Does Biden Even Care Anymore About the Midterms? – Opinion

There is a lot of grumbling among Democratic Intelligence that suggests their leader isn’t doing anything to help them as they struggle to create a strategy for avoiding the boot to their derrieres in the next midterm elections. A new CNN report shows that many on the left are unhappy with President Joe Biden’s lack of engagement with Democratic candidates who want his support.

CNN Reports:

CNN has conducted three dozen interviews with top Democratic campaign officials, politicians and operatives. They claim that the White House’s political operation is unprepared for the midterm elections and not responsive to even the most basic of requests.

The report notes that “Democratic leaders have significant concerns with the White House’s approach to getting the President to break through,” and that the people tasked with ensuring Democrats remain in power “doubt that Biden’s team understands how to improve his political fate – and with it, theirs.”

Some senior Democratic leaders told CNN that the White House seems to lack “both a political strategy and the discipline to execute one.” The report also notes:

The party’s focus groups give nightmares to its operatives. They say that Biden appears old-fashioned and uninterested. Real and perceived fumbles play into deep fears that he’s not up to the job and that Democrats are incompetent. Few Americans can say what was in the massive bills he’s signed, though many have heard about Democratic infighting and failure in what he hasn’t signed.

The Democratic leadership seems to be concerned about this issue. CNN notes that behind closed doors, “they are petrified that a Republican majority would end Biden’s agenda and swamp them with endless investigations and subpoenas, promise impeachment and potentially endanger fair certification of the next presidential election.”

A high-level operative working on campaigns said it does not seem as if “they’re dealing with the politics with the urgency of what’s currently at stake.”

The White House has dismissed these worries. CNN spoke to Biden’s advisers who said that the president has been distracted by the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the economy. A presidential adviser said that he thinks the administration will be able to recover from the low approval ratings.

“History is against us, and we have work to do here,” the adviser explained. “But I am not over-torqued by where we are, because we have the right story, we have the right person who can connect with people. … We have to work harder, but we have the ingredients and the pieces.”

Other Democrats acknowledged that their messaging strategy hasn’t been quite on point, and some have been overly reliant on the president to carry them.

“We haven’t talked about our accomplishments near enough. The accomplishments by definition will delineate who’s for what, and who’s not for what,” said Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT) “I point the finger at myself as much as everybody in the Senate, as much as everybody in the House, as much as everybody in the executive branch.”

It appears that there is a miscommunication between congressional Democrats and the White House over messaging. CNN

It’s how they’re using their time that worries people, though, with less than nine months to go until the midterms. In early December, Biden sent two very senior staffers — his communications director and his National Economic Council director — to the Hill to meet with the Democratic senators in charge of steering their caucus agenda. Kate Bedingfield and Brian Deese delivered a PowerPoint presentation, urging the lawmakers to craft a “Whose side are you on?” appeal to voters.

Sens. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota and Debbie Stabenow of Michigan ripped into the White House suggestions. They desired stronger contrasts, and a better case. They wanted Biden to call Republicans out as “shills” for corporate interests and blame them for endangering public health and the economy.

Stabenow told the White House’s delegation that their wording was “not strong enough.”

Other Democrats shared Stabenows’ opinion that the White House’s approach was too milquetoast. They complained that White House chief of staff Ron Klain “hasn’t pressed Biden to respond in more forceful ways.”

However, this shows a complete lack of knowledge on their part. If comparing one’s opponents to Bull Connor and other supporters of Jim Crow just for a disagreement on voting rights legislation isn’t strong enough, it would be quite interesting to see what would fit this bill.

Another sign that Democrats could be heading for disaster is this development. The left is not known for failing so badly in messaging, as I have written previously. But here we are. The fact that President Biden seems to have checked out isn’t helping matters either. The party is in danger because of his apparent lack of interest in helping Democrats keep their seats in November.

It seems to me that the Democrats’ biggest mistakes can be seen in how heavily they have overplayed their hand. They’ve increased the pressure on Americans to receive COVID-19. Leftists colluded with Biden’s Justice Department to essentially label parents protesting Critical Race Theory in schools as “domestic terrorists.” They claim those opposing the two voting rights bills Democrats proposed are perpetuating “Jim Crow 2.0.”

The Democrats haven’t learned from their mistakes and continue to push their extremist rhetoric at the start of 2022. At this point, the Democrats seem intent on losing, which presents an opportunity for conservative voters – but only if they are willing to show up during primary season.