As we’ve noted before, the writing has been on the wall for D.C. Democrats for quite some time now as Joe Biden’s poll numbers continue to tank, Kamala Harris’s woes get worse, and the Democrat infighting on Capitol Hill rages on with no end in sight.
Concerns about the U.S. economic outlook are the main focus of voter concerns. These include worsening inflation and a continuing supply chain crisis.
But you wouldn’t know that by listening to “Meet the Press” host Chuck Todd who for the umpteenth week is still searching for ways to blame anything and anyone else but Joe Biden for the problems brought on by Joe Biden.
The latest instance comes from a segment Todd did yesterday with several mostly sympathetic panelists in which Todd pointed to the ongoing COVID outbreak and former President Donald Trump, suggesting Biden not being able to deliver on his two “big promises” related to both were “not his fault”:
“Kimberly, it seems as if there’s nothing the White House can do to improve their political standing these days. It does feel like every week there’s another poll and it’s a new bottom, it’s a new this. They can’t control some things. Mark Murray was having a chat with me. He made two major promises: to put Covid behind him and to remove Donald Trump. Covid’s not behind us and Donald Trump’s still lurking. It’s not his fault, but is that why we’re in this no-man’s land here for him?”
Kimberly Atkins Stohr was a reporter at WBUR in Boston. Now she is an opinion writer for The Boston Globe.
“It’s a convergence of a lot of things. You have this pandemic that we can’t get behind. There are still people in poverty. Joe Biden also campaigned on a big, broad agenda of protecting civil rights and getting people – helping to get people back on their feet after this, these big, broad packages. We keep talking about this threat to democracy even though the packages were passed. Democrats failed to approve any measure that would have protected and strengthened our elections system. This has made people feel uneasy. Is it all Joe Biden’s fault? No. Most of it isn’t.”
Later, Todd also seemed to blame Biden’s alleged lack of a “devoted political base” in part for some of his polling woes:
“And it struck me, I think he’s the first president since H.W. Bush has not had a loyal political base. And that is hurting him right now, which is why his numbers don’t have a higher floor than, say, Barack Obama did or Donald Trump did.”
Watch:
Biden’s low approval is Trump’s fault. @ChuckTodd frets: “Some of it is out of their control….His two big promises were to get COVID behind us and to get rid of Donald Trump. COVID’s not behind us and Trump’s still lurking. It’s not his fault.” #MTP pic.twitter.com/BPnVf8Ux3q
— Brent Baker (@BrentHBaker) December 12, 2021
I think it’s safe to say that Todd really took the White House’s colluding with the media to spin the economy in a more positive light to heart, although Todd was doing this long before it became “cool” to do so.
Todd and all the MSM, Biden White House, rank and filed Democrats in both the House of Congress and Senate, can spin like tops as they please, but Trump-blaming at this stage of the game won’t go over well among voters. They have moved past the Trump years to be focused on how the Biden administration is performing based on their records.
In other words, as far as the media goes, blaming Trump for Biden’s problems is more of a self-serving thing at this point. It is. It sounds greatAt the very least, Their viewHowever, it holds very little or no influence in most voters’ minds. Many of them likely recall that the situation was improving last year prior to Biden taking office.
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