Democrats are done with President Joe Biden, who has managed to make himself so toxic that the party’s congressional candidates want nothing to do with him. Democrats seeking various office have taken great measures to avoid any suggestion that the president might visit their states.
Senator Raphael Warnock, a Democratic-GA senator who is fighting for his Senate seat against Republican challenger Herschel Wade, is trying to distance himself form the president. This is happening as Walker’s campaign has criticized the “Biden-Warnock agenda.”
When asked about Biden’s performance so far, Warnock engaged in a bit of buck dancing to avoid answering the question. “I’m focused on the job I’m doing,” he said. “When that means standing with this person or that person, it’s based on what it does for Georgia.”
Andrea Salinas, a Democrat running for a House seat in Oregon, said in a video that Biden’s abysmal approval ratings are making her race more of a challenge. She told her audience that campaign officials told her that “because of our president’s sliding ratings right now, we should handicap ourselves about 3%.”
Rep. Kim Schrier took aim at the president in direct attack. In a campaign ad, she said she was “taking on the Biden administration” over a gas-tax holiday.
Some Democrats, however, are not convinced and continue to deny that Biden is a benefit to Democratic candidates.
“Thanks to President Biden, House Democrats delivered funding for new roads and bridges in their communities, we’re bringing CHIPS manufacturing home to boost our national security, and we’re defending freedom and justice for the American people,” said Chris Taylor, spokesman for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. “MAGA Republicans are dead set on making Americans sicker by ending Medicare in five years, poorer by raising taxes on working people, and less free with a nationwide abortion ban that rips women of their freedom to make decisions about their own reproductive health.”
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre also spun a similar yarn, touting the Democrats’ $433 billion climate and energy package, claiming it will lower costs on utility bills, drugs, and others.
It doesn’t appear that Biden would get support from Democrats, if he runs again in 2024. When asked whether they would support him for the next election, both Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez(D-NY), were very hesitant. Although Biden claimed otherwise, this may be irrelevant.
This is a fascinating development and will be of interest to the next congressional elections as well as the 2024 election. Biden’s poor performance is so bad that it will have a negative impact on all of the Democratic Party members who supported him. Moreover, there is still more time between now and the next presidential election – more time for him to further foul things up. Another indicator that Democrats are in a precarious situation.
It also points out another problem, as some others have noted. What is the current leader of the Democratic Party? The Republican party’s leader is ex-President Donald Trump, who along with Florida Governor, are the obvious figures. Ron DeSantis, and other right-leaning figures are also in the picture. However, Biden clearly is not the leader of the Democrats, even though he holds the White House.
The Democratic Party appears to be a lost cause, and hasn’t been given direction. The problem is made more complicated by civil wars between far-leftist and moderate factions. This is the moment when the entire organization looks like a ship that has no captain. It appears, for the moment, that this organization will not be able to find its way soon. It is now up to the Republicans to seize this opportunity.
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