BTRTN: Democrats, Ask Not What Joe Biden Can Do For You...
Born To Run The Numbers challenges Democrats to think hard about their flagging support for Joe Biden. Is the problem really Biden? Or is it that the Democrats who are abandoning Biden have a superficial and highly unrealistic perspective on his presidency?
http://www.borntorunthenumbers.com/2022/08/btrtn-democrats-ask-not-what-joe-biden.html
Excerpts: "Imagine this presidency. You, the new president, came to office after a close election, with a razor thin majority in each House of Congress. Your vanquished predecessor orchestrated a coup in an attempt to overturn the result. You inherited a world beset by a runaway virus that your predecessor did little to abate, a sputtering economy, severely damaged relations with your allies, atrocious relations with your opposition party...
"And yet, in less than two years, you have managed to vaccinate any American who wanted to be, nurtured the country back to some level of normalcy, and returned to productive and unified relations with our allies. You have signed into law several milestone pieces of bi-partisan legislation on issues (infrastructure and gun control); are on the verge of further breakthrough legislation on climate change and business competitiveness; and kept Americans afloat during the pandemic with a jobs-driven stimulus package that helped drive unemployment to historic lows. On top of all this, when Russia unilaterally attacked Ukraine, you formed a coalition of allies to counter the threat, and orchestrated sanctions that isolated Russia on the world stage...
"With all this, your approval rating has actually steadily dropped -- about a point each month -- since you took office, from 55% to its current level of 39%. Worse, you are not just losing Trump-rejecting Republicans and independents who largely voted for you. You are losing the support of Democrats..."