Many Dem Lawmakers Upset With Biden, Feel Country ‘Falling Apart’ – Opinion

Joe Biden is in big trouble.

The American people were just as critical of Biden’s bad policies, and they ignored him in the polls. He’s now hit his lowest numbers ever in the Real Clear Politics average. More recently, it’s been the media losing patience with the incompetence. Even his employees are fleeing from the White House. A report by the New York Times says that Democratic lawmakers and other party officials have started to throw him under the bus. The Times running this report is another telling sign.

They are upset that they are about to get trounced in the midterms, that there’s low enthusiasm for the base to get out and vote, and that Joe Biden is an anchor around their necks because of his failures.

Interviews with nearly 50 Democratic officials, from county leaders to members of Congress, as well as with disappointed voters who backed Mr. Biden in 2020, reveal a party alarmed about Republicans’ rising strength and extraordinarily pessimistic about an immediate path forward.

“To say our country was on the right track would flagrantly depart from reality,” said Steve SimeonidisA member of the Democratic National Committee from Miami, Mr. Biden, he said, “should announce his intent not to seek re-election in ’24 right after the midterms.”

Think of this:

To nearly all the Democrats interviewed, the president’s age — 79 now, 82 by the time the winner of the 2024 election is inaugurated — is a deep concern about his political viability. The group has watched how a commander of chief with a reputation for making gaffes, has rattled global diplomacy repeatedly with surprising remarks that were later refuted by his White House staff and has been able to sit for far fewer interviews than his predecessors.

“The presidency is a monstrously taxing job and the stark reality is the president would be closer to 90 than 80 at the end of a second term, and that would be a major issue,” said David Axelrod, the chief strategist for Barack Obama’s two winning presidential campaigns.

They’re looking for someone who isn’t Biden or Kamala Harris, and what’s hurting Biden is “a perception of weakness.” It’s not just a perception, it’s a reality.

Epstein and Medina rounded out the report with quotes from various party members expressing doubt about Biden’s future. Texas state representative Jasmine Crockett stated, “Democrats are like, ‘What the hell is going on?’ Our country is completely falling apart. And so I think we’re lacking in the excitement.”

Former DNC chair Howard Dean implied Biden hasn’t achieved enough of what he has promised. “We need to have specific examples of how we’re dealing with things; it can’t just be pie-in-the-sky and kumbaya,” he said.

The report concluded with a quote from DNC member Sheila Huggins, a lawyer from North Carolina: “Democrats need fresh, bold leadership for the 2024 presidential race. That can’t be Biden.”

They are so out of touch, confused and lost. They see the only way out of this mess is through the midterms. The Jan. 6 hearings, “perhaps the last, best chance before the midterms to break through with persuadable swing voters who have been more focused on inflation and gas prices.” But as we noted, they’re not doing so well in that effort, if the production’s ratings are any indication. They’re preaching to the people who they already have. People are going to vote on the issues that affect them, like the economy–and the Democrats just can’t see that.

Get ready for the tsunami.