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the idea that a vice-president complains about the job and its prospects goes back to the founding.

Ie., ". . .not worth a bucket of warm piss," per John Nance Garner. https://constitutionallawreporter.com/great-american-biographies/john-nance-garner/

 

Speaking of veeps, remember when Trump said it'd be okay if a mob hanged his, because they were "very angry"?

 

I'm sure it's unpossible that Harris is a target because she's not white.

 

Why does the WashPost feel the need to publish a political advertisement as an opinion piece?

 

The CNN story has nothing to do with Fox News. There was some implication that Fox News would do something with the story - which, it may - and, for that reason, either CNN shouldn’t have written it or Harris shouldn’t have let her defenders express themselves.

 

You said the 37% approval rating was Covid. Not Fox.

I'm saying the breadth and depth of right wing "news" is part of that 37% approval rating.

 

I'd add too, that the tipping point for Biden's numbers felt like Afghanistan, then the pictures from the border.

 

-27 cool points

 

I do not think the border moves the needle anymore. Those that care about it already are committed right wingers and wouldn’t change their vote for any reason. For most other people, barring an armed invasion, it’s not a tipping point issue.

 

This tracks pretty closely with cool points lost to the botched Afghanistan pullout, then the border surge story.

What does the country think of Biden?

 

My educated guess is any poor approval ratings for Biden stem from current prices because of inflation. Except for the extremes, most things going on nationally or internationally won't move the needle much these days. When people pull up to the gas pump, it affects them and their opinion directly.

 

We tend to think dissatisfaction with the President polls are usually a sign of plus/minus their base. - My guess is there is more than a little of the "disapproval" by people on the left feeling the Adminstration is dragging its feet. It's not that the Presidency is "too woke" its that it seems to lack energy and the ability to do the things it ran on.