http://twitchy.com/amy-curtis/2024/07/11/biden-senior-campaign-staff-dont-see-a-path-forward-n2398224
Biden's terrible month continues with this gem from The Washington Post:
Michael Scherer (@michaelscherer) ~ NEW: “Overwhelmingly a majority of senior campaign staff are despondent and don’t see a path,” said a Democratic strategist about the Biden team. “We can either worry or we can work,” a campaign spokesman responded.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/07/10/biden-evidence-defeat-trump-drop-out/
More from WaPo:
Senior campaign staff have started to take a more pessimistic view of Biden’s chances, even as they continue to fan out in a full-court blitz to push the campaign forward and reassure allies of the president’s potential to rebound.
“Overwhelmingly a majority of senior campaign staff are despondent and don’t see a path,” said a Democratic strategist familiar with the conversations. A second person familiar with the discussions did not dispute the description.
“We can either worry or we can work, and this team is doing the work that wins elections,” Biden campaign spokesman Kevin Munoz said in a statement.
We'd give anything to be a fly on the wall at the Biden campaign headquarters.
Michael Cassidy (@Mike_Cassidy_MS) ~ They really thought they could keep this under wraps another four months. Utter delusion.
Arrogance.
Dennis (@DennisTX79) ~ It’s not “is he alive?” or “can he function?” They’re only concerned about whether he can win. Tells you all you need to know.
Exactly. No one is asking if he can govern right now. If he can't campaign for the next four months, how can he be president until January?
Oh, he's got a 'team' around him. We forgot.
Comfortably Smug (@ComfortablySmug) ~ Straight up - a majority of the Biden campaign senior staff do not see a way to win.
And amid calls from people like George Clooney and the Lt. Governor of New York for him to step aside, will he bow to that pressure?
Montgomery County Watchdog (@SmPotatoes) ~ They’d ditch Biden in a second if they could decide on a replacement. When everyone wants the job, nobody gets it.
No one is polling better than Biden, and no one is polling better than Trump at this point. The election is a referendum not on Biden, but on Democratic Party platforms. As this writer said, they have one Hail Mary play but even that might fall flat.
Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) ~ They "don't see a path."
Neither do the polls.
LadyoftheLake (@LadyoftheLakefr) ~ Oh. well.
They had ample opportunity over the last four years to acknowledge Biden's failing cognitive health and make changes. They didn't.
'Oh well' is our attitude, too.
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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