Two polls today show Biden regaining some lost ground:

[MineralMan]

2020 Democratic Presidential Nomination Emerson Biden 30, Harris 15, Sanders 15, Warren 15, Buttigieg 5, O'Rourke 4, Booker 2, Yang 3, Gabbard 2, Castro 0, Klobuchar 1, Bullock 1, Bennet 1, Inslee 1 Biden +15

2020 Democratic Presidential Nomination Politico/Morning Consult Biden 31, Harris 14, Sanders 19, Warren 13, Buttigieg 6, O'Rourke 3, Booker 2, Yang 1, Gabbard 1, Castro 1, Klobuchar 1, Bullock 1, Bennet 0, Inslee 0 Biden +12

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/latest_polls/democratic_nomination_polls/

[Skya Rhen]

1. Based on the celebration of Joe's "demise", by MSNBC, one would think he would be the one at 14%/15%

[wyldwolf]

2. I can't even watch MSNBC at the moment, except perhaps Tweety

The no-name 'guests' repeating each other's talking points ad nauseam - often removed from reality - gets a little annoying. But if we ever needed evidence "progressive" media has little to no effect on the real world, there it is.

[Thekaspervote]

3. Yup... I just won't watch them tear down ANY of our candidates.. the are off my list

[crazytown]

4. Biden - Morning Consult (2w/1w/0w) 38/33/31 Emerson (2w/0w) 34/30

Sanders - 19% every Morning Consult poll 4/29 to 7/7 = inconsistent with every other poll.

[oasis]

5. From this moment on, Biden will only widen.

[MineralMan]

7. Maybe. We'll see.

I'm waiting to see how the results from the 1 and 2%ers will get redistributed. That's going to make a difference.

I wish more of the nonviable candidates would step out and find something else to run for. But, all that will happen in due time, I suppose.

[oasis]

9. Other Dem candidates won't make the mistake of attacking Joe with

transparently weak "gotcha". Lesson learned.

All candidates must now target their resources into providing voters with positive images of themselves.

[MineralMan]

11. That's what you'd think, isn't it?

I'm not sure, though, that it will go that way.

When the leader has a double-digit advantage, the instinctive move is to go after that leader. I'm sure someone will try that tactic again. One of the four top candidates, I imagine. Maybe Bernie Sanders will be next to go after Biden.

[oasis]

13. I'm sure Joe will welcome any debate

over issues Americans care about. Bernie will stay within those lanes.

[Kahuna7]

6. MSNBC's anchors and contributors are bound to be salty today...

[MineralMan]

8. Oh, I don't know.

I only watch a couple of hours of MSNBC a day, between 3 and 5 PM here in Minnesota.

That's enough of it for me. Then I switch to my CBS affiliate for the local and national traditional news.

I can only listen to pundits for so long. Then, it all starts sounding the same to me.

But, then, I have mad crushes on Leah Ann Caldwell and Heidi Przybyla, so the 3-5 PM couple of hours is a must. They're my doll-faced pundits, I guess. As my wife always says, "Oh, not those two again..."

[Kahuna7]

10. Educated guess on my part. I haven't watched cable news since BEFORE the debates. nt

[Skya Rhen]

12. Now, now, MineralMan...

[MineralMan]

14. Oh, I'm just a silly old man.

My wife just rolls her eyes...

[Cha]

23. They're not the only

ones.

[wyldwolf]

15. Did Biden tick back up a point in the DU primary?

Maybe a tiny Swalwell effect?

[MineralMan]

19. Well, several points from the polls that had him in the 20s.

[helpisontheway]

16. I'm sure Kamala is upset because her attack on his character did not work. Nt

[emmaverybo]

17. What she said in begrudgingly accepting his apology suggested she's leaving the door open for

further attack. Next comes the 1994 crime bill. She will imply he’s responsible for racist sentencing disparities, mass incarceration, and that he pioneered police brutality.

[MineralMan]

20. She may want to be careful about things involving prosecutions.

As a DA and Attorney General, she has experience in that area.

[emmaverybo]

22. Right you are. But darn. She's relying on Biden not to attack. He could though if she opens that

door. He did respond to her busing allegation though most missed it.

[helpisontheway]

27. Well, he better be ready to hit her hard on her own record as a prosecutor and AG. Nt

[Kahuna7]

25. It doesn't work to her advantage. But it may harm Biden and down ticket..

in the general.

[madville]

18. This is just reinforcing Joe's strength

And making his supporters dig in.

This is at least the third failed attacks originating from other Democrats and the media on Joe's character, primarily led by the MSM cheerleading (and not so much Fox News).

- Joe is touching everyone and making them uncomfortable.

- Joe treated Anita Hill unfairly.

- Joe is a racist segregationist that opposed integration.

We'll see what's next. The Ukrainian "scandal" didn't really take off from the right.

[Gothmog]

21. This is encouraging

[Tarheel_Dem]

24. It looks like the sugar high from the debates is wearing off?

[stonecutter357]

26. good let's go Joe !

[thesquanderer]

28. Your headline is wrong...

Since poll companies' methodologies differ, you can't directly compare poll results from different sources to draw conclusions like gaining or losing ground; for that you can only compare to the previous poll from the same company. So both of the polls you quoted show Biden losing ground.

Poll #1, latest Emerson, Biden at 30, is down from the previous Emerson, Biden at 34 (June 25).

Poll #2, latest Politico/Morning Consult, Biden at 31, down from previous Politico/Morning Consult, Biden at 33 (June 30)

[Scurrilous]

29. K&R

[bigtree]

30. Quinnipiac: Harris 20, Biden 22

...and CNN:

Harris 17, Biden 22

Harris still holding those huge gains in these polls.