He’s going full steam on getting them money and jobs and he’s trying to pick off any of the one’s that are NOIT die hard Trumpists…
Maybe this will work….
His approval does include some wayward Republicans….
But….
We’ll have to wait and see…
President Biden says he is winning over Republican voters even as he runs into a wall of GOP opposition on Capitol Hill.
The president has a strong case to make on the COVID-19 relief bill, which scores very highly in opinion polls. But whether Biden can replicate that level of support as he moves onto other issues is much more doubtful.
The White House believes he can. …
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“My guess is that what most people know about the COVID bill are the $1,400 checks. Free money seems pretty popular — [then-President] Trump was supportive of it too during the Georgia runoffs, which actually put the two Republican candidates in a pickle. However, I’m not sure that it means anything larger for Biden’s future prospects,” said Kyle Kondik of the University of Virginia Center for Politics.
“By the time the midterm comes around, my guess is that other things will be on the minds of voters — who knows what those things may be, but they likely will be things that play more into partisan sensibilities,” Kondik added.
Biden is seeking to tell a different story — one in which Republican voters are willing to give him more of a chance than the recalcitrance of their elected representatives in Washington would suggest….
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Zero Republicans in Congress voted for the COVID-19 relief bill — officially known as the American Rescue Plan Act — but approval of it topped 70 percent in some polls.
“I’ve not been able to unite the Congress, but I’ve been uniting the country, based on the polling data,” Biden told reporters at his first formal press conference last week….
I don’t see these “Covid checks” having long term implications as far as swaying a substantial number of Republicans toward Biden.
Oh they are happy for the money alright but they are not going to switch their basic political allegiance for it.
Humorously ,a recent poll found that 20% of Republicans believe Republicans in the Senate supported Bidens bill!
Biden’s 50%+ approval has to have some Republicans in it….
How long will it last?
Hmmmm?
Reminds me of the Tea Party member’s picket sign telling Uncle Sam or President Obama to keep his hands off “my Medicate”
To me this is about fact checking every Republican who tries to take credit for Covid funds helping out in their district or state.
The more they are caught defending their lie that they helped X or Y (like Roger Wicker trying to take credit for aid to independent restaurants in a bill he voted against) the better.