BTRTN: Sobering Events Overshadow Biden and the Midterms
The stunning events of September, 2022 -- many on the global stage -- so thoroughly dominated the headlines that it was difficult for Biden and the Democrats to build any momentum off recent success. Born To Run The Numbers provides its month-in-review:
http://www.borntorunthenumbers.com/2022/10/btrtn-sobering-events-overshadow-biden.html
Excerpts: "We’ll never know if the Biden Administration finally might have cracked the code on messaging in the post-Labor Day campaign push. Instead, the month’s news cycle was dominated by a whirlwind of events that upended Biden’s efforts to build on August's enormous accomplishments. Finally, Biden, his surrogates and Democratic candidates across the land had a strong story to tell, if only they could have grabbed a teeny segment of the front page, the nightly news and above the fold. But it was not to be...
"The dominating events of the month were, instead, the deaths of Gorbachev and Queen Elizabeth II; the remarkably successful Ukraine pushback of Russian troops, and the dangerous aftermath of that thrust; the ongoing legal troubles of Donald Trump, which hit the judicial version of DEFCON 2; and Hurricane Ian, which laid waste to much of the south Florida Gulf Coast and parts of coastal South Carolina. Trump and Putin dug what might be their own political graves; and Ian is the latest reminder of our collective failure to avoid the worst of climate change, which may prove to be the death knell of our planet. A sobering month, indeed...
"These 'overshadowing' issues may have swamped Biden’s messaging, but they have all worked in his favor. His comments and demeanor regarding the deaths of the Queen and Gorbachev were pitch perfect, and gave him an opportunity to display the dignity and gravitas he brings to the role. Putin’s and Trump’s failures only serve to highlight Biden’s strength of character, his championing of democracy, and his savvy as a world leader. Ian cannot help but underline the timeliness of his efforts to fight climate change."