[X] SB – John Kerry admits to strategy of getting rid of prosecutor If Ukraine was going to survive, they had to get rid of that prosecutor. ONE man stood in the way of victory or defeat!! Thank GOD Biden acted. Or where would we be? And then, what if Biden hadn’t invited Putin to invade Russia? [X] SB – Biden gives Putin permission to invade Ukraine Depends on what it does? [X] SB – Biden explains Ukraine’s role in the MIC [X] SB – Romney says Ukraine funding the most important vote ever [X] SB – WH press pool asks Biden about polling data on corruption Joe Biden has his hands full. A campaign in complete disarray. He’s trying everything. Backing off EV mandates He’s supposedly wants to issue an EO on the border. More on that in a bit. Ukraine is LOSING the war Trade deficit is worse than ever Houthis continue threatening our military Amateur hour… Biden officials see next month's https://www.axios.com/2024/01/06/biden-state-of-the-union-address-super-tuesday as a big, public reset moment — a chance to overcome or at least neutralize concerns about https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/joe-biden age and vitality. Why it matters: Many top Democrats are convinced that if the election were today, Biden would lose a rematch with former President Trump. Biden's address on March 7 is his biggest chance to shift https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/biden-approval-rating/. What we're hearing: Biden's SOTU address played well last year — he https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKeYcFk3bTQ and riffed about the GOP and Social Security. Officials close to him, needing a repeat triumph, will spend hours on everything from the text to his physical preparation to exploit the prime-time moment.
- "Everyone around him is well aware — well aware — of the need to jack this campaign up," a source close to Biden said. "The only way to deal with the negative aftershocks of the special counsel's report [slamming Biden's age] is for the president to be out there, to be visible — to be strong of presence and strong of voice."
- One bold move that Biden has considered, we're told, is an executive order that would dramatically stanch the record flow of migrants into the Southwest. This could even happen in the two weeks before the address, allowing Biden to say he took action while Republicans just talk.
Between the lines: Inside Biden's campaign, there's a belief that things are turning around — internal morale is up. But even some super-loyalists have lingering worries that it's all happening too slowly — and could be too late.
- Some valued campaign hands didn't like commuting to campaign HQ in Wilmington, Del. Now officials are being more flexible about allowing remote work. A https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/01/26/biden-campaign-washington-office/ has opened near the White House.
Behind the scenes: A new window into the Biden campaign's flux https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/18/politics/kamala-harris-biden-reelection-effort/index.html, which reports that some leading Democrats fear the campaign "might be stumbling past a point of no return." They've been heartened by listening sessions by Vice President Kamala Harris, which they view as a "surprising and welcome change, after months of feeling sloughed off by the White House and Biden campaign headquarters."
- The outreach sessions included six Democratic governors who gathered around the dining room table of Harris' official residence two Saturdays ago. She's using the intelligence from the sessions to break through what she has called the "bubble" of Biden campaign thinking and to "push for changes in strategy and tactics that she hopes will put the ticket in better shape to win," https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/18/politics/kamala-harris-biden-reelection-effort/index.html. Another https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/the-grounds/the-vice-presidents-residence-office/session featured Black men — a group Harris is working to energize.
- https://twitter.com/ashleyetienne09, former communications director for Harris and then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, told Axios the sessions led by Harris are "finally starting to play to her strength." Etienne said "convener-in-chief" is a role long envisioned by Harris allies, who point to her high approval with some of the party's most vital constituencies — women voters, Black voters, younger voters.
Reality check: Mark Zandi and his fellow Moody's Analytics experts said in a https://www.economy.com/getfile?q=95674FFE-7734-4401-877A-FE331AECD442&app=download that although a Biden-Trump rematch would be a nail-biter, they "feel confident" in their state-by-state model's prediction of a Biden win. What they're saying: https://robertgarcia.house.gov/about (D-Calif.) a first-term progressive who was mayor of Long Beach, told Axios that Biden should use his SOTU address to spotlight domestic victories to appeal to younger voters.
- "It's gonna be a good moment for the president to re-engage on these domestic issues," Garcia said. "He's got a huge record and I think it's important to remind folks what he's done. Insulin prices, infrastructure — those are going to be critical."
- https://kuster.house.gov/about/ (D-N.H.), chair of the center-left https://newdemocratcoalition.house.gov/about-us, told Axios the address will be consequential for the entire party — not just Biden's reelection bid. "The world is watching," Kuster said. "This is the moment to show Democrats are leading and succeeding."
What to watch: Biden's ownership of the national spotlight will be brief. Just five days after his speech, House Republicans will https://www.axios.com/2024/02/15/robert-hur-joe-biden-age-testimony with special counsel Robert Hur, whose report cleared the president of mishandling documents but called him a "well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory."
- Republicans tell Axios they hope to make the hearing a blockbuster, including pressing Hur https://www.axios.com/2024/02/15/robert-hur-congress-testimony-biden-memory.
White House spokesman Andrew Bates told Axios: "As New Yorkers showed [in the https://www.axios.com/2024/02/15/tom-suozzi-border-biden-democrats] last week, President Biden is in a position of strength and congressional Republicans are on the run, even https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68322241 for an early, undeserved vacation ... The President is standing where the mainstream of the country is." The bottom line: Democrats recognize that Trump and Republicans don't fear Biden and don't fear his campaign. Biden insiders know that needs to change — fast. If Kamala Harris is your secret weapon to win, then you’re in big trouble. But that’s what the media is touting. If you ask me, they are setting us up for the inevitable: Harris will step in when Biden steps down. Kamala Harris is gathering information on President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign in an effort to help turn things around as the sitting president trails former President Donald Trump in hypothetical matchups, more than two dozen sources told CNN. Biden is https://dailycaller.com/2024/01/08/arizona-pennsylvania-north-carolina-florida-michigan-georgia-new-poll-trump-leading-biden-six-swing-states/ Trump in several swing states by as many as 11 points ahead of the 2024 election, according to a Redfield & Wilton Strategies survey. As some of Biden’s top allies voice concerns over the president’s reelection chances, Harris is talking to staffers to try to “penetrate” the “bubble of Biden campaign thinking,” sources told https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/18/politics/kamala-harris-biden-reelection-effort/index.html. Among concerns of how the Biden campaign is performing, Harris has done well in fielding the criticism, the person told CNN, adding that the vice president “deserves credit for it.” Those who have had conversations with Harris about the state of the campaign told CNN that it has shifted their view of the vice president, and she is viewed as a crucial part of the reelection effort. While Harris’ effort isn’t seen as her going behind the campaign’s back, she is worried that Biden will lose “to the couch” rather than Trump, two dozen sources told CNN. As Harris continues to gather information on the campaign, the vice president is reportedly asking her staff to set up additional meetings so she c
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