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ANALYSIS: Biden’s ‘Senior Center’ Campaign Shuffles Into New Hampshire​

Posted to Politics May 21, 2024 by Michael Graham


“I’m waiting for someone to shout ‘Bingo!'”

That’s how one journalist covering President Joe Biden’s visit to the Westwood Park YMCA in Nashua described the scene as a quiet crowd awaited an appearance by the leader of the free world.

It’s not a fair comment, of course.

Bingo is actually fun.

Fun was not in evidence in the hushed, half-filled hall of the Westwood Park Y on Tuesday. The crowd was subdued, almost funereal. Elevator music seeped softly out of the sound system, and people spoke in low tones around the room.

In the back of the room, where cynical reporters, tech crew, and political hacks hang out, someone snarked, “Maybe Biden died?”

“How could you tell,” came the reply.

Even more odd: The venue wasn’t full. An event starring the president of the United States, and the hand-picked attendees were scattered around the room like estranged cousins at a family reunion.

“Are they still practicing social distancing?” quipped state Rep. Keith Ammon (R-New Boston) on X.

When the program started and Biden shuffled toward the lectern, there was none of the excitement associated with a political candidate rousing his supporters. Biden spoke for just 12 minutes. He said nothing memorable or inspiring. The crowd clapped politely (though infrequently) and then it was over.





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ANALYSIS: Biden’s ‘Senior Center’ Campaign Shuffles Into New Hampshire​




The point isn’t that Biden failed to meet the Trump standard for a public appearance, though he certainly did. There were more people lined up along the road outside the Y, waving Trump flags and chanting “Let’s Go, Brandon!” than listening to Biden speak.

Biden’s never going to compete with Trump as a political showman. When it comes to stage presence, Biden only has two speeds: Angry, and addled.

But he’s still the president. And when you’re the president of the United States, and you walk into a room, it’s supposed to matter.

Trump, Obama, Bush — did they ever give a speech on the stump to a crowd that looked like it was waiting to be pitched a time share in Florida?

Nothing about Biden’s New Hampshire visit made sense.

When the White House announced he was coming, the reaction in Granite State political circles was puzzlement. Why is Biden, who rarely treks outside the D.C.-Philly-Delaware triangle, schlepping up to the Granite State, with just four Electoral College votes and a nearly-perfect track record of backing Democrats for president?

When the word came that he was giving a speech celebrating the PACT Act — a law passed in 2022 making it easier for veterans exposed to toxic compounds to get VA health care — again people were puzzled. Sure, supporting veterans is great, but who is anti-veteran? How is this a hot political topic? What’s the point of differentiation with Trump?

Then came the NHJournal poll showing Biden tied with Trump in the state, and the motive for Biden’s visit appeared to become more clear. His team must be seeing similar polls and they’re coming up to lock this state down.

But wait — if Biden really is in danger of losing New Hampshire in November, how did his snoozefest of visit to Nashua help?

After Biden’s speech, he worked the small crowd, taking photos and donning his iconic aviator sunglasses. There was none of the celebrity buzz that big-time politicians usually inspire. Democratic operatives gossiped in corners. Karine Jean-Pierre was texting distractedly on her iPhone. Asked about the new poll showing Biden in trouble in New Hampshire, she said she couldn’t address something so overtly political and suggested Rep. Annie Kuster, who was standing nearby.

Kuster was a “no comment,” then quickly fled.

And so it went. No rallying cry from Biden urging patriots to embrace his cause. No “The only poll that matters is on Election Day!” No “New Hampshire is Biden Country.” Just political hacks dodging questions and looking for the nearest door.

“That was really bad, wasn’t it?” one confused reporter asked when it was all over. “What was the point?”

Many New Hampshire political professionals find it nearly impossible to believe that a Democrat could lose New Hampshire to Donald Trump.

But after half an hour with Biden and his fans in Nashua, and a Trump victory didn’t just seem possible. It seemed all but inevitable.



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turbovol said:
Or it could be fact. We've all seen his hillbilly rallies--not exactly a collection of the best and the brightest, to say the least. World Wrestling
Federation crowd--and just as gullible. You have to be a clown to want to attend a clown act.
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It's fun to read posts like this, and I hope this sentiment spreads beyond the confines of this echo chamber:

Many of the brightest minds I know, from physicians to attorneys to small business owners to teachers to those in the financial sector are only galvanized in their desire to change the course of leadership of the USA, and even more so when they see their opinions belittled by moronic "progressives" that would rather lead us into forced confinement and deeper economic demise.
 
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turbovol said:
Or it could be fact. We've all seen his hillbilly rallies--not exactly a collection of the best and the brightest, to say the least. World Wrestling
Federation crowd--and just as gullible. You have to be a clown to want to attend a clown act.
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Because election year pandering shows that collection of the best and brightest.
 
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McDad said:
Biden hasn't done anything to help. He's thrown more fuel on the inflation fire.

But this economy is laid at the feet of several presidents and house leaders.
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And the people that have chosen to continuously to put the same leaders in position to put the screws to us. The American voting populace should have rebelled long long ago, instead of just resigning ourselves to the notion that taxation without proper representation is “just the way it is” Our forefathers would be ashamed of the way we have f’d this up so bad. Our cowardice is saddening.
 
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JOEY’S ALL VOL !!! said:
And the people that have chosen to continuously to put the same leaders in position to put the screws to us. The American voting populace should have rebelled long long ago, instead of just resigning ourselves to the notion that taxation without proper representation is “just the way it is” Our forefathers would be ashamed of the way we have f’d this up so bad. Our cowardice is saddening.
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Politicians have found the magic formula. Don't mess with taxes too much and spend more than we can afford. Apparently this is what voters want because it's all we elect.
 
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McDad said:
Biden hasn't done anything to help. He's thrown more fuel on the inflation fire.

But this economy is laid at the feet of several presidents and house leaders.
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Of course it is. But our current administration has:

- spent ungodly amounts of money on a war that is none of our business (unless a person has strong financial business interest on Ukraine) and continues to destabilize the world's economy
- severely cut back our domestic oil production and prevented investment in new supplies
- encouraged numerous increases in the federal interest rate
- allowed a massive influx of costly illegal immigrants, who also compete for an already-tight job market
- wasted money on worthless causes like DEI, gender issues, and climate change

I could go on. . .
 
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kiddiedoc said:
Of course it is. But our current administration has:

- spent ungodly amounts of money on a war that is none of our business (unless a person has strong financial business interest on Ukraine) and continues to destabilize the world's economy
- severely cut back our domestic oil production and prevented investment in new supplies
- encouraged numerous increases in the federal interest rate
- allowed a massive influx of costly illegal immigrants, who also compete for an already-tight job market
- wasted money on worthless causes like DEI, gender issues, and climate change

I could go on. . .
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It's all true. That's why I said he's added fuel to the fire.
If our trend continues, the next prez will add their bloat to their herd of sacred cows.

Meanwhile the prez of Argentina is showing how to correct this issue nationwide.
 
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BowlBrother85 said:
If their lives were so great when he was in charge, why didn't they vote for him in 2020?

The polls among black voters showed a shift in his direction then too, but it proved to be coming from black men, who don't vote in the same numbers as black women do. It's not that the polls were wrong .... it's that the shift in support was hollow. Trump's boost in the polls came from people who didn't vote.

Like I said, I will believe this narrative when it actually materializes on election day. It never does.
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The black male vote was suppressed because of all of the cheating. Even exit polling data showed Trump with 20-25% black support (mostly from black men).

And yes, black men do have lower voter turnout because there are more incentives for black women to keep voting DNC because of welfare and social programs directed towards them.
 
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JOEY’S ALL VOL !!! said:
And the people that have chosen to continuously to put the same leaders in position to put the screws to us. The American voting populace should have rebelled long long ago, instead of just resigning ourselves to the notion that taxation without proper representation is “just the way it is” Our forefathers would be ashamed of the way we have f’d this up so bad. Our cowardice is saddening.
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Big reason why Trump was elected in 2016. To stop the entitled/chosen politician of next in line.
 
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