Julia Terusso, a
reporter for the Philadelphia
Inquirer noted recently that Joe Biden invokes his service as former
President Barack Obama’s No. 2 as a way to connect to his legacy as he seeks to
be the Democratic nominee for president in 2020. That strategy is problematic for Joe. The connection is less and less meaningful
for younger voters who gravitate to the more progressive wing of an
increasingly liberal party. After all,
it was Obama who emphatically told
him, “You don’t need to do this Joe, you really don’t”.
Even with Biden’s
limited support, it is questionable how much exists for him beyond a mistaken
belief in his ability to beat Donald Trump. The more voters see of him,
the less they like him.
His handlers should
stop this sorry, unnecessary affair. If
he were a horse, he would never have been allowed past the starting gate.
Cus D’Amato, a famous
boxing manager and trainer who handled the careers of Mike Tyson, Floyd
Patterson and Josè Torres once said, “To see a man beaten not by a better
opponent but by himself is a tragedy.”
Biden is sinking like a
stone in the polls in Iowa and New Hampshire.
The field is pulling away from him.
In a desperate attempt to stop the bleeding, he started
a “No Malarkey” bus tour that will have him zigzagging across the Hawkeye State
covering 18 counties and more than 800 miles.
In late October, Biden insisted
he was the front-runner in a crowded field of misfits and ne’er-do-wells during
a “60 Minutes” interview
with CBS’ Norah O’Donnell. “I know I’m
the front-runner. Find me a national
poll with a notable—a couple exceptions.
The last four that have come out—but look, this is a marathon. This is a marathon.”
Third quarter filings with
the Federal Election Commission (FEC) show his campaign has a paltry $9 million
in cash-on-hand which is less than half of what his top competitors have and he’s
spending money at a greater rate than the amount he has raised; a burn rate of
112%.
With his string of
public gaffes, underwhelming debate performances and scandal revolving around
Burisma, contributions have all but dried up.
Democratic strategist
Brad Bannon told The
Hill, “It’s increasingly clear he’s not up to the job of running a
campaign. Joe Biden is cruising to a
bruising unless he can reverse the freefall he’s been in since he announced
back in the Spring.”
Talking to the crows in
a snow-covered Iowa cornfield is not a winning strategy.
— Politics Watchdog (@PolWatchdog) November 30, 2019
That time when former VP @joebiden is standing right next to you at the Corn Stalk Cafe and you just don’t care. pic.twitter.com/YFr7J6eY87— Natasha Korecki (@natashakorecki) December 1, 2019
I’m sure one reason we haven’t done more to combat Alzheimer’s is because it would wipe out the upper echelons of the Democratic Party— Sean Spicier (@sean_spicier) December 1, 2019
The "No Malarkey" tour is going well for Joe Biden.— Florian (@BetaODork) December 1, 2019
Here's Joe claiming that he met Kim Jong Un. He also seems to believe that Kim Jong Un is from South Korea. pic.twitter.com/duw9nuvAVO
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