Exasperated Democrats try to stamp out talk of replacing Biden
Senate Democrats are feeling exasperated by their inability to stamp out persistent speculation that party leaders have a plan B to replace President Biden atop the Democratic ticket due to concerns about his age and weak poll numbers.
They’re tired of hearing about the hand-wringing of Democratic voters and donors over Biden’s age and electability and sick of reading about Rube Goldberg-like schemes, some of them pushed by Republicans or conservative media, to shake up the Democratic ticket.
One Democratic senator feigned putting a make-believe pistol to their temple when asked about the prospect of yanking Biden off the ticket before the Democratic National Convention in August or the general election in November.
The senator, who requested anonymity, said stories about replacing Biden on the ticket sound “juicy” but are nothing more than a sign that political pundits have “too much time on their hands.”
“There’s no way in hell that’s true. Not a chance in hell that’s true,” the lawmaker insisted. “I don’t know what to say.”
The senator said Biden has seen a small bump in the polls since a Manhattan jury convicted former President Trump on 34 felony charges of falsifying business records.
“The latest national [poll] has him at 50 [percent]. I think that’s real,” the senator added. — The Hill
Our Take: The donkey in the room is impossible to ignore, and the narrative makers are anxious to regain control of the storyline. The Hill’s Alexander Bolton does quite a bit of heavy lifting for Democrats in this piece. Let’s break it down.
Bolton uses the term ‘Democratic’ to refer to democrats 16 times, subconsciously reinforcing the nonsense contention that ‘Democracy is on the Ballot in November.’
The polling on Democrat voter angst is now undeniable and, as any first year PR associate would advise, the right play is to hit it head on. The message, however, needs work. The key takeaway of Democrats’ response, as reported by Bolton, is that the Democrat establishment knows that Democrat voters don’t want Biden — they just don’t care.
Responding to voters concerns with gaslighting is a fatal approach here.
In an unexpected twist, the media, aside from Bolton, appears to be reinforcing the concerns of Democrat voters. Bolton lays out multiple analyses from mainstream media outlets reinforcing the problem with the donkey in the room and proposing alternative candidates.
When combined with the defiant dismissiveness of Democrat leadership, this becomes very interesting. That is, this piece appears to reveal that Democrat leadership has lost control of the op, if they ever had it to begin with.
They can’t replace Biden, and they can’t pacify their base about it. Better, they can’t rely on the media to help navigate that problem.
In case you need further proof that we’re in a false reality, despite this absolute panic from the regime, Bolton wants you to believe scrotus and 45 are ‘still’ in a dead heat.
It’s all very silly, but one thing is clear for Democrats in this moment: The donkey in the room is a massive pain in the ass. — Ashe in America
From Badlands News Brief – “We Have the Source … And the Sauce”
