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brooklynite's JournalI'd say Cori Bush is on the verge of joining the "Biden should step aside" contingent
https://twitter.com/jrosenbaum/status/1811829603134243307Had a further donor call today with the Biden campaign's Deputy Campaign Manager (Quentin Fulks)
Debate performance disastrous
Problem with Democratic officials – has metasticized
Debate night reinforced people’s baseline assessment. Need to get him out and show he’s capable.,
Have to keep party unity
Have to have financial resources. What donors think about this race is important
I need grassroots donor money and large donor money
Maybe we should have put the President out quicker.
Missed opportunity to rebrand Trump.
Making concerted effort to push people to be aware of Project 2025.
Need to get aware from notion he’s too scripted. More town halls Less teleprompter,
What data shows President Biden best situated to beat Trump
Bloomberg/ABC polls show race virtually tied.
Post debate poll shift didn’t go to Trump (sent to 3rd party)
Impact of French election – “it’s all online” Most googled thing. “just telling people” doesn’t have impact. Send people to our project 2025 website.
Addressing third party challengers? – we knew early on that RFK was most undefined – could have impact in Minnesota.
Plans for second debate – town halls? – President will debate for second time.
Biden campaign making Project 2025 key focus of GOP convention messaging
Source: The Hill
“The GOP is descending on Milwaukee next week to showcase the best that they have to offer the American people: a coup-attempting convicted felon,” DNC communications director Rosemary Boeglin said in a statement.
“If Trump thought Milwaukee was ‘horrible’ before, he won’t be happy when he’s met by a counter-convention from Democrats on the ground who will expose his extreme Project 2025 agenda,” Boeglin added. “Trump wants to sell the American people on a return to his reckless, chaotic extremism — but Americans know a fraud and a liar when they see one.”
The DNC intends to put up 16 billboards around the Milwaukee area during the convention, as well as a mobile billboard near the convention site.
The Biden campaign will host daily press conferences during the convention and send surrogates like Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) and Rep. Veronica Escobar (D-Texas) to Wisconsin to counterprogram the GOP’s agenda each day.
Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4765997-joe-biden-donald-trump-republican-national-convention-project-2025/
Democratic Michigan congresswoman joins calls for Biden to 'step aside' as nominee
Source: Detroit News
Washington ― West Michigan U.S. Rep. Hillary Scholten on Thursday called on President Joe Biden to "step aside" as the Democratic nominee for president "for the good of our democracy," becoming the first in Michigan's congressional delegation to do so.
While praising Biden's "incredible" legacy, Scholten said her top concern is about governance, saying that the American people can't "unsee" what they witnessed with Biden's performance on the debate stage two weeks ago and that she's hearing from constituents that it's shaken their confidence in his leadership.
"We just have too much at stake in this election to sit on the sidelines and be silent while we still have time to do something," Scholten told The Detroit News.
The first-term member from Grand Rapids is the first frontline member of Congress from a 2024 battleground state and the first freshman to urge the 81-year-old president to step aside, saying he should pass the torch and "allow a new leader to step up."
Read more: https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2024/07/11/michigan-congresswoman-hillary-scholten-joins-calls-for-joe-biden-to-step-aside-as-president-nominee/74361776007/
This happened today, not a story dragged over from earlier this week.
Leader Jeffries now saying he's going to talk to his Caucus members seems to be adding a lot of time to the resolution of this problem.
Comments by Leader Jeffries
https://twitter.com/jakesherman/status/1811410325184434592DSA unendorsed Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
On Sunday, June 23rd, the DSA National Political Committee (NPC) voted to endorse Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) so long as she fulfills the following conditions:
Publicly opposes all funding to Israel, including the Iron Dome
Participates regularly in the DSA Federal Socialists in Office Committee
Publicly opposes all criminalization of Anti-Zionism, such as bills advancing the IHRA definition which conflates criticism of Israel with anti-semitism
Publicly supports BDS (Boycott, Divest, and Sanction) to end Israeli settler-colonialism
This initial endorsement request was considered upon request of New York City DSA’s Steering Committee (NYC-DSA SC). Earlier this week, the NPC received a request from NYC-DSA SC to withdraw the endorsement because it took place after the New York Democratic Primary and they did not expect a conditional endorsement or feel it was strategic. Because we have not seen evidence of AOC meeting these conditions, and at the request of the NYC-DSA SC, the NPC is withdrawing our conditional endorsement of Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, although she will remain endorsed by our New York City chapter.
In the last several months, thousands of DSA members provided input about the prospect of a national endorsement through town halls, meetings, and engaging in their chapters’ discussions, and AOC was invited to speak at a member forum. Many members have supported national endorsement while at the same time demanding that AOC demonstrate a higher level of commitment to Palestinian liberation, self-determination, and the immediate end to the heinous genocide in Gaza committed by Israel that aligns with DSA’s positions and expectations of socialists in office.
We recognize that AOC has taken many courageous positions on Palestine such as co-sponsoring several House Resolutions (3103, 786, 496), naming Israel’s genocide as well as opposing House Resolution 894. However, members have raised their concerns regarding a number of her votes, including a vote in favor of H.Res.888, conflating opposition to Israel’s “right to exist” with antisemitism. AOC also co-signed a press release on April 20, 2024, that “support[s] strengthening the Iron Dome and other defense systems”
Finally, AOC recently hosted a public panel with leaders from the Jewish Council for Public Affairs, lobbyists for the IHRA definition of antisemitism. On this panel, she conflated anti-Zionism with antisemitism and condemned boycotting Zionist institutions. This sponsorship is a deep betrayal to all those who’ve risked their welfare to fight Israeli apartheid and genocide through political and direct action in recent months, and in decades past.
A national DSA endorsement comes with a serious commitment to the movement for Palestine and our collective socialist project. We must endorse candidates who enthusiastically seek a relationship with DSA, and the National Political Committee as the highest body of the organization between conventions is responsible for setting the criteria we establish for national endorsements. Chapters have a responsibility to make this clear to their endorsed candidates when applying for a national endorsement. The NPC is committed to ensuring that all of our elected officials are unabashed in their support for Palestinian freedom. To build a socialist movement that’s capable of defeating capitalism, we must demand more from leaders in our movement.
https://www.dsausa.org/statements/status-of-dsa-national-endorsement-for-rep-ocasio-cortez/
Observation: the last sentence contains "to build a socialist movement that’s capable of defeating capitalism". So much for trying to redefine what socialism is.
Biden campaign team to brief Senate Democrats at special meeting Thursday
Source: CNN
Top officials from the Biden campaign – including senior Biden advisers Mike Donilon, Steve Ricchetti, and Biden Campaign Chair Jen O’Malley Dillon – will brief Senate Democrats during a special meeting Thursday, according to a Senate Democratic leadership source.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer invited Biden campaign officials so they can directly address senators’ outstanding concerns about Biden’s ability to lead the ticket, according to a source familiar.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/election-2024-campaign-news-07-10-24#h_c1e07d746b7a7128682d32e42f86d15a
President Biden's Schedule (Thursday)
9:00 AM In-Town Pool Call Time
9:00 AM THE PRESIDENT receives the President's Daily Brief
Closed Press
9:40 AM THE PRESIDENT departs the White House en route to the Walter E. Washington Convention Center
South Grounds
In-Town Travel Pool (Gather 9:25 AM – Palm Room Doors)
10:00 AM THE PRESIDENT participates in Working Session II of the NATO Summit
Walter E. Washington Convention Center
In-Town Travel Pool Spray
1:30 PM THE PRESIDNET holds a bilateral meeting with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine
Walter E. Washington Convention Center
In-Town Travel Pool Spray
2:00 PM THE PRESIDENT participates in Working Session III of the NATO Summit
Walter E. Washington Convention Center
In-Town Travel Pool Spray
4:15 PM THE PRESIDENT hosts an event on the Ukraine Compact
Walter E. Washington Convention Center
Pre-Credentialed Media (RSVP here by 8:00 AM EDT)
5:30 PM THE PRESIDENT holds a press conference
Walter E. Washington Convention Center
Pre-Credentialed Media (RSVPs have closed - confirmations will be sent by midnight tonight)
At conclusion of the press conference THE PRESIDENT departs the Walter E. Washington Convention Center en route to the White House
Washington, D.C.
In-Town Travel Pool
THE PRESIDENT arrives at the White House
South Grounds
In-Town Travel Pool
Earl Blumenauer (OR-3)...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Earl_Blumenauer,_official_portrait,_116th_Congress_2.jpg
Not a rich guy. Not a conservative,
What strikes me most is that it's the evening of the day after the House meeting and people are still coming out publicly. Drips can either be plugged or they turn into flooding.
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