It is far too soon for people to write off Joe Biden
Put it down to a hyper-caffeinated media. A few weeks ago, Joe Bidens presidency was widely hailed as a triumph. Coronavirus was in retreat. The US economy was roaring back. And Democrats looked on course to pass Bidens ambitious economic bills by early autumn. Rash comparisons between Biden and Franklin Roosevelt were being bandied about.
A few weeks of setbacks have changed everything. The rampaging Delta variant has dented consumer sentiment and created a bad jobs report. Forecasts of a Democratic defeat in the midterm elections next year are now commonplace, which would turn Biden into a lame duck. All of a sudden people are proclaiming Bidens failed presidency. Others are chronicling How Delta beat Biden.
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Bidens biggest setback, however, was the botched nature of the Afghanistan withdrawal. The July 2 pullout from Bagram air base occurred in advance of his self-imposed deadline of August 31. But the way it happened undermined Bidens reputation for competence, which was probably his most important quality in defeating Donald Trump. No amount of White House special pleading can alter the fact that Americas exit has damaged US interests. Since then Bidens approval ratings have fallen by roughly six percentage points, which is steep. In terms of media narrative, his presidency is now in freefall.
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Nothing that Biden faces yet compares with that. For all its flaws, the Afghanistan exit is still popular with the US public, though the president has personally taken a hit over its handling. The real test of his fortunes will come in the next few weeks when we find out whether he can push through his $1.2tn infrastructure bill and $3.5tn American families plan, both of which would have a big impact on working Americans. One of the reasons most Republicans oppose the first bill and are unanimously against the second is because they know how popular they would be.
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Joinfortmill
(14,417 posts)He has a heart of gold and a spine of steel.
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Arkansas Granny
(31,516 posts)onetexan
(13,040 posts)As if the MSM is impartial.
Me.
(35,454 posts)Looks like there is a re-think about that now and the bringing out of people, including 200 Americans today who couldn't/wouldn't leave 6 months ago, is being recognized as a major achievement though some will keep whining about the messiness of it. On;y the Cons and those looking to 'dirty' him up will continue with the meme.
Midnight Writer
(21,753 posts)I truly am not seeing the "botched" part of the airlift.
It went better than I expected and I don't think any President could have done better.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)onetexan
(13,040 posts)Walleye
(31,017 posts)samnsara
(17,622 posts)..the he is the one in charge right now. I love him more each day...hes even won over Michael Moore. Joes on fire and some folks cant handle that. Now if we can just get rid of the OTHER joe!
Beastly Boy
(9,328 posts)Financial Times is full of shit. The only thing that's far too soon to determine is how highly Biden will be ranked among other US Presidents.
snowybirdie
(5,226 posts)Latest rant was that Biden is a failed president! Lord I hate these fools.
Polly Hennessey
(6,794 posts)for that? Afghanistan? People are already forgetting about that. Exactly, how was it botched? Stop with the stupid stuff. How about letting a very competent president do his job. Gee, he has been in office almost eight months and he hasnt made the world a perfect place. Now if you want to talk about botching up a presidency look no further than TFG.
Moebym
(989 posts)They want to set up a self-fulfilling prophecy just so they can smugly proclaim, "we told you so".
My fear is that they have already succeeded in discouraging enough independents and low-info Dems to make a difference in '22.
Harker
(14,015 posts)writing off Joe Biden.
PortTack
(32,762 posts)Going to print crap!!
NNadir
(33,516 posts)...is now wringing its hand over what it calls a "botched" exit from an eternal war it also endorsed.
It would be interesting if they'd paid more attention to a botched effort to overthrow the US government and install an ignorant immoral (when not amoral) thug in the White House as dictator or an effort, largely successful to install outright misogynists on the Supreme Court, but their interest is not either in truth or patriotism or justice.
They'd rather destroy the future if it means sales.
lees1975
(3,850 posts)The economy is still roaring, jobs report better than most of Trump's, 120,000 people out of Afghanistan and those who are left behind can't be blamed on Biden. 13 American casualties, unfortunate and costly, but a low number considering how rapidly the government and military dissolved.
This stuff coming out almost looks like these media people are trying to scare Democrats into voting in 2022.
The only poll on 538 today that shows Biden's approval "underwater" is Rasmussen. There's a September 4-5 R&W that has approval at +10, and the generic ballot is +6 Democrat. My prediction is that the Democrats expand majorities in both houses and after 2012, won't need Sinema or Manchin.
BootinUp
(47,144 posts)Aristus
(66,328 posts)I think he's doing a fantastic job. It's not flashy, showy, or prime-time ready. It's just good, solid, smart, compassionate governing.