What Should Biden Do?
Cook Political Report,
by
Amy Walter
Original Article
Posted By: Pluperfect,
4/3/2020 4:38:13 AM
We are living through an extraordinary and unprecedented time. It has required us to readjust our lives, our expectations and our plans. The business of politics is no exception. There's been a lot written over these last few days that this upending of normalcy is taking a toll on former Vice President Joe Biden's campaign. After all, in a non-COVID19 world, Biden would be having a great few weeks. Since his big win in South Carolina, Biden had been on a rout — winning big states and small, and building an insurmountable delegate lead. The political news media would be focused on his success.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
anniebc 4/3/2020 6:10:10 AM (No. 366783)
I'll start.
What should Biden do?
1. Stop talking.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Johneboy2 4/3/2020 6:41:18 AM (No. 366800)
Man, this is positive spin if ever there was any. Polls are showing Biden in the lead? I think not. There will be debates between a guy who speaks everyday to the press, answers questions on the spot, all without a teleprompter. Opposed by a guy who gets totally flummoxed if the teleprompter doesn't keep up. Question: Mr. Biden, since you are criticizing the administrations Covid response, what would you have done differently? Hmm?
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
worried 4/3/2020 6:55:24 AM (No. 366810)
Gee, Amy are you really that enamored of Creepy Joe? You really think he has a chance? If he were running, Trump wouldn't have to attack him, as Joe is showing himself how incompetent he is every time he opens his mouth and doesn't know where he is or what he is talking about.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
privateer 4/3/2020 6:55:32 AM (No. 366811)
Well, this could be the---IIRC 60s---slogan 'Hire the Handicapped' writ large. It's our duty.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
pixelero 4/3/2020 7:32:22 AM (No. 366843)
Kind of astonishing this article ignores the most salient fact of Vice President Biden's campaign.
The fact is that the former US Senator’s conduct in public appearances and his recorded utterances at televised events frequently omit facts, are contrary to the truth, and suggest this behavior by Vice President Biden might be caused by an age-related cognitive deficit.
This observation is well-documented and not controversial, an obligato background fact the omission of which nullifies every other part of the analysis.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
jeffkinnh 4/3/2020 7:57:13 AM (No. 366871)
What a wonderful collection of warped thinking. It's a view into the fevered liberal mind.
The author depends heavily on the biased polls showing Trump "underwater". Per polls, Trump is NOT president. Hillary is. This little departure from reality disturbs the author not at all.
The author also asserts that, unlike 2016, Trump's presidency is a reality. She assumes that means Trump is in a weaker position. Unfortunately, that is grossly wrong. Trump went into 2016 as an unknown. We didn't know HOW he would govern. Well, now we do. The disaster predictions of the Left have NOT come true. The worries of Conservatives that he would not govern to the right have also proven unfounded. Trump has been a strong leader bringing success across the board. The only troubling thing is the insanity of the Left who have "resisted" themselves over a cliff. When Trump puts cream in his coffee, he is accused of being racist; etc., etc., etc..
The dems meanwhile have decided on Biden, kind of. The reality that they had over 20 turnouts for the primary and they decided on a senile septuagenarian is telling of the true state of the party no matter what their public claims are. A Communist waits in the wings and they are fretting about overturning their entire primary system and crowning the winner of American Idol as their choice, whoever that turns out to be. This illuminates their ideas about elections and votes. To dems, they don't matter. Only being in charge matters. The methods by which they get to that point are of no concern. Their supporters believe any fantasy that they can dream up leading to a dem victory.
The only sanity in the article is that these are unique times and therefore unpredictable.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
ROLFNader 4/3/2020 7:57:37 AM (No. 366872)
Biden didn't win S Carolina. James Clyburn put the word out to his mob that the tap gets shut off if SloJo doesn't win.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
bpl40 4/3/2020 8:06:19 AM (No. 366882)
What a person in Biden's position should do looks completely outside his mental and cranial capacity at this time. The report is aptly named. His 'victories' are cooked. His polls are double cooked. As a life long Conservative Republican I am not saying stop this farce. History will show Lyburn (Oh I forgot the C?) did the country a great favor.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
mobyclik 4/3/2020 8:11:29 AM (No. 366887)
FTA; ''Moreover, as I wrote last week, Biden doesn't need to spend as much time attacking and defining the president when he's getting a lot of help from outside groups like Priorities USA and other SuperPACs.''
Umm, Amy honey, didn't you somehow forget to mention besides ''Priorities USA and other SuperPACs''...a little group known as the MEDIA? 95% of them are 100% anti-Trump 24/7, feeding their worm-brained listeners/readers absolute LIES, DAY IN AND DAY OUT. Stuff your garbage.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Dodge Boy 4/3/2020 8:13:40 AM (No. 366891)
Obie, if Plugs has to drop out, what to do with Gramps to make room for Billary?
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
janjan 4/3/2020 8:17:33 AM (No. 366895)
Did it escape this woman’s notice that her candidate has obvious dementia? Or is that now an acceptable condition as long as he’s not Trump? Could the ‘enthusiasm gap’ have some remote connection to the fact that even Democrat voters aren’t that happy about supporting someone who should literally be in a nursing home?
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
pinger 4/3/2020 8:17:53 AM (No. 366896)
What should Biden do? Just keep taking his meds for starters.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Strike3 4/3/2020 8:21:41 AM (No. 366901)
It is irresponsible to use the words, "Biden" and "success" in the same sentence, even for a journalist. The decision is no longer up to Biden because he has lost the ability to form a coherent thought.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Bassman1911 4/3/2020 8:40:47 AM (No. 366921)
How about this. Just retire and go away Joe. Why are you doing this to yourself? Enjoy this rest of your life and leave us alone. You’ve done enough damage.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
MickTurn 4/3/2020 8:41:19 AM (No. 366922)
Biden needs to speed to his end...go out and get CV19, then go home and slowly end it all.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
Mulhaven 4/3/2020 8:43:14 AM (No. 366926)
Biden is just a place holder. His running mate will replace him as head of the Democrat party right after the are defeated in the upcoming election. The Rats know Trump will win the election and their losing duo will then become the head of their miserable party. They certainly do not want demolition Sanders taking over their party. We will know who the Rat establishment wants to head their party for the following 4 years when Biden's running mate is announced.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
Burninfilm 4/3/2020 8:56:46 AM (No. 366939)
What should Biden do? Check into the Assisted Living facility immediately. He does not seem to have the mental capacity to care for himself, form a good sentence or utter a rational thought. His family should care more about this man than to let him keep embarrassing himself.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
Jebediah 4/3/2020 8:58:23 AM (No. 366942)
First and foremost, Trump is doing what he SHOULD be doing, focusing on the corona virus and how to defeat it (unlike the Democrats, who are trying hard not to let a good crisis go to waste.) Second, Trump doesn't need to do ANYTHING re: Biden, whose every conference is more pathetic than the last. Third, I would feel sorry for the man, who is being humiliated every time he opens his mouth, had he not been such a nasty and dishonest and PREDATORY person while in compos mentis. Forth and finally, I have seen the straight news non-political Amy Walter on the Fox Report (fair and balanced again being nonsense....get someone with non biased reporting while on "the other side") and she
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
lisa belanger 4/3/2020 9:41:11 AM (No. 367010)
he should check into a home care and say
bye to politic.....he is done
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
little guy 4/3/2020 10:05:01 AM (No. 367042)
Simple answer to all the problems.
Trump should just say he is declaring a state of emergency and canceling the November election. Thus, he will have to remain President until the "virus crisis" is gone. There will be a cure in about 3 days. Biden can then come crawling out of his spider-hole and let everyone see just how spacey he really is now. In November he can take, like a man, the beat down he's going to get.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
bigfatslob 4/3/2020 10:06:08 AM (No. 367044)
Don't get off topic about Biden and his problems with memory or claiming the onset of dementia.
Joe Biden hasn't change he's always been a low IQ braggart and loud mouth. Go back to his early senate years and listen to him he's just dumb and vindictive. The statement about the Ukraine firing an investigator and hopping a flight home is pure Joe Biden. What's on display now is a successful President and a clueless buffoon, Joe Biden, that's why the hair sniffing, dog face, pony soldier looks so stupid because he is stupid. I don't feel sorry for Joe Biden or wish him well he's always been a dead fish on ice that is melting.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
RUReadyY3K 4/3/2020 10:17:52 AM (No. 367059)
Good news for Joe. If he is not visible and not talking he won't be making any gaffes.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
HotRod 4/3/2020 10:28:30 AM (No. 367079)
IMO, the problem for democrats is that Biden doesn't inspire people to get out and rally, send money, or much less vote. None of the democrats do. The hard-core democrats, who would vote for a goat if it was the candidate, and some who just want to vote against President Trump, will probably vote. The Bernie supporters would get out and vote for him, but there aren't enough of them.
That's why Pelosi is making the big money grab now. She is going to lose the House and it will be all over for her. She will never be the leader again. She will go under the bus as the party tries to regroup.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
DVC 4/3/2020 10:29:45 AM (No. 367081)
Biden's best chance is to hide out.
The more people see him and hear what he has to say these days, the less likely they are to vote for him.
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
Lawsy0 4/3/2020 10:29:59 AM (No. 367082)
Here is an idea: The DNC knows Joe is toilet paper on their corporate shoe. They want Slo-Joe to take a mighty hit for the party and they are using President Trump's reelection to bring it about. They know they will make Joe the nominee; they know Joe's handlers will pick for VP the anti-Christ of all candidates. They are willing to do all that JUST for the joy of seeing their own beloved Biden brought low. That's how they roll.
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
udanja99 4/3/2020 10:35:02 AM (No. 367093)
I will admit up front that I couldn’t get very far into this drivel.
Here’s what Biden should do - keep making those videos from his bunker so that everyone can watch his deterioration.
Anyone who believes that he is beating PDT gets their news from Rachel Madcow, Mother Jones and the NY Slimes. They are pumping out a lot of leftist Kool Ade these days and some of the masses are still happily slurping it up. If they think election night 2016 was bad, they are just setting themselves up for a far worse experience this November.
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
NotaBene 4/3/2020 10:58:55 AM (No. 367133)
Run, Joe, run.
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
stablemoney 4/3/2020 11:00:09 AM (No. 367139)
Biden is serving from home via skype, which is what he would be required to do as president, as it is unlikely that he would be able to leave his home.
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
DVC 4/3/2020 11:19:43 AM (No. 367165)
#28, "his home", or "THE home"?
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Reply 30 - Posted by:
NorthernDog 4/3/2020 11:31:11 AM (No. 367185)
Can someone tell me why Biden must be quarantined in his basement while Trump is out and about giving press conferences every single day? Biden must be at high risk to contract the virus.
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Reply 31 - Posted by:
rytwng 4/3/2020 11:44:36 AM (No. 367194)
He should do what all democrats should do, take the easy way out.
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Reply 32 - Posted by:
jacksin5 4/3/2020 11:49:23 AM (No. 367199)
Why did FDR serve 4 terms as President? No one was willing to change horses during the Depression and WWII. The Presidency is not what Conservatives should be worried about. It's winning the House or holding on to the Senate that is the big concern. The Dems are already making noises about canceling in-person voting in favor of absentee or some sort of on-line voting. The opportunities for voter fraud go up expedientialy if these methods were to be used.
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Reply 33 - Posted by:
lakerman1 4/3/2020 1:36:38 PM (No. 367299)
I agree with #32, and would add that the republicans ran weak candidates in 36, 40, and 44. Landon, Wilkie (6th ballot to pick him) and Dewey, whose mustache was a negative as well as his limpid campaign style.
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Reply 34 - Posted by:
Mother of AL 4/3/2020 2:10:28 PM (No. 367352)
How about drop dead. This will probably get deleted
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Reply 35 - Posted by:
Albatross 4/3/2020 4:48:15 PM (No. 367504)
What a ridiculous article. All this supposedly deep analysis, and she never gets around to mentioning that Biden has DEMENTIA.
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Reply 36 - Posted by:
Foghorn 4/3/2020 5:48:34 PM (No. 367557)
If he throws in the towel he'll forget he did that or think you meant the towel in his bathroom.
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He should be severely punished for sexual deviance...
And a host of other crimes.
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