President Biden thread

1 hour ago, Tweety said:

Many of those people are Republicans.  Really, what do you expect Republicans to say in such a poll?  92 of Republicans skewed the poll, but 50% of Independents say so as well.

Still, it might be interesting to see how many people distance themselves form him in the 2022 election.  Obama was so unpopular at mid-terms people kept their distance.  Trump was equally unpopular but people still embraced him.

I saw on the news today while in a patient's room that Biden's approval rating is a dismal 33%.

Off topic.   Republicans and Fox News are doing as much as much as Biden and Democrats to keep the division there.  Fox News reported heavily the news of the inflation rate being the worst in decades and the banner was "Biden goes after voting rights while inflation out of control".  Instead of reporting on the inflation rate they had some off topic comments about him trying for a voting rights bill, as if the rest of his job goes on hold because of one issue. (CNN's banner was that inflation was the worst in 40 years and Biden made a statement).  

Can't say I blame them because this is how they are going to get back what they lost.

I never answer those political polls because the questions are so vague and meaningless.  So, maybe there are millions of others like me who don't give a fig about the polls.

7 hours ago, subee said:

I never answer those political polls because the questions are so vague and meaningless.  So, maybe there are millions of others like me who don't give a fig about the polls.

I don't see what's so meaningless about "did you think Biden is divided the country" or "do you approve of the job Biden is doing". 

But yes, it's interesting when the polls didn't suit Trump they were fake.  But now those same people are throwing polls in our face.  

I take them with a grain of salt that they probably are skewed one way or another and are generally wrong.  But the truth is when poll after poll after poll shows Biden poor approval ratings, I'm sure people take them seriously.

Again it's skewed because Republicans no way no how will answer that he's doing a good job.  That's automatically 1/3 that are going to vote that he isn't. 

1 minute ago, Beerman said:

The poll isn't "skewed".  If it oversampled Republicans,  then you would have a point.  If you look at the actual poll, 26% of respondents identify as Republicans, which is about the same as registered voters.

 

Fair point, then the poll is not an accurate poll that reflects the populace an I would call it into suspect.

The rest of your post isn't something I'm going to address because I'm on the way to work and disagree.

Anyway with the two usual Senators against Biden it's probably dead and a moot point.

32 minutes ago, Beerman said:

Why is it not accurate?

I do stand corrected then.   

26% of people may say they are republicans but much more than vote Republican obviously.  It's closer to 50% that identify with Republicans and vote that way.   I think the numbers pretty much reflect the way people vote.  So it seems no matter what polll, no matter who is in office it's almost always those same numbers.  A more accurate questions would be "Did you vote for Biden" than what party affiliation are you.

But the approval numbers for Biden are indeed dismal and reflect a lower number.   This also includes democrats that want him to end the filibuster, voting rights, pass a more progressive agenda like end school loan debt.  The Saners and AOC camps that vote against him don't approve.  

But like I said, the poop show that is America doesn't look good on Biden.  I can't see how he's that decisive, except he's been unsuccessful in uniting the country.   That was a crazy idea but always a campaign promise to "work together to unite the country".  Sounds good on the campaign.  It's way too late.  Republicans aren't going to let that happen.  They disapprove the minute he took office.  It's not a Biden thing though from Bush on the minute they took office things when sour.  One man can't unite when the other side won't play. 

But with raging corona virus an people fed up with the CDC confusion, vaccine mandates, inflation and the supply chain problem and for some reason for republicans the border, and a general bad mood in the country, he's in under a rock that he can't climb out of.

Again, I don't think he's decisive.  That's not a term I would use to describe him. 

https://www.denverpost.com/2017/01/15/president-obama-associated-press-norc-poll/

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-is-doing-more-to-divide-the-country-than-unite-it-poll-says

https://www.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/01/19/poll/

1 hour ago, Beerman said:

The poll isn't "skewed".  If it oversampled Republicans,  then you would have a point.  If you look at the actual poll, 26% of respondents identify as Republicans, which is about the same as registered voters.   

It's not a "voting rights" bill, more of a "Eliminate Voting Integrity" bill.....anyway that's another thread.  the Biden focus on that just shows their focus is out of whack, or they are trying to draw attention from all their other problems.  Maybe there is a poll somewhere, but it doesn't seem that's at the top of Americans concern right now.  I don't even believe Biden is genuinely concerned.  

No one, Trump and certainly not Obama, has fallen this far this fast.

Agree, it's not a concern of the average person.  Myself for example, I always have Tuesday's off, am not a felon, don't use mail in or early voting, so I just go around the corner and vote.  I don't pay attention to the issue.

That many politicians and human rights organizations have a huge issue with this and are very concerned about the way republicans have become concerned about the corrupt and rigged voting system, and want to change laws around the country that benefit them more,  means it should be something Biden needs to address.  He's hung a lot on this issue but it's not a top priority in people's minds I can agree.  

But that doesn't mean he's brushing aside inflation concerns or other concerns important to Americans.  

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/12/biden-says-cpi-inflation-report-shows-progress-in-slowing-down-high-prices.html

4 hours ago, Tweety said:

I don't see what's so meaningless about "did you think Biden is divided the country" or "do you approve of the job Biden is doing". 

But yes, it's interesting when the polls didn't suit Trump they were fake.  But now those same people are throwing polls in our face.  

I take them with a grain of salt that they probably are skewed one way or another and are generally wrong.  But the truth is when poll after poll after poll shows Biden poor approval ratings, I'm sure people take them seriously.

Again it's skewed because Republicans no way no how will answer that he's doing a good job.  That's automatically 1/3 that are going to vote that he isn't. 

The questions you ask above are not "Yes" or "No" questions for me.  A poll is only as accurate as the question and questions are very difficult to write.  

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Joe Biden and the Democrats were highly critical of Donald Trump's foreign policy, so it was reasonable to expect that Biden would quickly remedy its worst impacts. As a senior member of the Obama administration, Biden surely needed no schooling on Obama's diplomatic agreements with Cuba and Iran, both of which began to resolve longstanding foreign policy problems and provided models for the renewed emphasis on diplomacy that Biden was promising. 

Tragically for America and the world, Biden has failed to restore Obama's progressive initiatives, and has instead doubled down on many of Trump's most dangerous and destabilizing policies. It is especially ironic and sad that a president who ran so stridently on being different from Trump has been so reluctant to reverse his regressive policies. Now the Democrats' failure to deliver on their promises with respect to both domestic and foreign policy is undermining their prospects in November's midterm election. 

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After a year of Joe Biden, how come we still have Donald Trump's foreign policy?

17 minutes ago, chare said:

After a year of Joe Biden, how come we still have Donald Trump's foreign policy?

I think that it's difficult to read the supporting information on the Iran deal is easily remedied after broken by Biden's predecessor. 

https://www.niacouncil.org/news/khamenei-voices-support-amid-modest-progress/?locale=en

The author of your article clearly felt that Biden needed to get more done in his first year in office. I thought the assessment was a bit unrealistic. 

On 1/14/2022 at 6:33 AM, Tweety said:

Agree, it's not a concern of the average person.  Myself for example, I always have Tuesday's off, am not a felon, don't use mail in or early voting, so I just go around the corner and vote.  I don't pay attention to the issue.

That many politicians and human rights organizations have a huge issue with this and are very concerned about the way republicans have become concerned about the corrupt and rigged voting system, and want to change laws around the country that benefit them more,  means it should be something Biden needs to address.  He's hung a lot on this issue but it's not a top priority in people's minds I can agree.  

But that doesn't mean he's brushing aside inflation concerns or other concerns important to Americans.  

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/12/biden-says-cpi-inflation-report-shows-progress-in-slowing-down-high-prices.html

Absolutely NOTHING will improve until people are vaccinated.  If the Republicans can keep the disease spreading and people in distress, they feel that they can win elections.  Forget about what the consequences are.  There is nothing more important to them than advancing their agenda.   There is one simple solution to inflation.  Stop buying stuff.  What would the consequences of that be?  Well, prices would drop but something else awful would follow when we don't buy stuff.  Republicans whine but don't offer any solutions either.  They are more interested in laying mines in front of their enemies more than they are favorable to legislation to solve our worst challenge, the pandemic and the hounds of hell it has released.

I wanted to see Fox New's take on this and predictably they are having a field day over Biden's another failed promise from his "bully pulpit" as he hurls insults at reporters. It's their headline story online.  Guess I can't blame them after all it was their reporter he called a stupid SOB.

I wonder if it's dementia that he didn't realize his mic was on.  Or is he in his right mind in making an accurate statement.  LOL

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-treat-people-decency-dignity-haunts-him