No. of Recommendations: 2
There's four months until the election. That's a long time. A very long time.
It’s actually a remarkably short time. People aren’t paying attention over the course of the summer. Conventions (as they are run now) are a long form informercial for the already interested) and the “election” doesn’t start until September. But with early voting now n so many states, it can be over in as little as 6 weeks.
Anyone in advertising will tell you that turning around a negative perception is an incredibly hard proposition, and Biden is fighting the “inflation” meme (wrongfully applied, in my view) and the “old” perception (correctly attributed, and reinforced supremely a week ago on live television in front of 50 million people.)
There are precious few other opportunities to change that perception, and frankly an 81 year old man who looks 81 and speaks slowly and shuffles as he walks is not likely to turn that perception around. No that may not be fair, it may not be right, but it is what is driving a significant number of votes here and (frankly, in my view) it is not going to change no matter what he does .
We have already given several hundreds of dollars to the Biden campaign, and Mrs. Goofy has decided there won’t be more - even though she loves him and supports him. She would rather send further donations to down ballot candidates in the hopes of protecting the Senate and/or House, because she, too, believes Joe has blown it. Or his staff has. Or somebody.
That “lack of enthusiasm” will be writ large over the next several months, and it is unfathomable to me how it might be turned around with a candidate with a fatal flaw as perceived by a large majority of the electorate. Loyalty is a wonderful thing, but winning the election is a vital thing, and you get to choose which is more important now.
