Dan Pfeiffer is floating the feeling….
That Donald Trump IS actually a weak candidate for President…..
(This dog HAS been saying Trump IS NOT gonna get his old job back)….
The entire conversation around the 2024 election is happening through the prism of Joe Biden’s weaknesses — his age, approval rating, and public perception of the economy under his watch. There have been countless stories written about divisions in the Democratic Party over immigration, Israel-Gaza, and the President himself.
Biden’s poll numbers are also a concern. Even if the divisions are overstated, they can still be devastating in an election potentially decided by less than 100,000 votes over several states. Joe Biden’s vulnerabilities could cost him the election, but that is true of every incumbent running for reelection.
The conversation about 2024 is overly one-sided. Lost is the fact that Donald Trump is an incredibly flawed candidate presiding over a divided party. Political coverage tends to be simplistic and binary — if Biden is weak, Trump must be strong. But that’s not the case — there is ample evidence in the polling crosstabs and basic common sense that Republicans are about to pick a flawed nominee that could cost them a winnable election.
Democrats should be worried because Donald Trump can still win. However, the one-sided political conversation imbues Trump with an image of strength he does not deserve. Balanced coverage doesn’t treat every event, utterance, and occurrence as bad news for Biden and a simultaneous stroke of strategic genius for Trump. The punditry is in danger of becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy. In the interest of balance, here’s a reminder of the many vulnerabilities of the near-certain Republican nominee…..