The only thing that makes sense in a winner-takes-all democracy like the USA… if you’re mostly anti-R or anti-D just find a soulmate in the other category, then make a pact to both vote any 3rd party. Doesn’t change anything in the dems vs reps battle, but it’s 2 anti-establishment votes extra plus 2 establishment votes less… with one action. Talk about efficiency.
Cocoa
2 years ago
If Trump just plays kingmaker and stays out of 2024 GOP has it in the bag
Right now DeSantis would smoke the pack, Buttjeg, Kamala, Sleepy Joe, he would tear em up.
KidHorn
2 years ago
Dems are putting all their eggs in the vaccine basket. They want to claim they defeated Covid with their mandates. It’s clearly not going to work now. And may even backfire if the reports of the number of deaths from the vaccine are accurate. Might be the young and healthy are at more risk taking the vaccine than getting Covid. Might be another conspiracy theory that became conspiracy fact.
Wonder what they’ll try next.
Jackula
2 years ago
A big one for me in addition to the list above, the first amendment and the persecution of Julian Assange.
Secondly if he had any b*lls he would be slapping a pandemic profiteering tax on big pharma etc… ala Truman and WW2 profiteering.
whirlaway
2 years ago
Biden is sinking because he has kept the one big promise he made – “nothing will fundamentally change”.
Stan888
2 years ago
I don’t understand how such a charismatic, energetic, progressive, honest and articulate president can have such low poll numbers.
Captain Ahab
2 years ago
What does it say about the USA when 41% still approve of a demented racist as president?
By the time we get our free Covid tests the pandemic will be over. A day late and a dollar short.
Eddie_T
2 years ago
Democrat are almost certainly going to take a shellacking in the midterms.
But if Trump runs in 2024, this independent will gladly vote for Lenin’s ghost to keep that a-hole out of the White House. Trump running would be Biden’s best shot to win, in my view. Anybody.
So what did you hate so much about President Trump’s rule? The lower taxes? The low unemployment, especially for people of color? The booming economy? Security at the southern border? The rapid development and successful roll-out of Covid vaccines?
Controlled immigration, making NATO members pay their fair share, standing up against the liberal media, calling out the Bidens for graft, aggressively confronting Covid… yep, Trump was awful.
You last comment is confusing. As I read what you said, I agreed–because you had precisely described Joe Biden’s entire career. Then I followed this thread to its beginning and see you are anti-Trump. Not a particularly eloquent speaker (although Biden’s creepy whisper even scares my cat), Trump promised to make America great again, and then he did everything the congress would allow, to do just that. But he was not part of the corrupt DC Swamp system and even the GOP Swamp creatures felt threatened.
Minor point. When the dem controlled congress wanted a pandemic giveaway, he put in a waiver of Required Minimum Distribution for 2020, so that retired people who had saved money, paid off their home mortgages, didn’t run up debt for new cars every three years, and generally lived modest lives (yes, I mean me) were not forced to take distributions from their IRAs and 401(k) rollover accounts and pay taxes on them. He thought of the people who tried to take care of themselves rather than just the career welfare takers and those who would rather live off unemployment than work. Biden and the socialists resent people who are self sufficient and did not include the RMD waiver for 2021.
No way in h*ll I will be voting for Trump. DeSantis perhaps. Trump has zero respect for rule of law and does not have any loyalty to his strongest followers who are gonna be/are languishing in Federal prison. I would like to see him up on charges for treason.
In order to be charged with treason, it’s traditional for you to have ACTUALLY COMMITTED TREASON! Your Leftist wet dreams don’t count when it comes down to what we call “reality” (new concept for you, I know).
Eddie hates Trump because he lost a lot of tax deductions from the SALT cap.
Six000mileyear
2 years ago
The moment Biden was sworn in undecided poll responders began answering “disapprove”. Then in May those in the approve category began to switch to disapprove. The botched Afghanistan pull-out in August really accelerated Biden’s crash, which I believe is now permanent.
Im a independent. He seems somewhat in a catch 22. Cant blame him for the pandemic if your one of the ones not taking the vax. Or if you dont believe in the mandates.
Supply chain issues are gonna bump along and as long as covid disruptions and then some.
Inflation seems to be a product of the fed right.
I will vote for dems who cant get stuff done before i vote for treasonous republicans.
Kind of glad the infrastructure is falling through.
The only republicans i would vote for are those that stood up and called bs on the voter fraud. The rest are seditionist / lack the balls or are to worried about jobs to stand up for the constitution.
Well trump put to republican senators on investigating hunter and such. I figure if they had dirt we would have heard about it by now. With that being said they are all guilty of enriching themselves. Either by connections or policy decisions.
caradoc-again
2 years ago
The Dems did Trump the biggest favour ever when they took the Presidency off him, then they did the Republicans the biggest favour ever having Biden, Harris team in the front seats.
Gymno
2 years ago
Great analysis as usual Mish!
Tony Bennett
2 years ago
We all know where this is going …
“New Poll Shows Donald Trump Beating Joe Biden by 4 Points in 2024 Matchup”
Nixon had many faults, but he had the balls to mine the harbors and bomb N Vietnam into negotiating and got our POW’s home when every advisor and politician was telling him not to. Why did we have so many POW’s in N Vietnam? Two answers: Johnson and McNamara. The reason I bring this up is that this is the 49th anniversary of the so-called “Christmas bombing” of 11 days in December, 1972. I flew three of those missions and 70 of my flying mates paid for that small success with their lives. Why did we leave Afghanistan in defeat? Why did we leave Vietnam in defeat? Why are we out of Iraq with little to show for it other than killed and maimed + $Trillions in debt? Same answer to all of our failed wars and failing country; useless, selfish, ignorant Generals, politicians and the people who vote for them.
For every time Biden is seen groping and hugging women Trump has made an off color remark about women, sometimes very disturbing comments.Both Biden and Trump are signs of the leadership vaccuum that both parties are begging to be filled by a qualified candidate. If either Trump or HIllary again attempt to run that is a sign of bad things to come.
If it was women who Biden groped that would be bad enough. Unfortunately, he gropes little girls. It pales beside Trump’s off-color remarks. That said, Trump has problems: a narcissist with a big ego, not overly intelligent, brash…
The only republicans i would vote for are those that stood up and called bs on the voter fraud. The rest are seditionist / lack the balls or are to worried about jobs to stand up for the constitution.
Well trump put to republican senators on investigating hunter and such. I figure if they had dirt we would have heard about it by now. With that being said they are all guilty of enriching themselves. Either by connections or policy decisions.
I am a Republican and very religious.
For every time Biden is seen groping and hugging women Trump has made an off color remark about women, sometimes very disturbing comments.Both Biden and Trump are signs of the leadership vaccuum that both parties are begging to be filled by a qualified candidate. If either Trump or HIllary again attempt to run that is a sign of bad things to come.