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I do not understand this, really, truly. Is the argument that it’s impossible to recover a several-point polling deficit? That polls can go down but not up? That this is the final event of the campaign and nothing else will happen between now and November?
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Genuine question: have you ever worked on an electoral campaign before?
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I’m pretty sure I have, yes
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Like as a staffer or consultant? I think the consensus of the staffer/consultant class of the Democratic Party is that Biden can’t do the kind of campaigning which is required to reverse a fair substantial deficit.
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Have you paid any attention to what he’s done the last two nights? And have you worked on a winning campaign in a competitive election?
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Yes, he confused Putin and Zelensky and Trump and Harris. He also appeared in MI to give a speech with a teleprompter (without the state’s Democratic Gov or Senators) and then went home to his beach house.
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The substance of his unscripted answers was very good and you are choosing to ignore that. His MI rally was well received.
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This is what I don't understand. Biden had some screwups, yes. But he then discussed foreign policy extemporaneously for 45 minutes, including details on his proposals to other NATO leaders. He didn't look like any of my dementia-afflicted relatives to me.
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No, he did great. He confused names. It’s a gaffe yes and it looks bad. But he showed excellent knowledge of a wide range of foreign policy issues.
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He literally has done this his entire life. And as any neurologist will tell you this is perfectly normal and not a sign of any cognitive problem
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It’s a gaffe Trump did too. I still remember him talking about beating Obama a year or so ago and then confusing Nancy Pelosi and Nikki Haley
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This really illustrates them for me. Biden called Zelensky Putin, then corrected himself. Trump said that Nikki Haley was responsible for Jan 6th and his surrogates immediately all went saying she was somehow responsible. It's 'a small group of people know exactly what covfefe means' all over again
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Exactly, Biden admits he made a mistake Trump tries to pretend his broken, addled mind is fine
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Yeah, but no one but political nerds understood any of that. To the normie, he looks like old and easily confused.
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Teleprompter? Are you serious. Trump is in Doral harassing waitresses. His teleprompter is clearly visible. Are we back to the stupid nonsense we heard in 2012 “Obama uses a teleprompter?” They all use teleprompters. Conclusion you are not serious and need to be ignored.
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"confuse" is absolutely the wrong verb here. That's suggestive of an addled state of mind that was never, at all present in his verbal mixups.
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Trump repeatedly said he beat Obama in rallies. There was little reporting.
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