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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The Democratic party organizations in places like Loudoun and Fairfax are going to find out that many Biden Democrats aren't going to support candidates like McAuliffe (not to mention the local school boards) who have outdone themselves with their pandering and blatant embrace of identity-based politics. [/quote]
How are “Biden Democrats” not McAuliffe voters? I could see them not voting for Foy, but McAuliffe? Seriously?[/quote]

Yeah, I'm also a bit baffled about why "Biden Democrats" wouldn't support McAuliffe.

As for "identity-based politics," nobody holds a candle to the Republicans.[/quote]

In terms of personality, Biden is genuine, and McAuliffe is a phony; in terms of politics, McAuliffe has been directly and shamelessly pandering the left wing of the Democrats whereas Biden, at least personally, continues to strike a more moderate tone.

Youngkin will get a lot of votes from people in the state who traditionally vote for Democratic candidates.  [/quote]

You must not talk to many people who are actually in the left wing.[/quote]

Agreed. How did he shamelessly pander to the far left, exactly? By supporting gay marriage? By pushing Republican legislators to take up Medicaid expansion made available by the ACA? By supporting background checks to buy guns?

The fact is that he governed as a [b]pragmatic moderate, much like Biden is currently[/b]. It's likely that the PP is one of those types that froths at the mouth at the mere mention of anyone remotely associated with the Clintons.[/quote]

Only someone who is WAY at the end of the diving board can consider the policies implemented so far by the Biden administration as any version of moderate.  If you polled the American people on each issue, you would find the Biden policies to be supported by a small subset on the left.  Most people were aspirational when they voted for Biden as a moderate, but that isn't what is happening in reality.[/quote]

You should stop watching Fox News and getting your analysis from AM talk radio. Good news - we can poll Americans on each issue, and pollsters have! Biden's policies are [i]incredibly[/i] popular. You can quibble about whether or not childcare is infrastructure but the truth is that a majority of Americans, including independents, support the bill. Expanding access to affordable childcare is an overwhelmingly popular policy position. Making the child tax credit payable in installments instead of a lump sum during tax season is sensible policy informed by behavioral economics. Sheesh, even the American Rescue Plan was supported by 40% of Republicans. You're living in fantasy land if you think Biden is some stalwart of the far-left.

Get it over with and bleat about the border. That's the only ~ooooh, scary radical~ position you could even remotely plausibly pin on Biden, and it's in no worse shape than Trump left it.[/quote]

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