joe Biden and do not believe that he can save the 2022 midterms and don't want him to run in 2024. Fox News. The New York Times interviewed 50 high ranking Democrats and Democratic voters and the consensus was that Biden had failed. Democrats blame Biden for failing to get big ticket Democratic legislative bills done and are worried about his age and leadership abilities. Most also say that the country is on the wrong track. Biden has also failed to control public opinion as even the media is starting to turn on him and his approval ratings are dismal. Biden's history of gaffes and other strange statements have not helped him. The Democrats are seeing the January 6th hearings as their only chance to preserve any kind of victory in the 2022 midterms.
The New York Times article can be read here, but be aware of the paywall.
My Comment:
Democrats really are out of touch, aren't they? They seem to think that the January 6th hearings will move the needle at all. I am willing to bet that outside of the beltway, not a single person is paying attention to them. Why would they? At this point I am guessing a lot of Americans would love to be living in the universe where January 6th WAS an actual coup attempt and Biden was sitting in a prison cell instead of the oval office.
It's been obvious for awhile that Biden has been a failure as a president. Though it has largely been memory-holed, the Afghanistan withdrawal alone would have been enough to sink a president. Not only did Biden lose Afghanistan, he did it in an embarrassing and pathetic way, that left some of our soldiers dead and videos of Afghan civilians dropping out of airplanes going viral.
It hasn't been much better since then. Biden's biggest challenge is the absolute nosedive that the economy is taking right now. Inflation is out of control, gas prices are rising higher and people are very concerned about paying the bills. The president usually doesn't get a pass for a bad economy even when it isn't his fault but in this case Biden's responsible for most of it. He and his party passed major legislation that caused inflation and turned America from a net energy exporter to one that has to get fuel from other countries, and then sanctioned one of our bigger sources.
The ruling party always has a difficult time during the first term of a president. They usually lose house and senate seats during the midterm elections, but in this case it seems as though the Democrats are going to get wiped out. There is basically no chance that they keep the house and the senate will likely fall as well.
And there isn't really any off ramp for the economic crisis either, short of abandoning the green energy and anti-Russia policies that the Biden administration would never do. The biggest silver bullet Biden had was the release oil from the strategic energy reserve and he already did that, to almost zero effect. Demand is still high and will be through the summer, and with energy prices skyrocketing it's only a matter of time before people stop buying products and instead focus on paying their energy bills.
Inflation is going to get worse before it gets better. Food prices are going to rise even further than they have before due to multiple huge problems globally with the food supply. A lot has been made of the war in Ukraine and food supplies but it's not just that. China and the Midwest United States had major winter wheat crop failures and I have heard that summer wheat isn't doing that hot in parts of the US as well. With wheat prices already high, expect these failures to compound the problem dramatically over the summer.
But the biggest problem is how Biden is handling these issues. His solution to high gas prices is to buy an electric car. Even if you forget about the massive cost of purchasing a vehicle, electric cars simply aren't a viable solution to most folks who drive. I know for me personally it is totally off the table, I don't own a house and don't have a way to charge an electric car even if I did want one. It's a "let them eat cake" moment and pretty emblematic of how the Biden administration handles all of their problems.
Another problem is that Biden just isn't a likeable or eloquent person. The past two Presidents were a lot better at this. Obama was a good speech giver and Trump could always frame the issue of the day just by sending out a tweet. Biden can't do either of these things and is limited to statements from his staff or his own non-existent skills. Obama was talented and Trump was entertaining but Biden? He's a joke.
Finally, I have to say that Biden's focus seems to be everywhere but where it should be. The baby formula crisis is a big example of that. He seemed totally unaware that it was happening and didn't do anything until it was out of control. And the problem is still not fixed, the shelves at my local store were fairly bare again this week when I went grocery shopping.
Most people want these kind of problems solved. When people are broke and can't feed their babies because the government screwed up they don't want to hear about January 6th or gun control. They want to hear about what the government is going to do about it. And the only thing we hear from the Biden camp on the economy is either "it's all good fam, the economy is actually great and you are racist if you disagree" or "lol just buy an electric car". That's just bad politics all around.
I expect Democrats to be screwed in 2022 and even worse in 2024. Biden seems incapable of admitting he's a screwup and will probably try and run in 2024 even if the party doesn't want him. I can't imagine him not losing to a challenger if that happens, but the process will be painful. And even worse, many of the potential POTUS candidates for 2024 have been tainted by association with the utter incompetence of the Biden White House. People like Kamala Harris and Pete Buttgieg don't have a chance because of what Biden has done. I honestly don't see how the Democrats can win against Trump or DeStantis or whoever runs in 2024 unless something very drastic happens.
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