Biden needs to go to Wisconsin immediately!

[NewsCenter28]

I agree with this wholeheartedly:

Biden, then, should go immediately to Wisconsin, the crucial state that Hillary Clinton infamously ignored. He should meet the Blake family and give them his support and comfort. He should also meet Kenoshans like the small-business owners quoted in the Times piece, who doubt that Democrats care about the wreckage of their dreams. Then, on the burned-out streets, without a script, from the heart, Biden should speak to the city and the country. He should speak for justice and for safety, for reform and against riots, for the crying need to bring the country together. If he says these things half as well as Julia Jackson did, we might not have to live with four more years of Trump.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/08/how-biden-loses/615835/

Landslide for Biden if he does this! Nightmarish times if he does not!

[Farmgirl1961]

1. Yes, Biden needs to address what is happening in Kenosha ASAP

Hasn't he already met with the Blake family once? Even so, things are blowing up big time there...

[BigmanPigman]

20. YES! Team tRump is already planning on going there on Tues.

[amuse bouche]

32. Trump is running around like a headless chicken. None of it will help him

[James48]

40. Trump could very well still win

Don’t ever count that bastard out. He’s sitting there saying that Dems encourage looting and burning, and half the damn country believes him.

Trump still could pull out a win, and I would not be surprised that many Dems don’t believe it.

Believe it. He’s dangerous!

[myohmy2]

42. +1

...

[amuse bouche]

45. No, the only way he could win is if Biden died

People act like trump and the assholes around him are mad geniuses. They're criminal stooges and not bright

[James48]

46. Trump is Not bright?

Neither are half the American public.

The only way Biden can win is if everything goes right.

Trump has LOTS of support, and every single one of us is going to have to help if we are going to be successful at putting Biden in Office. Don’t you dare think this is going to be easy! It’s going to be very, very difficult, and take lots of work!

[amuse bouche]

55. Biden has been ahead of trump since before he was nominated.

For over a year
And don't you dare tell me what to think

[Rebl2]

48. Yes he

can still win with putins help. Also through voter intimidation and throwing out ballots.

[calguy]

2. I have to agree

This could be the election right here and now. Trump wants to push the narrative laid out during last week's convention. Democrats pushed the pandemic issue, trump is trying to take it away by creating riots in the streets. It'll all come down to how Biden handles things right now whether or not trump grabs the momentum. Once momentum is lost it's very hard to get it back.

[dragonlady]

3. He has already begun to do this

Jacob Blake's dad says he spoke to Joe Biden and Kamala Harris for a full hour and he found it comforting because it felt like he was talking to family.

Blake's father, who's also named Jacob, says he and Blake's mother's were nervous at first to talk with the Democrats' Presidential ticket ... but says Biden and Harris calmed them down. The elder Jacob said, "I don't think people understand the worry of a mother. That's her baby."

He revealed how the conversation went down Friday morning on CNN's "New Day" ... saying it felt "like I was speaking to my uncle and one of my sisters -- literally, literally." Jacob's father added, "It felt like they knew what was going on. And, they didn't act like they were in a hurry to go anywhere. They spent time with us."

https://www.tmz.com/2020/08/28/jacob-blake-dad-joe-biden-kamala-harris-uncle-sister/

[Celerity]

5. what the article suggests is beyond that nt

[SheltieLover]

8. I'd read that Joe plans to go to WI after Labor Day

Presumably in person.

I'm so glad he talked to this victim's parents. Such horrible violence against their adult child!

[Rebl2]

12. After labor

day is to late. He needs to go NOW.

[SheltieLover]

17. I agree!

Just sharing what I'd read.

[LymphocyteLover]

41. why now? What's the great urgency?

just because it's in the news now?

[Celerity]

4. that is a great article, I was afraid to post it due to the title

[NewsCenter28]

6. Never fear

I'm not afraid to go into the line of fire for ya haha!

[Celerity]

10. lolol

[vercetti2021]

7. I thought he was?

Nt

[Loki Liesmith]

9. Nightmarish if he doesn't huh?

[Awsi Dooger]

11. I saw that also

Kickers are occasionally the priority in football and occasionally here

[moreland01]

13. And on the way home

he should stop in Flint, Michigan.

[Pepsidog]

14. Go Joe- Now!!

[Augiedog]

15. Absofuckinglutly. Soon, sooner....yesterday.

[sfstaxprep]

16. Nice, I Got Ridiculed When I Said This Exact Thing Yesterday

I guess you said it better.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213989530

[thesquanderer]

38. And someone else said it before that. Timing is everything. ;-) n/t

[Heartstrings]

62. +10000

[Rabrrrrrr]

18. You mean - he should do what the president should have been doing? :D

Totally.

It would not only show that he cares about Wisconsin and earn some political points...

it would also show that he actually understands what a president should be doing and how a president should act.

[qazplm135]

19. The idea that we are one week away

from a Trump win is pretty silly. He needs to go to Wisconsin sure, and Michigan, and PA, and FL, and AZ.

But whether he goes this upcoming week or effectively the week after, is not going to be the difference between winning and losing.

And if it's THAT close. If it's SO close that Biden is a week away from losing? Then we are fucked anyways. The polls are all wrong.

I don't believe that.

No Joe can't sit around and never go to places, but if they have a solid plan, then waiting a week isn't going to be deadly.

[BComplex]

58. I'm with you. I think he needs to focus on the republicans trying to destroy social security and

Obamacare (the Affordable Care Act), and keep the emphasis where most voters are invested the most, in the middle of a pandemic that trump ignored until it was way too late, and then he only exacerbated the problems.

[StevieM]

21. Hillary did not ignore Wisconsin.

She spent more money in advertising there than Obama did in 2012. She had a larger ground operation to GOTV than Obama did in 2012. She didn't hold rallies there because she chose to hold rallies in states where polling showed a closer race.

We can debate whether she should have made sure to hold a rally or two in all battleground states. A study shortly after the election indicated that this was not a significant factor in the outcome of the election. But we can still discuss whether that was something that should have been done differently.

Either way, it isn't accurate to say that she ignored the state. BTW, I am the only one who remembers that originally the media claimed that she ignored Michigan too? Ultimately they dropped that, but at one point it was as much in the narrative as Wisconsin was. I guess that is how it works when your narrative isn't based on facts and details, but rather what you can get away with claiming.

[betsuni]

50. Thank you!

[question everything]

22. Glad that it only took a week to change the mind of DUers

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213946164

[llashram]

23. I hope Vice-President Biden takes the advice

[BannonsLiver]

24. He's got to go now!

Righhhhhhhhht noooooooow!11111 Now!1111 This minute!!!!!!111 or we’re Doooooooooomed!11111

[llashram]

25. and he needs to go tomorrow

to the churches, into the streets as suggested let people see his empathy, feel his genuine compassion so they can compare and contrast when the grifting criminal PINO arrives next week. PLEASE JOE!

And the police and militias need to be cordoned off with a large perimeter away from OUR CANDIDATE.

[Farmgirl1961]

26. So, who's going to tell him he should go now?

Is there a way for any of us to convey our sentiments to the B/H team?

[BannonsLiver]

27. They read this forum all the time to learn tactics from our trained campaign experts

They will see the thread and act immediately.

[crickets]

34. You're a stitch. Nice handle too. nt

[Jon King]

28. Too late, Trump to Kenosha on Tuesday

Its getting frustrating how bad Democrats are at national politics in regards to playing the electoral college. For goodness sakes Trump basically said he was going to defund Social Security 2 weeks ago by eliminating the payroll tax that funds it. Somehow, we are not able to get that message out. Biden and Harris should have held small events in PA, MI, WI where they constantly hammered the safety of Social Security. People have short attention spans, hammer it while it is fresh.

I said a month ago my white friends were flipping on the BLM protests. Sure enough new polls show that the independents have totally become against the protests and view them as violent. Unless its fake protestors who are really right wingers, all the bottle throwing and setting fires is going to get Trump re-elected. One poor business owner at a pizza shop in Kenosha literally asked the protestors if they were trying to get Trump re-elected. Honestly, that is exactly what these protests are going to do.

Now Biden sits and waits instead of acting on Kenosha. Should have been there today with his wife, hold a press conference, vow to rebuild, vow to work with citizens. Also meet with some local cops and become a bridge between the 2 groups.

Trump heading there Tuesday and they said he will focus on the damaged buildings. So Kenosha will be a 100% win for Trump with white independents.

This is looking like 2016 again. Win the popular vote by a large margin, lose PA, MI, WI independents. We have to stop thinking the swing voters care if Trump uses the White House as a campaign prop or if he calls people nasty names. They do not care. They care about health care, law and order, the economy. Biden trails Trump by 12 points in polls about who is better on the economy.

Its frustrating, but you can see this becoming 2016 all over again, even with a freaking pandemic, 10% unemployment, and defunding SS. Its ALL about the white swing voters in PA, MI, WI and we are losing them fast when we had them 2 months ago.

[radius777]

43. Agree. Carville, Plouffe, Schmidt and others were talking about this.

Biden/Harris need to get off zoom and get into these swing states, especially WI and MN where the shootings happened. They need to voice support for the peaceful protests while strongly condemning violence. They need to stress that Trump and his divisive rhetoric is the source of much of the turmoil in the country, along with RW agitators - not just the left.

They could do socially distanced outdoor events, meet with leaders etc.

Agree with your comments on the economy, Biden needs to get it through to voters that the stock market and economy are not the same thing. He needs to speak more directly to the white and latino working class, which in addition to black voters and female voters are crucial to any Dem win.

[Heartstrings]

63. +100000

[MuchBetterThanThis]

29. We need to stop playing the tactical game that Trump prefers!!

We can’t react to everything that Trump does. Biden is doing well by simply picking his spots and in this case he has sided with the Blake family.

Stop this panic shit when Trump runs around recklessly fishing for photo ops/steal the narrative shit.

Look at the polls over time. This ain’t 2016😳

[pnwmom]

30. You think in the era of COVID, a 78 year old should travel to Wisconsin?

Will he have a private plane to travel on, like Trump? How will he avoid getting exposed?

[iluvtennis]

33. +++ agree. If he decides to go to Kenosha, it should be done in compliance

regarding gatherings, social distancing, and masks.

Alternatively, he could set up a virtual town hall to speak with people or a drive in event like he had on the last day of the DNC convention. We are in the middle of a pandemic, campaigning can't be done like Covid doesn't exist.

[ansible]

54. You think hiding constantly is going to help his chances?

Jesus, are you all living in a bubble?! This is hurting his chances to win, Trump is taking control of the narrative and the more Biden hides the worse it gets!

[Midwestern Democrat]

57. I have doubts that - two decades into the 21st century - a man is going to win the presidency

running a "front porch campaign" from Wilmington - a campaign strategy that before this year I assumed was a relic of the 19th century. I mean, it's not like past nominees of both parties for the last 60+ years campaigned hard for months just for the hell of it. In 2004, I went to a rally for John Kerry in Iowa on a hot, humid July Saturday morning - I doubt John Kerry found standing under a scorching sun in Iowa more pleasant than simply sitting in his air conditioned home in Boston - he, like past nominees, went through these ordeals because they thought it was absolutely necessary to do so.

[amuse bouche]

31. People need to stop telling Biden what to do. It's freaking annoying

You either trust our candidate or you don't.

Psst..He's getting a landslide regardless

[gab13by13]

37. I agree, a lot of doom and gloom in this thread.

Trump is going to Wisconsin to meet with the cops, Biden can go later and meet with the people.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

44. Meeting with the people will have a greater impact.

Because they are the ones hurting. The cops did not have to shoot Jacob Blake in the back at close range 7 times.

[greyl]

47. Right on. nt

[betsuni]

53. +1

[linda52]

59. How dare you doubt veteran campaign strategist ''NewsCenter28''.

Nightmarish times if he does not!!!!!!!!!!!

[SayItLoud]

35. Page one vs page 3. tRUMP knows this. NT.

[GusFring]

49. If a business owner believes that, there is no changing his mind.

[betsuni]

52. Why? Don't they have radios, TVs, computer machines? Is it the 19th century?

Hillary didn't "ignore" anything (Democrats are wealthy elites talking point) and there's a pandemic.

[GoCubsGo]

56. Yeah, so he can create another super-spreader event.

Just like Trump is doing.

[Heartstrings]

61. Yes! Tensions are high in and around Kenosha (I live less than 2 hours North)

He needs to go there and sooth his supporters NOW! Wisconsin is a explosive just waiting to be lit and trump being in K-town on Tuesday may be the accelerant to fire my state up uncontrollably!

Madison is protesting as well....

Has he condemned the little punk ass IL vigilante for his carnage? I haven’t seen anything from him, but will welcome reading anything he has said about that incident.

Come to WI now, Joe....after Labor Day might be too late