Biden Focuses on the Business of Governing

[applegrove]

Biden Focuses on the Business of Governing

June 18, 2023 at 7:00 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 50 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2023/06/18/biden-focuses-on-the-business-of-governing/

"SNIP.......

“Talk of federal indictments, classified documents and anything related to the president’s predecessor are out. Bridge repair, ‘junk fees’ and prescription drug prices are in,” the New York Times reports.

“As President Biden ramps up his re-election campaign, his team is focused not on the various investigations into former President Donald Trump but rather on spotlighting the ways, however mundane, his administration can assist Americans in their daily lives.”

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[applegrove]

1. Door knockers should ask folks if they want an economy based

on good union jobs.

[live love laugh]

2. In other news ... Republicans do not.

[bahboo]

3. use proxies to beat the ever-loving shit out of trump....

and let Biden stay above the fray....

[LetMyPeopleVote]

4. President Biden's campaign slowly takes shape because he's too busy being president.

As Biden holds a flurry of events, his campaign slowly takes shape because he's too busy being president.
https://washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/06/17/biden-reelection-campaign-slow-to-take-shape/ “The campaign is still building out because there’s no reason for us to have a full-fledged campaign,” said a senior Biden adviser, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss campaign strategy. “We don’t feel that we have to be out there campaigning, mostly because we don’t have an opponent.”

This approach — in essence, campaigning without a campaign — allows Biden to stockpile money that he can spend later when the race heats up and he has a clear opponent. But the slow ramp-up may also make it harder for Biden to define his rivals early in the process, and it could be risky to rely on others to set up the ground operation for a reelection where turnout will be critical.]

Link to tweet

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/06/17/biden-reelection-campaign-slow-to-take-shape/

President Biden came here on Saturday seeking to inject new urgency into his nascent reelection campaign, rallying a group of union organizers and framing a message that he hopes will win him another four years: that he inherited a series of disasters and has gone a long way toward making things better.....

Biden cast his presidency as one that inherited a struggling economy, a devastating pandemic and frayed global alliances — and responded by creating jobs, taming inflation and reigniting diplomacy. “I didn’t come into office with a theory, I came into office with a plan,” he said more than once.

A day earlier, Biden demurred when asked if the rally should be viewed as his campaign kickoff — “I kicked it off a long time ago,” he said — but on Saturday morning he said, “I’m excited about — this is the beginning of something big, in terms of changing the economic balance.” Asked whether he expected the campaign to grow nasty, he responded, “Well, it depends on who the nominee is.”.....

This approach — in essence, campaigning without a campaign — allows Biden to stockpile money that he can spend later when the race heats up and he has a clear opponent. But the slow ramp-up may also make it harder for Biden to define his rivals early in the process, and it could be risky to rely on others to set up the ground operation for a reelection where turnout will be critical.....

“Joe Biden doesn’t need a big campaign operation right now, and it would be a waste of resources to try to build one,” said Lis Smith, a Democratic strategist who worked on Barack Obama’s 2012 reelection campaign. “It’s very smart to rely on the DNC, and the DNC is in a very different position than it was at this point in 2011. And that is a very good thing for the Democratic Party.”