Biden's approval rating has dropped below 50% for the first time

[Cow Poke]

C'monman! It's the you know, you know... the thing. It's the malarkey that lying dog-faced pony soldiers, um... when they look up aliens... Do you want to see who can do the most pushups?

I wonder if Nancy and the Squad are running things.

[rogue06]

I wonder if Nancy and the Squad are running things.

With Pelosi I'd expect at least some level of professionalism somewhere.

[Thoughtful Monk]

With Pelosi I'd expect at least some level of professionalism somewhere.

Agree. Among the words you can apply to Pelosi, incompantent isn't one of them.

I don't think Pelosi and the squad is running anything right now. They're too busy trying to get the 3.5 trillion bill through the House.

[Ronson]

Trump was nice to the Russians in public but was tough on them behind the scenes.

Old Joe is tough on the Russians in public but is nice to them behind the scenes.

Because Leftists are all about optics. It explains why they are so enamored with Hollywood.

[Ronson]

I don't think Pelosi and the squad is running anything right now. They're too busy trying to get the 3.5 trillion bill through the House.

I think Obama is sending his strong advice to Biden through intermediaries. Or maybe even directly.

[rogue06]

Agree. Among the words you can apply to Pelosi, incompantent isn't one of them.

I don't think Pelosi and the squad is running anything right now. They're too busy trying to get the 3.5 trillion bill through the House.

This mess looks more like something a bunch of junior staffers would cook up after an all-night drinking session, assuming that Afghanistan would eventually go back into the hands of extremists they figured that if they just let it completely collapse that, thanks to a lap dog media, everyone would blame Trump for the result.

[Ronson]

This mess looks more like something a bunch of junior staffers would cook up after an all-night drinking session, assuming that Afghanistan would eventually go back into the hands of extremists they figured that if they just let it completely collapse that, thanks to a lap dog media, everyone would blame Trump for the result.

Or ... it looks like the chaos Obama provoked back during his Arab Spring days.

[Cow Poke]

With Pelosi I'd expect at least some level of professionalism somewhere.

Look what she's got to work with --- maybe she thought Joe was more capable than he is.

[rogue06]

Look what she's got to work with --- maybe she thought Joe was more capable than he is.

She may be drunk more than she's sober (LOT of rumors about that for years including IIRC from former staffers), but she isn't stupid and could clearly see for herself his rapidly increasing state of cognitive decline. Just look at the difference from last year's debate to his faux Town Hall a month ago.

[Cow Poke]

She may be drunk more than she's sober (LOT of rumors about that for years including IIRC from former staffers), but she isn't stupid and could clearly see for herself his rapidly increasing state of cognitive decline. Just look at the difference from last year's debate to his faux Town Hall a month ago.

The ineptitude of this screw-up is mindboggling.

[rogue06]

The ineptitude of this screw-up is mindboggling.

And to date, no announced resignations or firings.

[Cow Poke]

And to date, no announced resignations or firings.

I just asked your opinion on that in another thread.

[rogue06]

I just asked your opinion on that in another thread.

And depending on the thread, one which I already answered.

[rogue06]

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com...ex_cid=rrpromo

Watching the trend, Biden's approval rating has slipped below 50% for the first time this morning (aggregated polls by fivethirtyeight). He's been losing independents for a while, and it's likely his FUBAR in Afghanistan isn't going to help him. If Pelosi fails to get his agenda through, and bungles the bipartisan infrastructure, it could fall further. This won't bode well for the democrats come the mid-terms.

Edit to add, if your response is to say he's still doing better than Trump, that's not the point and you can take your whataboutism elsewhere.

Sinking fast. Now at 41%

[Ronson]

Sinking fast. Now at 41%

This quote from your USA Today article sums up the "low-information" voters out there:

John Plaskowsky, 55, a business manager from Suwannee, Georgia, said the news media's coverage of the tumultuous withdrawal has been unfair to Biden.

"I would say probably for the last 10 years they've been ignoring Afghanistan, then President Biden gets handed a horrible deal from the previous administration," he said in a follow-up interview. While noting that he is a Republican, he said former President Donald Trump played a role by negotiating with the Taliban for a U.S. withdrawal that was supposed to be completed by May 1.

"There needs to be some accountability to the previous administration on the deal they cut," he said.