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Growing Democratic uproar over President Joe Biden's shockingly feeble debate performance on Thursday night appears to be turning into a full-blown party revolt.
'For Biden's own good and the good of the country, he should step aside immediately,' major Democratic donor and former hedge fund manager Whitney Tilson told DailyMail.com. 'The fact that it has now been three days and Biden has done nothing to reassure us confirms my worst fears.'
Tilson has given the party more than $300,000 in recent years.
On Saturday, Biden appeared at a New York fundraiser — in a glitzy Long Island beach town — and, according to one attendee, read a simple 15-minute speech off a teleprompter, before leaving without taking any questions.
'Doing that for the next five months is not going to be enough,' the fundraiser guest said, stressing that Biden's supporters deserve reassurance that he is capable of defeating Donald Trump .
'On every metric that matters, data shows [the debate] did nothing to change the American people's perception,' Jen O'Malley Dillon, chair of the Biden-Harris 2024 campaign, insisted in a memo released this weekend.
Hardly anyone believes that spin.
Tilson's prescription for Biden, then, is to ditch the notecards, teleprompters and vetted questions, and demonstrate that he is up to the job by holding weekly news conferences, or sitting down with the New York Times editorial board to persuade them that it was wrong to call for him to quit the race.
'It's absolutely a sensible strategy,' said former Obama adviser Bruen. That is, he added, if Biden doesn't suffer another major public misstep.
originally posted by: CriticalStinker
a reply to: putnam6
They’re probably upset their money is just being pissed into the wind.
Biden can’t even have an improv conversation.
originally posted by: peter_kandra
a reply to: putnam6
He is down substantially but the 2020 figures are through and beyond Election Day. I'd imagine it's not uncommon to pull in $100+ million per month leading up to November.
originally posted by: StoutBroux
I mistakenly posted on another thread so I'll repost it here.
Dana Loesch said it best. As some of you may recall, Jill told Joe after the debate "We are not going to let 90 minutes define the four years that you've been president,".
Dana's response: ".....that 90 years was the epitaph of his failed four years....."
There's been a lot of waking up in America the last few days.
It is amazing how many have been so blind. It truly is an epiphany to many, and kind of amazing to watch it unfold.
originally posted by: CriticalStinker
a reply to: putnam6
You’re very right.
And I don’t really care what they do, they made their bed and they can sleep in it.
But if they want to have any chance, their only choice is to do something. We all know where nothing will get them on this trajectory.
I put a lot of this on Dr.Biden.
An incumbent should stand on their accomplishments and not the same old tired fears of the other candidate.
originally posted by: Shoshanna
a reply to: putnam6
My mind is BOTTLED! At how these people amass over a BILLION dollars in campaign finance or donations or whatever. What all does this go for? TV Ads? Whistlestop tours? I haven't heard about any of those from Biden I guess you can call Trump rallies a kind of whistlestop tour. Haven't seen many Biden commercials in fact im wracking my brain trying to remember if I even saw ANY Biden commercials in 2020.
Who is giving all this money and why not just give it to random people on the street hehehe than having these losers waste it on unnecessary stuff. Everybody's mind is already made up. Why do they even need to campaign when all they give us is the same old stuff over and over again?
originally posted by: underpass61
a reply to: putnam6
Maybe Joe was set up -
originally posted by: burntheships
Well, this might work in a pinch, no?
Yeah, thats some real presidential material
there alright.
originally posted by: burntheships
Well, this might work in a pinch, no?
Yeah, thats some real presidential material
there alright.