I think his team

I think his team
by AquinasDomer (2024-02-09 00:39:56)

In reply to: I don't disagree with your advice for him. But do you posted by krudler

Thought he couldn't lose to Trump and should play four corners. I'm also guessing a lot of his staffers are left of left and think some of his moderate opinions are embarrassing (gaza, when he moderates on abortion, etc.)

I also think they might get caught up in winning the day/week and not overall perceptions. He just has to be OK to surprise people. A few innocent gaffes a week are OK.

Basically they've been playing not to lose rather than going for a win. Some of it may have been intentional hoping to get the border deal through but now it's election time.

His one saving grace is that in a side to side comparison with Trump talking really any issue he sounds like Albert Einstein.

Replies:

Well put * - Brahms 2024-02-09 12:20:54
So do you not see any real cognitive decline - krudler 2024-02-09 09:52:17
- Is it much different from what we saw from Reagan in '84? - Kali4niaND 2024-02-09 10:32:50
  - That wasn't what I was asking, nor do I think it should - krudler 2024-02-09 10:36:30
    - I'd make a sports comparison - AquinasDomer 2024-02-09 11:41:35
      - I don't really care about the Sisi/Mexico thing, at the - krudler 2024-02-09 12:09:09
        If he had dementia/alzheimers - AquinasDomer 2024-02-09 12:22:29
        He was relating conversations he had with Helmut Kohl - 88_92WSND 2024-02-09 13:32:04
        Reminds me of the Nate Bargatze joke - gregmorrissey 2024-02-09 14:21:24
        Is what you're referring to early/mid/late stage - krudler 2024-02-09 12:49:24
        You'd see it in personal conversations - AquinasDomer 2024-02-09 14:25:26
      - Solid analysis. - Kali4niaND 2024-02-09 11:49:58
        I'd argue from an international perspective things - krudler 2024-02-09 11:59:06
        Sounds like you have policy differences with Democrats - Kali4niaND 2024-02-09 12:29:47
        Well yes, of course I do. However, the point was that - krudler 2024-02-09 12:45:32
        Some of the issue I think Biden has had - AquinasDomer 2024-02-09 14:36:54
        The most disastrous non Trump foreign policy - AquinasDomer 2024-02-09 12:12:52
        To be clear, I'm not advocating for Trump as the - krudler 2024-02-09 12:29:49
        As to Ukraine I think a few things were going on - AquinasDomer 2024-02-09 14:51:33
You may be right on the left of left thing - Tex Francisco 2024-02-09 09:40:37
- One asymmetry that helps republicans - AquinasDomer 2024-02-09 11:45:29