The Biden campaign comes out of hibernation

[JoeOtterbein]

Politico

Staffing is picking up. Fundraisers, too. The question is: Is this a blip, or a sign of things to come?

By HOLLY OTTERBEIN and JONATHAN LEMIRE

06/17/2023 07:00 AM EDT

PHILADELPHIA — President Joe Biden’s campaign is finally waking up.

After inching forward earlier this year at such a slow pace that it worried Democrats, Biden is kicking his reelection bid into a higher gear. He’s hosting a series of fundraisers, rolling out new staff members and announcing key endorsements.

On Saturday, he is also holding his first rally of the 2024 presidential election cycle in Philadelphia.

The flurry of activity is likely to calm the nerves of at least some Democrats as Biden begins to show the urgency that they felt was lacking when he first announced he was running for reelection in April. But it almost certainly won’t appease others in the party who are concerned that Biden is still not moving at the clip needed to take on former President Donald Trump or, perhaps, a younger, more formidable Republican opponent.

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[betsuni]

1. What the hell? "finally waking up?"

[Phoenix61]

2. Seriously?

The election is over a year away. They certainly don’t need to work on name recognition. There’s already a network from the last campaign. The Rs haven’t picked their candidate. And….Americans have the memory span of a gnat.

[617Blue]

3. IMO Biden pol team has been top notch.

They know what they're doing.

[Demsrule86]

4. Oh please...and so it begins. We shall see multiple post questioning Biden...sigh.

He will win in 24...just saying.

[yardwork]

5. Echoing Trump's words? Sleepy Joe? Hibernation?

Pathetic.

[SheilaAnn]

6. Jonathan Lemire, need I say more? n/t

[Bongo Prophet]

15. You could say more, I think, about co-author Holly's PR Daddy bringing this to us

Expect to see more of Holly's work on DU. She has a special promoter of her work right here.
She has every right to have her job, and to make $$, of course.
And such an original take! "Old sleepy Joe Biden, other dems are concerned."
Take that, Democrats, you've been burned.

So neat, so sweet! Such a nepo-tasty treat.

Tiresome themes, delivered right to our doorstep.
Seems to skirt the rules, but hey,
it's election season,
hooray.
Dems in Disarray,
hooray.

[BootinUp]

7. nice sleepy reference. nt

[Spazito]

8. Politico is crap...

They love damning Democrats and the President with faint praise.

[usonian]

9. He has enemies providing material. Good luck Joe.

[FSogol]

10. Typical Politico hit piece on the Democrats.

[DFW]

11. Why not say it plainly? "We are Fox clones! Many people are saying...!"

This is not team Biden’s first rodeo. They are seasoned veterans of many political campaigns, some going back before the births of the authors of this “article,” I’d bet.

“Waking up.” We get it, already. “Sleepy Joe.” Trump already tried that one in 2020. It didn’t help him much, did it? Why Politico writers think it will garner them any praise from Pulitzer, Stokes or just normal readers of the press is a mystery to me. Before publishing something that poor, I would have looked in the mirror, asked is that all you’ve got? Then I would have hit “delete,” and started over. Granted, it was my Dad who was a former Gridiron Club president, not me. Still, I was around enough serious press for much of my life to know the difference.

[Hekate]

20. ✔️

[BannonsLiver]

12. "Is this a blip or a sign of things to come."

Politico’s tag line should be “Written by morons, for morons.”

[ismnotwasm]

13. I think Joe Biden is moving with surgical precision

Carefully? Sure, as to not feed the sick attack animals of the right, or the more irresponsible members of the press

[Kingofalldems]

14. Interesting co-author of the piece.

[Kingofalldems]

16. Yeah not a good try.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100218015895

Link to tweet

[Rhiannon12866]

17. K&R for Biden/Harris 2024!

[JoeOtterbein]

18. Thanks!

I hope everyone else who commented on my post read past the Politico headline because they would see an article about lineup of fund raisers, events and other inside campaign news.

No big deal for or against Joe. Just political news.

[Rhiannon12866]

19. Well, didn't he just officially announce?

It can't come as a surprise, but he's been pretty busy with his "day job!"