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reggieandlee

(872 posts)
Wed Mar 1, 2023, 07:46 AM Mar 2023

BTRTN: Joe Biden Appears to be Enjoying Himself Immensely

Born To Run The Numbers is certain that Joe Biden will run for re-election... but not for all the conventional reasons you read elsewhere. BTRTN thinks Biden will run because he is simply having too much fun to give this job up:

http://www.borntorunthenumbers.com/2023/03/btrtn-joe-biden-appears-to-be-enjoying.html

Excerpts: "...It seems a foregone conclusion that Joe Biden will run for reelection. Biden believes that he is the only candidate that can hold off the GOP; that he has a fine record of accomplishment; and that he feels fit for the rigors of a reelection campaign and a second term. Here is another theory on why he will run: he’s enjoying himself way too much to give it up...
"We offer as evidence the month of February, when Biden seemed positively giddy, whether he was sparring with MAGA crazies, shooting down UFO’s, making an unprecedented visit to a war zone or taking the global stage to defend the causes of freedom and democracy against the authoritarian ways of Vladimir Putin. In each of these confrontations, Biden not only came out the clear winner, but he also looked vital, in command, and in general positively enjoying himself...
"Apart from his SOTU script -- indeed, freelancing off it -- Biden showed, rather startlingly, the nimbleness of Muhammad Ali in his prime as he parried and thrust with the crazy performance artists who are now the face of the GOP. Biden coolly set them up on Medicare and Social Security, deftly securing an audibled voice-vote agreement with the GOP to not touch Social Security or Medicare in the looming debt ceiling/budget wars. They did not even seem to understand they’d been had...
"The +41 for February means that, on average, the five measures are 41% higher than they were when Biden was inaugurated . With a Bidenometer of +41, the economy is performing markedly better under Biden compared to its condition when Trump left office."


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BTRTN: Joe Biden Appears to be Enjoying Himself Immensely (Original Post) reggieandlee Mar 2023 OP
Why not? Joe and his political operation are on the smart side of everything and it's working well bucolic_frolic Mar 2023 #1
I think he decided to stop playing nice with a Phoenix61 Mar 2023 #2
This makes me smile LetMyPeopleVote Mar 2023 #3

bucolic_frolic

(53,763 posts)
1. Why not? Joe and his political operation are on the smart side of everything and it's working well
Wed Mar 1, 2023, 07:48 AM
Mar 2023

Phoenix61

(18,678 posts)
2. I think he decided to stop playing nice with a
Wed Mar 1, 2023, 08:01 AM
Mar 2023

bunch of asshole Repukes. IMHO, the cliche about that which doesn’t break us makes us stronger really applies to him. I can’t imagine going through what he’s gone through with even half the grace he has always shown. Dealing with a snot nosed brat like MTG has to be a cake walk for him.

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