Biden allies plot 2024 strategy focused on Trump

Page 1 of 1 [ 6 posts ] 

ASPartOfMe
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 25 Aug 2013
Age: 66
Gender: Male
Posts: 34,245
Location: Long Island, New York

15 Dec 2022, 7:14 pm

NBC News

Quote:
Joe Biden beat Donald Trump once, and Democrats are crafting a strategy to try to beat him again in 2024 — even if his name isn’t on the ballot.

Anticipating that Trump may fade, Biden allies hope to persuade voters that the choice is the same and that any Republican successor would have to embrace enough of his policies to be a virtual clone of Trump himself.

Key to that approach is spotlighting Trump’s policies and worldview and forcing other GOP candidates to take positions on whether they agree with Trump or not. One statement that stands out, as Democrats see it, is Trump’s recent suggestion that parts of the Constitution could be set aside to invalidate the 2020 election results. If Democrats can show that Trump’s successors won’t condemn such remarks, they can make the case that Trumpism is on the ballot even if the man himself is sidelined, party strategists and Biden allies said.

“As it develops, let’s say it’s Ron DeSantis and not Trump” as the Republican nominee, said Alan Kessler, a longtime Philadelphia fundraiser, referring the governor of Florida. “I don’t think it’s a heavy lift to make DeSantis into Trump.”

An unusual dynamic is driving the Democrats’ thinking about the ’24 race. As Trump’s poll numbers sag, party strategists are starting to imagine Trump’s losing the nomination fight to a younger candidate without the same mountain of baggage. Were that to happen, Biden would be stripped of perhaps the central rationale of his candidacy: While he’s an aging candidate with lackluster approval ratings, he comes off as a calmer and steadier hand than Trump.

If Democrats succeed in painting the new GOP nominee as a Trump wannabe, however, they might be able to neutralize the advantage that a younger, fresher-faced opponent might bring to a race against Biden, who is 80.

Biden’s allies think voters will be swayed by comments like Trump’s statement Dec. 3 that the level of “fraud” in the 2020 election was so severe that it “allows for the termination of all rules, regulations, and articles, even those found in the Constitution.”

Many statements from Trump spark outrage and then disappear from view, eclipsed by something else he says that’s even more incendiary. But Democrats interviewed about the emerging 2024 strategy said they plan to make sure this particular comment isn’t soon forgotten.

The Democratic National Committee plans to hire staffers in New Hampshire, South Carolina and other key states targeting Republican presidential primaries. Part of their mission will be to try to get Republican candidates to take positions on Trump’s statements, including his views about the Constitution, said a national Democratic strategist familiar with the planning. The DNC communication staffers will be in place earlier than in past presidential campaign cycles, the strategist said.

“You’ll see a pretty aggressive and concerted effort to have Republicans answer for what he says,” the strategist said, speaking on condition of anonymity to talk more freely. “Donald Trump’s shadow will be over the party for as long as he’s alive.”

Putting their eggs in one basket? All the non Trump Republican candidate has to say is "I hold the pledge in the oath of office to uphold the constitution sacred". Dems are betting they won't.


_________________
Professionally Identified and joined WP August 26, 2013
DSM 5: Autism Spectrum Disorder, DSM IV: Aspergers Moderate Severity

“My autism is not a superpower. It also isn’t some kind of god-forsaken, endless fountain of suffering inflicted on my family. It’s just part of who I am as a person”. - Sara Luterman


DeathFlowerKing
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 9 Sep 2022
Gender: Male
Posts: 2,228
Location: City of Roses

16 Dec 2022, 12:22 am

The Democrats will probably dig their own graves by focusing all their energy on Trump who is already losing his popularity and then we'll be stuck with an ever worse GOP president like DeSantis.


Face. Palm.



magz
Forum Moderator
Forum Moderator

User avatar

Joined: 1 Jun 2017
Age: 39
Gender: Female
Posts: 16,283
Location: Poland

16 Dec 2022, 2:14 am

That doesn't look like a winning strategy.
Pity.

In place of Dems, I'd focus on promoting some energetic under-60 centrist for a possible next candidate and look for social feedback on this.


_________________
Let's not confuse being normal with being mentally healthy.

<not moderating PPR stuff concerning East Europe>


Tim_Tex
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 2 Jul 2004
Age: 44
Gender: Male
Posts: 45,472
Location: Houston, Texas

16 Dec 2022, 7:42 am

And if the GOP nominee is a moderate?


_________________
Who’s better at math than a robot? They’re made of math!

Now proficient in ChatGPT!


magz
Forum Moderator
Forum Moderator

User avatar

Joined: 1 Jun 2017
Age: 39
Gender: Female
Posts: 16,283
Location: Poland

16 Dec 2022, 8:03 am

Tim_Tex wrote:
And if the GOP nominee is a moderate?
Mission accomplished 8)


_________________
Let's not confuse being normal with being mentally healthy.

<not moderating PPR stuff concerning East Europe>


naturalplastic
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 26 Aug 2010
Age: 69
Gender: Male
Posts: 33,875
Location: temperate zone

16 Dec 2022, 9:02 am

Tim_Tex wrote:
And if the GOP nominee is a moderate?


Possible, but not likely. The GOP has both MAGAs and non MAGAs and even one anti maga (Larry Hogan) in the top five or six in polls.

It would be nice if the GOP were to nominate an old school Mitt Romney type who actually believes in the rule of law, and who drops the big lie, and who isnt seeking to imprison the entire medical establishment for the crime of ...saving three million American lives from covid. Nominating such a candidate would help to heal the nation. Even if the guy/gal didnt win the White House. And it would restore some normalcy.

But that would take a sudden extreme outbreak of sanity in the GOP for that to happen, that doesnt seem to be in the offing.

The GOP will probably nominate this new slick non-buffoon version of Trump: De Santis.