This is true. Trump’s campaign team is not smart enough to understand Democrats. No one was against Biden because of his record; people just thought he was too old. I didn’t agree with them (because the results are fine), but it’s ok now.
Kamala is a good compromise because she is 20 years younger and is literally in the White House right now. I think her polls are going to go up now that she will be the Democratic nominee. Also, she’s been hitting trump hard on the campaign trail and enthusiasm is building.
I think there was a good chunk that didn’t like some of his record. (Israel/Palestine, the old crime bill that was hung around his neck despite being broadly supported) But Kamala doesn’t have to run on that record, though she can still call on it as having been Biden’s VP.
Biden had one really bad policy in his administration and arguably there are good reasons - just don’t genocide does no justice to how complicated the situation there is to navigate. By comparison, I thought Obama had maybe a half-dozen things I starkly disagreed with him on.
Hate on the Gaza situation, sure. As black marks go, it’s really dark, but I’m never going to agree with any president 100% of the time and Biden’s record is way better than most in my book. Kamala has a solid record to run on.
The thing about Israel is that, even if you think Biden should’ve cut ties completely, what Biden did was still better than the Trump alternative that you’d get for doing anything other than voting for the Democrat.
I fully agree. Israel was impossible to navigate as an issue because Biden needed to show the rest of the world that the US still sticks by its allies… but those of us who knew Netanyahu knew this would get ugly fast.
And the crime bill - why the hell were REPUBLICANS attacking him for it? They loved it back then. It was a big mainstream ‘success’ back then.
So disgusting and insulting to attack him for something they love hoping to turn other voters away.
I only pointed out those examples because others cared about them. I’ve been around long enough to know what the anti-crime culture was like in the 80s. You remember the 80s, where crime-ridden NYC was a genre all its own?
Trump’s team also sunk so much money into “Biden’s old!/senile!/sleepy!” that they’re pissed about having to start over, because a character smear is their only tactic. If only the campaign had spent money on displaying past accomplishments, some improvement metrics, good character… oh wait.
I wish that was true, but there are a giant number of people who think the economy is in the toilet. While inflation has been coming down, prices did go up, and inflation coming down doesn’t lower prices, it just makes them go up more slowly. Keeping the economy strong while also lowering prices isn’t realistically going to happen, but people don’t get that. They think it was better under Trump because prices were lower then.
They really do. I’ve heard it personally, and it comes up in news articles. Perception and reality aren’t the same. The Republican spin machine is frustratingly effective.
This is true. Trump’s campaign team is not smart enough to understand Democrats. No one was against Biden because of his record; people just thought he was too old. I didn’t agree with them (because the results are fine), but it’s ok now.
Kamala is a good compromise because she is 20 years younger and is literally in the White House right now. I think her polls are going to go up now that she will be the Democratic nominee. Also, she’s been hitting trump hard on the campaign trail and enthusiasm is building.
I think there was a good chunk that didn’t like some of his record. (Israel/Palestine, the old crime bill that was hung around his neck despite being broadly supported) But Kamala doesn’t have to run on that record, though she can still call on it as having been Biden’s VP.
Biden had one really bad policy in his administration and arguably there are good reasons - just don’t genocide does no justice to how complicated the situation there is to navigate. By comparison, I thought Obama had maybe a half-dozen things I starkly disagreed with him on.
Hate on the Gaza situation, sure. As black marks go, it’s really dark, but I’m never going to agree with any president 100% of the time and Biden’s record is way better than most in my book. Kamala has a solid record to run on.
The thing about Israel is that, even if you think Biden should’ve cut ties completely, what Biden did was still better than the Trump alternative that you’d get for doing anything other than voting for the Democrat.
I fully agree. Israel was impossible to navigate as an issue because Biden needed to show the rest of the world that the US still sticks by its allies… but those of us who knew Netanyahu knew this would get ugly fast.
And the crime bill - why the hell were REPUBLICANS attacking him for it? They loved it back then. It was a big mainstream ‘success’ back then.
So disgusting and insulting to attack him for something they love hoping to turn other voters away.
I only pointed out those examples because others cared about them. I’ve been around long enough to know what the anti-crime culture was like in the 80s. You remember the 80s, where crime-ridden NYC was a genre all its own?
Trump’s team also sunk so much money into “Biden’s old!/senile!/sleepy!” that they’re pissed about having to start over, because a character smear is their only tactic. If only the campaign had spent money on displaying past accomplishments, some improvement metrics, good character… oh wait.
I wish that was true, but there are a giant number of people who think the economy is in the toilet. While inflation has been coming down, prices did go up, and inflation coming down doesn’t lower prices, it just makes them go up more slowly. Keeping the economy strong while also lowering prices isn’t realistically going to happen, but people don’t get that. They think it was better under Trump because prices were lower then.
Nah. No one thinks the economy is in the toilet. They just want their income to go up too. They want what billionaires are getting.
They really do. I’ve heard it personally, and it comes up in news articles. Perception and reality aren’t the same. The Republican spin machine is frustratingly effective.