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After promising that most K-8 students would be in schools in the first 100 days,  apparently Joe is afraid to lead on this and has drastically scaled back that goal.

Instead, we're shooting for about half to go to school at least one day a week,  by the end of April.

https://www.usnews.com/news/education-news/articles/2021-02-09/bidens-goal-for-school-reopenings-suddenly-became-more-attainable

 

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Tweety said:

Biden's big headache is the possibility of impeachment and another debt ceiling fight.

Impeachments are interesting in that both Clinton and Trump experienced a rise in their approval ratings after.

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/09/04/white-house-biden-impeachment-00113824

This may well be the first ever impeachment inquiry that is intended to find evidence of wrong doing versus and inquiry that examines the already available evidence of wrong doing and discusses the appropriateness of impeachment.  The internal House Republican discussion around this fever dream has been and will be interesting.  

The debt ceiling craziness that the MTG caucus is bringing to the table will be a headache for everyone.  

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Democrats wake up to red flags over Biden's latest poll numbers

 

"A CNN poll contained numerous red flags for Biden and Democrats. It found 46 percent of registered voters said any Republican presidential nominee would be better than Biden in next year's election, and 49 percent said Biden's age was their biggest concern about him as a candidate.

And in hypothetical head-to-heads, Biden is neck and neck with most of his potential Republican opponents, including former President Donald Trump, the front-runner for the GOP nomination. Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley (R) led Biden by 6 points in a theoretical general election match-up between the two, according to the CNN poll."

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4192936-democrats-wake-up-to-red-flags-over-bidens-latest-poll-numbers/

 

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It's more than a year before we vote for the president.  Biden's poll numbers are reflecting the republican primary news cycle.  Expect Biden campaign marketing to increase over the coming months. 

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toomuchbaloney said:

It's more than a year before we vote for the president.  Biden's poll numbers are reflecting the republican primary news cycle.  Expect Biden campaign marketing to increase over the coming months. 

More marketing like "Bidenomics"?  

Can't wait!

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Beerman said:

More marketing like "Bidenomics"?  

Can't wait!

Translation: if you look over there I'll make fun of you. You're sooo predictable!

Don't get me wrong ... yuk it up to your heart's content. It's a great weathervane pointing directly to what scares republicans the most.

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Beerman said:

Democrats wake up to red flags over Biden's latest poll numbers

 

"A CNN poll contained numerous red flags for Biden and Democrats. It found 46 percent of registered voters said any Republican presidential nominee would be better than Biden in next year's election, and 49 percent said Biden's age was their biggest concern about him as a candidate.

And in hypothetical head-to-heads, Biden is neck and neck with most of his potential Republican opponents, including former President Donald Trump, the front-runner for the GOP nomination. Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley (R) led Biden by 6 points in a theoretical general election match-up between the two, according to the CNN poll."

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4192936-democrats-wake-up-to-red-flags-over-bidens-latest-poll-numbers/

 

Looked at poll sample size and WHO was polled --  

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POLL | 1 OVERVIEW The study was conducted for CNN via web and telephone on the SSRS Opinion Panel, a nationally representative panel of U.S. adults ages 18 or older recruited using probability-based sampling techniques.  Surveys were obtained August 25-31, 2023 with a representative sample of n=1,503 respondents, including an oversample of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents to reach a total of 898 Republicans and Republican-leaning independents. The margin of sampling error for total respondents is +/- 3.5 at the 95% confidence level.

So 2/3 persons polled were Republican leaning --results not surprising to Democrats.  When was the last time you saw Trump riding a bicycle??

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Biden described his economic philosophy using Twitter in June 2023:

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"Bidenomics is about growing the economy from the middle out and the bottom up, not the top down. It's an economic vision where we make smart investments in America, educate and empower American workers, and promote competition to lower costs and help small businesses."

What is 'Bidenomics,' the economic philosophy of Biden? | Fortune  7/3/23

The president claims 'Bidenomics' is finally the cure to trickle-down 'Reagonomics,’ but his opponents have a different definition

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It's been hard for voters to digest the mix of roads-and-bridges spending, tax hikes on big companies, tax credits for parents, tax breaks for renewable energy, grants to build computer chip factories, insulin price caps and slogans like "Build Back Better.”

And that barely covers the full breadth of what the administration is doing and trying to do....

Biden says his economic philosophy is the opposite of a Republican approach that favors broad tax cuts to spur growth. He sees the government as using the tax code in a more targeted fashion and fashioning other programs to foster investment in new technologies, create jobs and boost upward mobility. He wants to do more to educate workers and foster competition within the U.S. economy in hopes of reducing prices....

But to Republicans, "Bidenomics" is a slur they can deploy. It's a philosophy of government spending and anti-oil policies that they say fueled a spike in inflation last Summer to a four-decade high. High prices have left U.S. adults deeply pessimistic about the economy, with just 34% approving of Biden's leadership on the issue, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs.

Based on follow-up interviews with poll respondents, they're far more aware of gasoline and grocery store prices than the details of Biden's policies. When asked over the course of multiple polls, a few could cite the bipartisan infrastructure package that Biden signed into law. But the Inflation Reduction Act as well as the CHIPS and Science Act have yet to fully surface on the public radar, despite outreach by the administration and news coverage.

 

PA has some of the oldest crumbling roads, thankfully roads and bridge-building has increased in my Eastern PA area widening 2 lanes to 3 in each direction on major highways.

Wiki has good explanation:  Economic policy of the Joe Biden administration  I'm seeing TV ads describing Bidenomics now on cable shows...waiting for them to show up on my phone games.

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heron said:

Translation: if you look over there I'll make fun of you. You're sooo predictable!

Don't get me wrong ... yuk it up to your heart's content. It's a great weathervane pointing directly to what scares republicans the most.

Someone will have to interpret this for me.  I honestly don't know what you're trying to say.

 

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Beerman said:

Someone will have to interpret this for me.  I honestly don't know what you're trying to say.

 

 Now you're just being disingenuous.

Your go-to response of mockery and minimization seem to be aimed at posts that discuss issues on which you are either ignorant or misinformed as a result of concentrating your attention on right-wing media.

Some examples: climate change, anti-lgbtq violence, speculation on the implications of overturning Roe v. Wade, It's similar to the right-wing habit of accusing others of the very transgressions of which they, themselves are guilty. Instead of good-faith discussion, you try to bully posters into shutting up or engage in a game of dozens. I've learned that if Beerman laughs at me or blows me off, I must be onto something. IOW, I look over there ...

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heron said:

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... It's a great weathervane pointing directly to what scares republicans the most.

And what might that be?

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chare said:

And what might that be?

 What discussions scare Republicans? Biden's economic policies. LGBTQ rights. Climate change and conservation policy. Reproductive rights. Reparations and Land Back. Racism. Religious freedom and Christian nationalism. White supremacy, fascism and neo-nazi activism. Judicial independence and ethics. Regulation to protect public interest. The list goes on ...

Have you read their Project 2025?

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heron said:

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Have you read their Project 2025?

You get all of this from Project 2025?  Have you read the book?  Or is this your interpretation based on the interpretation of others? 

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chare said:

You get all of this from Project 2025?  Have you read the book?  Or is this your interpretation based on the interpretation of others? 

No ... I get it from direct observation of what kind of subjects bring out the trolls and the Republican voting record when certain issues are addressed in proposed legislation.

As for Project 2025, I never claimed to have read it. Just curious about what you think about it.

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