Reports of the death of the Biden campaign have been greatly exaggerated

[Galraedia]

Joe Biden has blown it. His era is over. The obsequies for his campaign are pouring in. Michael Hirsh in Foreign Policy thus announced today that Biden’s vaunted experience on the foreign stage has turned out be a lead balloon: ‘It appears many voters across the spectrum don’t want a restoration of anything—including, apparently, US global leadership and the decades-old status quo that Biden is identified with.’

Maybe so. But to conclude that Biden’s campaign is finished may be wholly premature. For a start, Biden is in a place where voters may start to admire his gumption and grit at continuing a campaign that looks to be on life support. A comeback story, like the one Amy Klobuchar is currently enjoying, happens to be something that the media feasts upon. Biden could be next. With almost everyone scoffing at him as a serial loser in presidential races, Biden could be perfectly positioned to stage a comeback.

After a fourth-place finish in Iowa and fifth-place in New Hampshire, where he conceded before the vote had even taken place, Biden is fully aware of the daunting task ahead. On Wednesday, he tweeted, ‘nobody told me the road would be easy, but together we can and will win’. Biden is staking everything on South Carolina and his appeal — until now — to African American voters. Super Tuesday can go superbly for Biden. Right now, Biden is the front-runner in South Carolina — he has a 12-point lead — and needs to land a devastating blow against his rivals to support his claim of electability against Donald Trump.

If anything, he should double down on that argument. Voters are searching for a unifying candidate. He’s it. He needs to remind voters that the whole impeachment imbroglio — and Trump’s subsequent actions, including sacking the Vindman brothers as well as Gordon Sondland — stem from his crusade to dig up dirt in Ukraine. Trump fears, or at least used to fear, Biden. There’s no cogent reason that Biden should be fearful about pointing that out. At the same time, he needs to point out the shortcomings in the Trump economy. Today’s tweet was a start: ‘under Donald Trump: – Job growth has slowed – Manufacturing is worse off – Income inequality is higher than ever He is squandering the growing Obama-Biden economy that he inherited — just like he has squandered everything else that he has inherited in his life.’

Read more: https://spectator.us/reports-death-biden-campaign-greatly-exaggerated/

[Cha]

1. Of course!

[blue-wave]

2. It's far from over. As a matter of fact, it's only just begun.

That's the reality. If those who are pushing the meme that it's over for Joe really believe it, they are in for a rude and abrupt awakening.

[whathehell]

11. I really and truly hope not..

I've been for Warren, but Biden's been a close second choice -- Sure as hell prefer him to Bloomberg.

[emmaverybo]

4. Viable in Nevada and leads in S.C. By the way, folks need to do some checking into

Bloomberg and his foreign policy stances, not whatever he says now, to get votes, but what he has said and done in the past.

For one, check into where Bloomberg stood on Obama’s leading Iran accord. Is that the “status quo” Biden is associated with?

[aikoaiko]

5. Biden's lead is down to 6.6% in SC and still more time to go.

According to 538

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/president-primary-d/south-carolina/

[blue-wave]

9. Ummm,

your quoting an aggregate polling figure. That would be an average of many polls. Some polling agencies are also rated higher or lower on a scale for accuracy. Joe is up real high in some polls and not so much in others.

Joe has been leading in all polling results for the past year in South Carolina. Now that is proof of a candidates strength. So let's not push this "his lead is down" meme just yet.

[DownriverDem]

6. I agree

Biden can win more states than trump and help down ticket candidates too. Michigan's primary is March 10th & I have my ballot. I'm ready to vote for Joe.

[bucolic_frolic]

7. I don't want our nominee, whoever that is, to peak now

I want to climb a wall of worry all the way to Columbus Day and then throttle up!

[NBachers]

8. I have sent him a hundred and forty bucks over the last week.

Joe is counting on us. Let’s get his back.

[Still In Wisconsin]

10. Didn't you hear? Burnie's been coronated! Viva la revolucion!

Biden, Mayor Pete, Klobuchar, Warren and everyone else need to drop out immediately for the good of the Socialist Worker's Partr- er I mean Democratic Party!

[world wide wally]

12. Since I said from the start... Biden would beat Trump