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Joe Biden starts out with Good poll numbers…Open Thread for Jan. 23, 2021

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The other guy was just below 40% going out the door to Florida….

President Biden is almost 20% higher …

Also?

Much higher than the other guys numbers four years ago…

We won’t miss the chaos factor we suffered thru for FOUR years….

We need this change….

In his first week in the Oval Office, Biden yielded high approval ratings for his response to the coronavirus (69%) and confidence in his ability to unify the country (57%). The new poll was conducted by Ipsos in partnership with ABC News using Ipsos’ Knowledge Panel.

Biden’s early honeymoon period is a sharp departure from the underwhelming initial response former President Donald Trump received four years ago.

In a recent ABC News/Washington Post poll, Biden’s score for handling the transition landed at 67%, nearly 30 points higher than his predecessor just before his inauguration.

Trump’s lackluster marks broke with the pattern for newly elected presidents, who usually enjoy high approval ratings in their first months in office.

For Biden, starting his tenure as commander-in-chief in a honeymoon period might afford him more room to maneuver on policy, particularly on his administration’s colossal challenge: COVID-19.

The more than two-thirds of Americans who approve of his leadership on the coronavirus includes 40% of Republicans — a notably high level of support from across the aisle a year into the pandemic. An overwhelming 97% of Democrats and 70% of independents also back Biden’s management of the crisis in his early days in office….

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    • This comment reminded me of your previous obsession with Hillary Clinton’s pant suits.
      I guess I just don’t understand why Biden’s suit selection generates interest on our part?

      • Oh give me a break. If a comment does not interest you Zreebs, then do not attempt to respond like a busybody.

        • The one thing about that question that I find interesting is that it interests you. But you can be as amused with my answer as I was with your question.

          There was a typo from my original post. I meant to say “your”, not “our” in the second to the last word.

  3. I do not know what thread DSD made the comment, but I do not agree that McCarthy or Nixon retained a lot of loyalty after their downfall. McCarthy, in particular, was treated as a pariah, and died shortly after a broken man.

    Nixon, who also almost died months after his resignation, took years to rehabilitate his image, and he never again attended a convention or any sort of party event.

    • Years afterwards, I’m pretty sure (although I’d have to consult some rather ancient, hard-to-find polls) that something on the order of 20% of Republican voters — not officials or candidates — felt that both men were somehow more right than wrong (e.g. “someone had to fight a very real Communist threat and [McCarthy or Nixon] had the right idea, even if some of his methods were mistaken)”; and somehow lynched for their good intentions by vindictive radical Democrats who’d always hated them for nefarious reasons (“they couldn’t stand someone who exposed the weakness and failures of the former Democrat administrations”).

      Plus the universal mantra that the Democrats were even more crooked and dangerous (certainly less patriotic) than Nixon or McCarthy.

      • It’s forecast to come later in the afternoon or evening, if not tomorrow morning.

        I pass on storm alerts for schools, traffic, parking bans, etc., to a small circle of contacts in Providence, and so far I’ve seen only two minor alerts from the R.I. Broadcasters’ Association.

  5. Texas judge orders Biden admin to NOT cut back deportations after Texas objects to Biden order…

    Judge wants 14 days hold….

    Meanwhile….

    CNBC
    Biden orders DOJ to end private prison contracts as part of racial equity push

      • DailyKos Elections

        Beto O’Rourke confirms for the first time that he’s considerable a possible #TXGov bid:

        “Yeah, it’s something I’m gonna think about.”

  6. Conservative Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Green has apparently blogged about hanging Hillary and Obama and killing Nancy Pelosi.

    I wonder if some Republicans will believe she went too far? Not many.

    • Why call Cong. Green a “conservative Republican” ? (I’m sure the severely conservative CG would object.)

      Even “reactionary” is probably too kind a label.

        • Killing leaders of your opposition is not, IMHO, a conservative position as I understand conservatism.

          Right-wing? yes.
          Reactionary? yes.
          Veering on neo-Fascism? certainly arguable, depending on one’s definition of fascism and neofascism.

          Conservatism has slightly different meanings in the U.S., the British Commonwealth and Continental Europe, but I’ve heard some British and American conservatives describe it as wishing to continue and strengthen the soundest institutions of society and existing social relations against ill-conceived and dangerous changes, favouring a gradual and “natural” evolution of benign trends (e.g. wider education, lessening poverty) as opposed to sudden, radical and expensive reforms — combined sometimes with a readiness to execute radical changes of their own (e.g. decolonisation, Bismarck’s and Teddy Roosevelt’s social plans) when necessary to preserve and advance their country and its other institutions. (Sorry this is so incoherent and in places inconsistent.)

          • I’ll accept “right wing” as a better word than “conservative “ to describe Green. I don’t really like “fascist” – although there are some similarities. Fascism believed that workers should work collectively for the state – which is not something I would imagine that Green believes. Maybe “neofascist” is acceptable? Not sure.

            The word “conservative” has changed dramatically in my lifetime – so much so it is now a meaningless word. The word for the most part has a positive connotation. Ironically, when someone says “He is conservative with his spending habits” they imply that a person is wise and perhaps even frugal in how he spends money. Yet a person who considers themselves politically conservative almost always supported the “borrow and spend” policies of Reagan, GWB, and Trump. If anything, modern day “conservatives” believe that the biggest component of the budget (defense) should be expanded, and very few “conservatives” care the least about the deficit – unless the Democrats are in office. As such, Green seems to deserve the right to call herself a conservative.

            And what person who identifies as “‘conservative” genuinely wants to strengthen the soundest institutions of our society”? Like what? democracy? Strengthening the soundest institutions of our society is now a now a value that is almost exclusively liberal. And what conservative is genuinely against “ill conceived and dangerous changes”? Like what? Making it easier to buy guns? Record setting budget deficits? That definition of a conservative (while once maybe true) is long, long, gone.

            • I agree that given the current accepted definition of “conservative,” Green certainly qualifies.

  7. Morning People….

    It appears that the media is now trying to lock Biden’s word that he will get enough vaccine for everry one by the summer as Biden will get rid of the virus by then which a tall order…

    Biden might want make sure back away from all that…

    Be ‘square’ with people…

    • I haven’t read anywhere that Biden said that he would “get rid of the virus by summer.”

      I saw he said most people will be able to get vaccinated by the spring or summer.Thats not an outrageous statement.

      I don’t understand what you are upset about.

      • It’s the MEDIA trying to say the purchase of more vaccine ‘means’ Biden & Cohabe the virus gone by the summer….

        Again…

        To be CLEAR….

        I’m talking about media jumping ahead from just fact rhat there will be more vaccine

        • What person in the Media are you referring to?

          I haven’t heard anyone say that the virus will go away by the Fall, but Maybe I just missed it. I assume you will share some quotes? Or do you think that maybe you just got confused? Understanding what people say is not one of your strengths.

          • In answer to Z about Biden vaccine media jump?

            This from Pwire…

            Biden Sets Bold Timeline for Return to Normalcy

            January 27, 2021 at 7:53 am EST By Taegan Goddard 142 Comments

            “President Joe Biden’s pledge that there will be sufficient vaccines for 300 million Americans by the end of summer represents a bold and politically risky response to criticism his pandemic plan lacks ambition,” CNN reports.

            “In effect, the President is putting a date on a return of a semblance of normal life — with

            • Judges Retire So Biden Can Replace Them

              At least five federal judges with lifetime appointments who have announced plans to retire or semi-retire since last Wednesday, the day Donald Trump left the White House, the HuffPost reports.

              That’s after eight judges had already announced their plans to step down since Biden was declared the winner of the 2020 presidential election.

  8. So you think he needs to act like Trump James?

    How ironic that Trump lied about every aspect of the virus but you think Biden needs to “be square” with the public. How very Republican of you.

    Biden explained his plan too bad that it seems you didn’t listen before you typed.

    • NO Keith….

      Joe Biden promised to be square with the public….

      I assume he will be….

      And NOT let the media box him into a place the Republicans can use the media hurt him and Democrats politically…

      If the vaccine does do this fine…

      If NOT?

      Biden does NOT need to be the fall guy for his predecessor who had NO FUCKING plan or action….

      • Nothing you have written here relates to your comment that “Joe needs to be square with the public” implying he had lied or over promised. I assume that this was just another example of you typing before you think.

        • I NEVER said Joe over promised….

          I DID say the media was giving the ‘impression ‘….

          And that Joe should counter that…..

            • I see this as the same media that was FOR Biden against Trump?…. Sneaking in a trap for Biden that could help Republicans and drive a new media attention push….

            • You always do, doesn’t mean it was correct.

              You said he needed to correct his statement and be square with the public.

              So stand away!!

                • Jeff Flake
                  @JeffFlake
                  As of today, 9,944 Arizona Republicans have changed their party registration since the assault on the U.S. Capitol on January 6th. Please, fellow Republicans, we cannot continue to excuse former President Trump’s behavior and promote falsehoods about the election.

  9. TPM….

    Michigander Pleads Guilty To Plot To Kidnap Guv, Will Cooperate With Feds talkingpointsmemo.com/news/michigand…

    • There might be room for a center-right third party in some states – such as Utah and Alaska. In these states, candidates like Romney, huntsman, Murkowski and McMullen would likely win in a 3-way race. If done effectively, over time (a long time) this new party could replace the GOP nationally.

      I think that Romney can still be re-elected in Utah, but most “conservatives” (I chose that word to make CG happy) who criticize Trump won’t win again. And if something is not done, the GOP will unconditionally surrender to the Trump wing. Everyone should be able to see where the GOP is currently headed, and I don’t see anything stopping that runaway train.

      This might be the right time for a center-right party in some states.

  13. Weekend Political Trivia Quiz (not that anyone asked for one):

    A. From the Republican Party’s birth in 1854 to the Crash of 1929 [the GOP’s first 75 years]:
    § 1. How many and which Republican presidential candidates NEVER became president?
    § 2, How many and which Democratic presidential candidates EVER became president?

    B. How many and which of these are still living at the start of the Biden presidency:
    § 3. Republican ex-presidents ?
    § 4. Former Republican presidential candidates who never became President ?
    § 5. Democratic ex-presidents ?
    § 6. Former Democratic presidential candidates who never became President ?

    ,(Please write your answers with a fountain-pen in blue-black ink on a single sheet of white A4 paper.) 😉

    ¶ The first complete correct answer will win the successful contestant his or her choice of these suitably-nerdy gems (in digital form, not print on paper):
    * The first World Almanac (1868)
    * The first Statistical Abstract of the U.S. (1878)
    * Morris Hillquit’s History of Socialism in the United States (1910 edition)
    * A spreadsheet showing the census population count of every U.S. county from 1790 to 2000.

    • A(1)Three
      John C Fremont (1856)
      James G Blaine(1884)
      Charles Evans Hughes(1916)
      (2)Two
      Grover Cleveland(1884,1892)
      Woodrow Wilson(1912)
      B(3)One. George W Bush
      (4)Two.Bob Dole,Mitt Romney
      (5)Three.Jimmy Carter,Bill Clinton, Barack Obama
      (6)Three.Michael Dukakis(1988),John Kerry(2004)Hillary Clinton(2016)

  14. Jack said that the SC GOP voted to censure Rice for his impeachment vote. What he didn’t say is that the vote was 43-0 with two abstentions.

    So much for that GOP civil war that James and CG are imagining…

      • What does the three of them getting re-elected have anything to do with a “Civil War” within the Republican Party?

  15. James sees “Civil Wars” all over the place.

    He’s been claiming there is a “ Civil War” in the Democratic Party for months.

    Apparently,in his mind, when some people in a party disagree?That constitutes a “Civil War”

    And ,oh yes, off topic, but last night he said something to the effect that I “predicted” BP would go bankrupt due to their horrid negligence in the Deepwater Horizon matter?Thats not true.What I said was I wished they would.Unfortunately they didn’t.They have payed out billions and billions though and have never really recovered from that black eyed,so that’s a good thing.

    Of course we know what he said.Three days after one of the worst environmental disasters in history,”let’s move on.”

    I always thought that was the quintessential Republican answer.

    • Guerrilla wars ARE WARS…

      And you guys ARE right and EVERYBODY else calling this a CIVIL war internal within the Grand ole Party are wrong….

      Gotcha!😆

      • It’s not a civil war; it’s a death-struggle with the Standard Establishment G.O.P. playing the hopeless rôle of the Maccabees, the saving remnant, or the Five Civilized Tribes.

        They have no choice but to fight, but everything I’ve read or seen on TV so far indicates that resistance to the Red Hat madness is almost certainly futile.

        No doubt even the likes of Liz Cheney will have to consider leaping across the chasm to the blue side, just as lifelong, multi-generational Southern Democrats/Dixiecrats jumped from the party of Calhoun and Jackson for that of Lincoln, Grant and Frederick Douglass.

        • That’s a little different though.

          Cheney is a conservative,in fact very conservative.

          Moving to the Democratic Party would essentially require a whole political makeover.

          In contrast the Southern Democrats moving to the Republicans required no such makeover for the most part .They were already conservatives ..Many of them voted in Congress more with the Republicans than the other Democrats anyway.The Republican/Southern Democrat coalition in Congress was well known in the 50s and into the Eighties.Remember in Reagan’s years the so called “Boll Weevils “ aka the Conservative Democratic Forum?

          So your comparison , while understandable of Liz Cheney’s political problem,is not quite apt.

  16. Morning People….

    Over here about 5 inches of snow on the ground and it may keep falling for another 20 hours or so on and off….

  17. Morning People….

    About to go out and use my paws to dig out from over 14 inches of snow….

  19. Sen. Tommy Turbeville (R- Ala.) , who is in the running for the coveted honor of Dumbest Member of Congress, says he can’t comment on Marjorie Taylor Greene, because bad weather has prevented him from reading the news.

      • Capitol Cop departure ceremony is done…

        He is on his way to Arlington Cemetery….

        …

        Oliver Darcy
        @oliverdarcy
        As CNN and MSNBC carry live footage from the US Capitol as the fallen officer arrives to lie in honor, Fox sticks to
        @seanhannity
        ’s normal show and offers no coverage.

        • Wow!

          Adam Shiff wants out of House to return to California as the appointed Attorney General?

          …

          Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) wants to be named California’s next attorney general — and he has House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s blessing, according to four Democratic sources familiar with the matter…

          Politico…

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