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Biden is not going anywhere

First was the debate, then the interview.   In neither case did Biden shine.  The interview with 100% softball questions, exactly like what Trump gets from Fox or other Far-right media.  Yet he was all over the place.  Biden will not quit, he will go all the way, because despite his declining mental acuity he is still the Democrat's best hope.   The US economy is on fire, inflation has been falling for three years and interest rates have fallen.  Unemployment and labour participation are at historical lows and highs respectively.   

Not all of these improvements are because of Biden, but it remains that the party in power gets rewarded or blamed based on the economy's health.   The war in Ukraine remains popular with the electorate, and the abortion debate is far from over.  The GOP has made it a plan to introduce national legislation to ban abortion.   

The truth is all the markers are in place for Biden to win a massive victory.   Voters may not like Biden, but they like the economy, even the stock market is on fire.   If this was 2004 Biden would be a shoe in.  The reality is that the anti-abortion lobby (less than 30% of the population is anti-abortion) is very loud, and takes a disproportionate space in the daily conversation.   Americans love the concept of revenge, what Trump lives for, but they are also a very forgiving nation, and the idea of using the legal system to punish those who think differently is abhorrent to most Americans.

Note:  I was watching a video on YouTube yesterday, it was the final phase of two car chases where both vehicles had been carjacked and where they crashed into each other at high speed.  Death and mayhem resulted.  what was surprising was that the person taking the video was applauding the carjackers and was distressed when they crashed into each other.   That is America it seems.  Show this video to the rest of the planet and everyone will conclude that this is karma.

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