Anonymous wrote:I am seriously beginning to think that Joe is not really running again. It would not surprise me one bit if he has someone waiting in the wings to jump in when he announces he is not running. I think he just announced that he is running so that he isn't a "lame duck" president.
LET THE DEM FREAKOUT COMMENCE — For more than a year, Biden and his allies have been singing the same tune about the 2024 election: The world doubted us before, and we’ll prove them wrong again. That conviction has only been fortified by the last two years, as major legislative strides and a better-than-expected midterm came in the face of routine skepticism.
But as Biden’s campaign gears up, other Democrats are warning that the past cannot be considered prologue — and they’re concerned the president’s team might be a touch overconfident about a Biden-Trump rematch.
The problem isn’t just anemic poll numbers.
“Top officials privately have expressed anxiety about the state of the president’s reelection operation,” Eugene and Jonathan Lemire report. “Currently, there is no headquarters and only a handful of full-time staffers in place, not one of which is a finance director. The president’s political team refuses to discuss its fundraising numbers in public, sparking anxiety among donors that the number is underwhelming and could continue to lag as the summer months approach.”
“Democrats are bedwetters, historically,” said JIM MESSINA, who managed BARACK OBAMA’s reelection campaign.“There’s like, just full-throated f**king panic.”
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