Biden to announce he is not running in May / June?

[madsweeney]

Not really.

The Reps are running a guy who had a (pre-Covid) booming economy, low inflation, and got us into no new foreign wars.

Sounds like a pretty good resume for a candidate, does it not?

2019 trucking and manufacturing sectors recessions caused by Trumps trade wars and tarrifs...and a looming national recession that was thrown over the edge in 2020. And you're just going to omit 25% of his term? When an actual event where federal leadership was needed, he failed...and you just ignore it? Delusional.

No new wars ill give him, however, it is easily argued that the vacuum he caused through isolationist policies allowed China and Russia to grow their influence and global power.

[Beercules]

They better pump him full of Red Bull or something.


I feel bad for the old fart. He should be at home with his dog that bites everyone.

[GhostofDempsey]

Is it really that neck and neck though? Funding for Republicans (Trump and down ticket) is way behind. Republicans are half of where they' were in 2020 and under the funding rate of Democrats which is quite unusual for them. They are cash starved. And this was BEFORE Trump got involved with looting the RNC. Now they're just going to be entirely broke through the entire election season.

Trump was out-funded by Hillary by a significant margin.

[madsweeney]

Trump was out-funded by Hillary by a significant margin.

True, but now He's the highly disliked candidate that people are chanting "lock him up" and his funding wasn't being diverted to his legal defense like this time around.

[GhostofDempsey]

There is still time for Joe to step down. The problem is the party is stuck with Kamala. There is not way to push her aside. It would be poor optics to force the first "black" female VP to step aside to make room for a white man like Gavin Newsom. It's possible Gavin could be her running mate in a campaign where he does most of the talking, but Gavin will have a difficult time defending his track record in California. If Joe gets re-elected I think he steps down early in the first year and Kamala will choose a VP as bad or worse than her.

[GhostofDempsey]

True, but now He's the highly disliked candidate that people are chanting "lock him up"

"People"? Trump has always had haters, this is nothing new. His rallies are filled to capacity with lines going down the street for half a mile. Biden gets booed everywhere he goes. Dismal turn-outs and even the left is acknowledging he's shot.

[madsweeney]

"People"? Trump has always had haters, this is nothing new. His rallies are filled to capacity with lines going down the street for half a mile. Biden gets booed everywhere he goes. Dismal turn-outs and even the left is acknowledging he's shot.

...people as in 83 felony charges, not people attending Trump rallys. Rally's that Trump can no longer fill and they have to shut off lighting to hide the empty seats.

[madsweeney]

Long known for his improvised and volatile stage performances, former President Donald J. Trump now tends to finish his rallies on a solemn note.

Soft, reflective music fills the venue as a hush falls over the crowd. Mr. Trump’s tone turns reverent and somber, prompting some supporters to bow their heads or close their eyes. Others raise open palms in the air or murmur as if in prayer.

In this moment, Mr. Trump’s audience is his congregation, and the former president their pastor as he delivers a roughly 15-minute finale that evokes an evangelical altar call, the emotional tradition that concludes some Christian services in which attendees come forward to commit to their savior.

“The great silent majority is rising like never before and under our leadership,” he recites from a teleprompter in a typical version of the script. “We will pray to God for our strength and for our liberty. We will pray for God and we will pray with God. We are one movement, one people, one family and one glorious nation under God.”

The meditative ritual might appear incongruent with the raucous epicenter of the nation’s conservative movement, but Mr. Trump’s political creed stands as one of the starkest examples of his effort to transform the Republican Party into a kind of Church of Trump.

LOL, yea totally not a cult

[GhostofDempsey]

...people as in 83 felony charges, not people attending Trump rallys. Rally's that Trump can no longer fill and they have to shut off lighting to hide the empty seats.

Erie...no one lives there, LOL. That was July '23, try something more recent from a bigger venue.

[ralex]

...people as in 83 felony charges, not people attending Trump rallys. Rally's that Trump can no longer fill and they have to shut off lighting to hide the empty seats.

Lmao. How many people are showing up at Biden rallies???