Joe Biden’s poll numbers are just terrible. We noted that he had just ten days before he reached his lowest Quinnipiac approval rating of 36 percent. He was less popular than the least popular governor in the country — Oregon’s Kate Brown. That’s how unpopular he is at this point.
But if the Democrats thought they could toss him to the side and bring on Kamala Harris, there’s a flaw in that plan. Kamala was the only one with lower approval ratings than Joe, at 28 percent at last month’s check. So it’s not like Americans are going to embrace her either.
Democrats don’t know what to do, and are in a bind. Biden said that he plans to run again but that is not something that anyone really believes. People aren’t even sure he’ll make it through the current term, given his clear issues.
So now there’s been talk of Pete Buttigieg being a successor to Biden. According to Business Insider, the White House isn’t exactly squashing that kind of talk. If that’s true, that says a lot about what they think of Harris.
“Nobody in the West Wing shuts that down,” an individual with knowledge of the situation told Politico. “It’s very open.”
The Buttigieg talk has reportedly “frustrated” several staffers of color who see the conversation as a slight toward Vice President Kamala Harris — the first female, first Black, and first Indian American to hold the office — and believe that senior White House officials should work to minimize such chatter.
Buttigieg, when asked, pooh-poohed such talk, “There’s no room to get caught up in the parlor games, and I’m proud to be part of the Biden-Harris team.” But the talk is one more indication of the questions in the Biden Administration.
This speculation also indicates that Democrats realize that Biden will not run for the presidency again. Liberals are so hard up, they’re casting around for ideas like Buttigieg. Or even this speculation — a Harris-Buttigieg ticket — from the Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs account.
If Biden doesn’t run again in 2020, Kamala Harris or Pete Buttigieg might agree to run together 2024. This would give the Democratic Party an extremely strong ticket, which would appear like a continuation of Biden’s first term. @LincolnMitchell.@CNNOpinion | https://t.co/VlBR3t2Ueg pic.twitter.com/QMHz9rF2Sm
— Columbia | SIPA (@ColumbiaSIPA) November 26, 2021
This is the problem. It shows how inept the Democrats really are with their choices. Biden is incoherent and half of the time you will have Harris. Then there’s these two. Buttigieg is perhaps the lightest person than Harris. There’s a reason that Harris bombed out during the campaign early. Because she’s one of the few people who can challenge Biden for the gaffe award crown.
While Buttigieg is smoother — and perhaps that’s why they’re looking in his direction — he has done nothing of consequence, was a bad mayor, and he says nonsensical things like spending more with the Biden bills would cure inflation. So far, he’s best known for taking leave for months while in the middle of the supply chain crisis. Harris had already rejected him during his campaign.
This is bad advice, even though Never Trumper Tom Nichols admits it.
This sounds like an obsessive Democratic Party death wish, written in op/ed form. https://t.co/4Bbw2Zd8Nj
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) November 28, 2021
I’m not sure you could pick a weaker ticket if you consciously were looking for one. It’s a ticket that would inspire hilarity and much joy on the Republican side. Seriously, who would want a “continuation of Biden’s first term”? That’s like promising Americans you will punish and abuse them more. Please, cast those two like that. It will increase the odds of a landslide against them.
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