Originally Posted by
tgull
I don't think people realize how far gone Biden is. I saw him on a couple local interviews a couple weeks ago, he was literally stammering. This was where he likely had questions in advance and he could barely get through it. When he is on the debate stage for 90 minutes getting attacked by Trump and cannot hide behind 10 other candidates, he is going to crater. It really is Trump versus Kamala Harris or Susan Rice and that is how the race will be framed.
The economy is rapidly improving, Covid deaths are plummeting (they are) and come September people are going to have it with these shitbags chopping heads off of statues. For those that think Trump is done, he was 15 points down from Clinton right after the Access Hollywood tape. I know quite a bit of people that vote, I have not met one Biden supporter. Not one. Granted I run in circles that make quite a bit of money, but I have yet to come across any of these "Suburban Moms" that hate Trump the media obsesses about. And I know like 10 MILFS (even had a couple of them, hehehe).
Trump is going to triple down on the culture war, which is the right strategy. It's going to work. These protesters are never going to vote, but they will cause my circle to vote.
The Trump campaign has wisely pivoted away from the 'Biden is senile' angle, as it has played horribly with older voters, and jenius can no longer form a thought without fucking up a word or getting sidetracked. There's always the chance that the medical cocktail backfires and Trump loses his mind as well.
The notion that he will crush Biden in debates is laughable, as Biden, while incredibly gaffe-prone, is smart and Trump now has four years of disaster to answer for. Trump may appeal to the deplorables with quippy shots but he no longer has a bitchy woman to go after. Biden has been gaining simply by letting jenius flail about, which he'll continue to do because of pathological narcissism.
Hence the tired re-tread of culture war, a telling hail mary already for July.
Today it was going after the black NASCAR driver and criticizing NASCAR for their flag ban. He'll get a bump when NFL players kneel for the anthem and the right gets triggered again. Statues getting toppled is a positive, but that won't last. Biden plugging in a minority woman for VP will help things out, but not enough.
Best he can hope for at this point is ramped up voter suppression, successful foreign interference and/or a COVID miracle.