The most obvious thing a year ago would be for the DNC to pick a new candidate and let Biden take the fall for starting WW3. I honestly don’t know what they are thinking by doing the unpopular thing yet still running Biden.
Either Biden is forcing it, or they are surprised that support for Israel would be this weak.
Their sole argument has been “we all know he sucks but he’s the only option so you have to vote for him”
Introducing another option would just make it clear they were full of shit the entire time. Especially if they force in another shitlib everybody hates and try to say “actually this person you all despise is the ONLY possible option”
I think the genocide in Palestine is hurting them more than they realized. And Ukraine - that’s become pretty unpopular but Biden keeps pushing forward.
But I think inflation has really been what’s hurting him the most. I hear about it a lot from apolitical folks I know IRL and they weren’t mentioning it a year ago. Biden’s little cheerleaders on Reddit can talk all day about how the rate of inflation might be going down, but damn near everyone knows they’re paying a lot more for things while their income hasn’t kept up.
Both of the parties are more comfortable being the opposition when they don’t actually have to do anything and can collect donations while telling people they need to vote harder.
I always figured you can grift more when actually in power compared to fundraising like chumps in the offseason.
The amount that industry lobbyists will pay to get a government contract or whatever makes donations look petty.
But I have no sense of the actual numbers for any of this
