Private efforts to nudge Biden to step aside continue | CNN Politics
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The public calls from Democrats asking President Joe Biden to bow out of the presidential race have quieted in recent days, but private efforts to nudge the president and his top aides continue, several Democratic sources tell CNN.
  • Bye@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    They need to wait like two more weeks before announcing. Wait till trump shooting media cycle is petering off, then announce the new guy to take over the media attention.

  • AutoTL;DR@lemmings.worldBEnglish
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    1 month ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:

    “Lose everything,” is how one Democrat described a polling memo Greenberg sent to Biden’s inner circle in recent days.

    “Devastating,” was the one word answer of a second Democrat close to the White House who is familiar with the Greenberg memos.

    Greenberg has been a leading Democratic pollster for decades and his work includes advising Bill Clinton’s two winning presidential campaigns.

    Several Democratic members of Congress also have continued to lobby privately, these sources said, urging top Biden advisers to consider the damage to Biden’s legacy if the president not only loses the White House but Republicans hold the House and capture the Senate majority.

    One Democratic lawmaker told CNN some top Biden aides get “the depth of this” but believe it can be turned around and in any event describe the president as adamant in the belief he can win.

    But this Democrat predicted that approach would change if the polling and other data after the GOP convention showed the president’s standing deteriorating more.

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