Here’s some news to shake up your day: The Biden campaign is on the brink of collapse according to reports from left-leaning Politico! For a political staff flying the banner of the Democrats, this endorsed left outlet turned rogue, blindsided them with a headline that screamed: “Dems in full-blown ‘freakout’ over Biden.”
Aren’t Monday mornings always a little rough? Well, on that particular day, Kasie Hunt from CNN This Morning, who surely can’t be mistaken for a Republican sympathizer, laid it out even further: insiders are panicking about the state of Biden’s campaign, she said.
It didn’t stop there, oh no. CNN’s Edward-Isaac Dovere and The New York Times’ Zolan Kanno-Youngs both echoed the same sentiment – the Biden campaign was grasping at straws, promising over and over that a specific event was going to turn the tide in favor of Biden. But alas, the tide never turned. The icing on the cake from Dovere? Maybe people clearly see the contrast between Biden and Trump, but they just don’t seem to care.
Are you picturing the scene at Biden HQ right now? I bet you are.
In the battlefield of election campaigns, expectations predict things will change, the dynamics will shift, and voters will finally see the light. But when reality hits, not all expectations hold water. This was the case discussed on CNN This Morning on 05/29/24. The claim from the Biden team was simple: this event was going to be the one, but yet again, it came and went without an impact.
The Politico adding to the flames of despair had Democrats quaking even more. The quoted anonymous Democratic operative tried but failed to hide his concern by downplaying the situation as a perinnial issue. However, the implication was clear – the poll numbers, stakes of the election, and future of the democracy were causing a serious meltdown.
The contrast with Trump, it seems, has done nothing for Joe Biden, as the Democrats had hoped. Or maybe it’s done its job all too well, and the voters just don’t care. For the umpteenth time, optimism was inflated, promises made, but the impressive “turning point” remains elusive. People are unable to see the marked difference between one candidate embroiled in trials and another focused on governance.
In conclusion, the swan song is sounding for the Biden campaign. Insiders can’t keep a lid on their panic, journalists are exposing their desperation, and promises of a turning tide seem more fantastical than ever. It’s almost as if the people running the campaign and its spokespeople are living on borrowed time. And if voters do indeed understand the contrast between Biden and Trump, but just don’t care, well that’s a whole different brand of trouble.
