Pre-match: Can't believe it took this long for this thread, the 2024 Presidential election thread!

They're the people who constantly chirp about "colonization" without really having any understanding of it. Same goes with genocide. They also tend to not vote. Or if they do, it's on quixotic 3rd party votes. Oh, and they're usually affluent.

 

You can't take objection to 50000 dead Gazans seriously? That's an interesting take.

 

Thanks for taking one for the team!

 

Matt is hot garbage man. He will become the new Ross Douthat….

 

While he is factually wrong about Biden, if you focus on the perception, then he provides insight.

The perception that many centrists have is that Biden did go too far left, the economy is suffering, inflation is rampant, etc. They have this perception because they either hear it from Fox News directly or, more importantly, because their friends and co-workers who listen to Fox News repeat those talking points. It doesn't matter that it is not true.

I provided an example a few weeks ago after speaking with my neighbor, an African-American man who works for the military. He was talking about inflation being rampant, the economy struggling, etc. When I presented the actual facts, he told me about the conversations he has had with coworkers and what they are saying.

In my opinion it's the perceptions, not necessarily the facts, that are important when trying to figure out what is happening.

 

He certainly is in many ways, but so is Biden (specifically because of his age, even though he is still mentally sharp).
The question is not so much is the orange idiot weaker per se, but has he become disproportionately weaker than Biden? I'm not convinced of that yet (I'm sure to the surprise of no one).

 

I believe the Venn diagram of these groups is a circle.

 

And this is probably Biden's biggest issue right now. Perception is completely out of line with reality and, so far, Americans have been extremely resistant to altering their perception.

 

I can't stand her but that is great material for the Biden campaign to use this year. As an aside, I can't see how she can ever endorse TFG either. She is dead for MAGA.

Nikki Haley said all of former President Donald Trump’s legal cases should be “dealt with” before the presidential election, NBC News reports.

Said Haley: “I think all of the cases should be dealt with before November. We need to know what’s going to happen before it, before the presidency happens, because after that, should he become president, I don’t think any of it’s going to get heard.”

 

“President Joe Biden will advocate plans to increase taxes on the wealthy and corporations as well as to lower prescription drug prices in his State of the Union address next week, in what aides describe as an effort to lay out second term proposals for protecting and implementing his economic agenda,” Bloomberg reports.

 

At least they haven't normalized it!

 

Money will not be an issue for the Biden campaign this Summer and Fall....

Bloomberg: “Groups allied with Biden have already committed to spending more than $700 million to help him beat Donald Trump in the 2024 election… That’s in addition to the $130 million his campaign reported having on hand at the start of February.”

“Trump’s financial situation, by comparison, is starting to show cracks. His campaign spent more than it raised in January and allied political action committees are spending millions on his legal defense that would otherwise go to reelection efforts. The Republican National Committee’s fundraising also lags behind its Democratic counterpart.”

“On top of that, Trump’s personal finances may be strained after court orders to pay a combined $540 million in damages from both a civil fraud suit and a defamation case.”

 

Bloomberg actually thought Trump might spend even one penny on his re-election. That's so cute.