GOP fears Biden's low-key campaign is paying off

[highplainsdem]

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/503485-gop-fears-bidens-low-key-campaign-is-paying-off

Biden has, for the most part, kept a low profile throughout the coronavirus pandemic and weeks of demonstrations for racial justice across the country. Over that time, Biden has built up a healthy lead in the polls and emerged as the heavy favorite for now to be the next president.

Meanwhile, Republicans have watched with growing alarm as President Trump’s polling numbers have fallen to frightening new lows for an incumbent.

The Trump campaign is desperate to draw Biden into the fray, believing the gaffe-prone former vice president would make some potentially game-changing mistakes during unscripted moments in the public eye.

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The Trump campaign has been keeping a daily count since Biden’s last press conference and is sending suggested questions to reporters to ask the Biden campaign.

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Awww, poor scared Rethugs...


As the final paragraph of the article says, quoting a Democratic strategist: Trump keeps making self-inflicted errors, and this election is a referendum on Trump.

[Wounded Bear]

1. Never interrupt an enemy when they are busy making a mistake...

Usually attributed to Napoleon, but I'm sure it shows up in Sun Tzu's Art of War, too.

Why would Biden try to seize the spotlight when the harsh light of reality was illuminating Trump's flaws so well?

[Demsrule86]

6. Joe's so called 'gaffes' are simply a guy who says what he thinks...which is why I love Joe and

always did.

[Cha]

17. Right.. & while they're busy Hoisting on their

own Petard!

[struggle4progress]

2. "The 1488 Club catches a case of the jitters"

[soothsayer]

3. Maybe Drumpf should just dummy up

But he can’t help himself.

[SoonerPride]

4. They may not realize this, but this election is a referendum on trump and people hate him.

Any person not named trump on the ballot is getting 55% of the vote from the get go.

trump and trumpism have a limited appeal to racists and mouth breathing troglodytes.

[jcgoldie]

5. When the other guy keeps trying to hand you something...

Don't need to talk much, just take it.

[Strelnikov_]

7. If the enemy is destroying itself, don't get in the way

Few weeks ago, read an article quoting GOP pols that basically said that if Biden does nothing until the election, it's probably over.

[DFW]

20. A new twist on an old saying

"All that is needed for bad men to self-destruct is for good men to sit there and comment."

[C_U_L8R]

8. Gives spectacular new meaning to "rope-a-dope"

Trump has brilliantly punched himself out and the real clobbering is just commencing. Bomaye!

[tavernier]

10. Oh that made me laugh.

[crickets]

18. +1

[Proud liberal 80]

9. I knew this was going to happen

Just the other day I was thinking when will the MSM start criticizing Biden about not holding press conferences, it’s coming and saying crap like we need to vet him

[karynnj]

15. I don't think it will work

Biden has had interviews - many long enough for complex answers and for Biden to show who he is - as a potential President and as a compassionate person. I hope that his answer to "no press conferences" is to increase the number of one to one interviews by the media. By their nature, they are less confrontation and allow him to better get his message out.

Of course, the Republicans will parse every answer given and try to find an answer, a partial answer or even pat of a sentence where a clause not taken by the Republicans alters the meaning. This is what they do. However, Biden is very comfortable in who he is. He did not "need" to be President, he already had the accomplishments of a successful VP, entrusted by his President with many important, complex issues. He ran because he - and many others - felt that that the country, internationally and domestically, was in such a mess that a President, who was a known - and well respected - quantity to world leaders and who was the lead on making the stimulus package work was the best alternative.

Biden's comfort in who he is and the fact that he is and is seen as a good person will enable him to blow off misstatements - especially ones that completely ignore context to make a non remarkable comment controversial. Not to mention, with Trump spewing hate, lies and angry rhetoric many times a day, a conversation with Biden may seem like a peaceful oasis.

[lame54]

11. Quality over quantity...

Joe popping out at the right moments vs

Trump constantly reminding us of his idiocy

[Frustratedlady]

12. The contrast between quiet Joe and loud-mouthed Trump is incredible.

If Republicans sat down and listened to 5 minutes of Trump, then listened to 5 minutes of Biden, they would find themselves calm and relaxed at the end. It is quite a contrast between anxiety and calm...like listening to thunder/lightning and gentle rain.

[Renew Deal]

13. Stand back and let him implode

I read or saw a story some time ago about how FDR didn't engage Hoover much because people hated Hoover. FDR didn't want to draw attention.

[Yavin4]

14. Trump campaigns better against himself better than anything that Biden could ever do.

Every tweet is negative ad in of itself.

Opposition research against Trump are in books, interviews, and quotes from his top national security appointees and chief of staff.

He has failed to lead America through crisises currently on-going.

He riles up the opposition against him moreso than he gets his own based excited.

In his 4 years as president, he's done absolutely nothing to expand his base of support.

Biden's best strategy at this point is just to let Trump drown.

[tanyev]

16. They don't think the problem is Trump throwing out a new load of rakes to step on every day?

[Xolodno]

19. During the battle of Moscow, against Napoleon.

The Russian Generals had an epiphany. They won.

So they disengaged the battlefield, retreated and waited. Let Napoleon take Moscow and watch everything crumble around him. Then Napoleon realized, he lost. He captured Moscow, but the price was too high and couldn't hold it. And then began his retreat...which was constantly harassed by the Russian Army.

Biden is watching Trump crumble.