Biden’s latest attempt to convince everyone he has what it takes to stay in the race will air at 6:30 PM Eastern / 3:30 PM Pacific.
More on where and how to watch here:
https://apnews.com/article/how-to-watch-biden-press-conference-a70590e7574fc9680229b6b6289f6a02
My expectation is that it will be on all the usual sources. CNN, MSNBC, etc. etc. with in depth coverage on the talking head shows later tonight.
Edit Conference is running 20+ 50+ minutes late after already being pushed back 1 hour from 5:30 to 6:30.
Not sure if that’s good news or bad news.
Here we go! 58 minutes late, but he’s on a roll talking about NATO.
Oh, snap! Reminding everyone that Article 5 has only been used once… 9/11.
Speech ran less than 10 minutes, but was a strong speech, now the questions.
Fumbles on the first answer, calling out “Vice President Trump”. :(
Ended after almost an hour with one final question on “Vice President Trump” - Biden’s answer “Listen to him.” End conference.
Overall, I’m pretty happy with how it went!
This is like, actually the worst answer he’s given in the conference. Like, dude, you are polling in the 30s. Don’t bring up the polling if you are trying to make your case. Whatever you do pretend the polling doesn’t exist.
Biden: No ones saying that.
Bruh. Everyones saying that. Fuck he fumbled ENTIRELY on the final question. That went from minor win/ good to… fucking disaster in that last minute.
Yeah that was bad
Yeah I had it as a slight win even with the first couple major gaffes.
It doesn’t matter that he had several good, if spoken slowly, cogent answers on Ukraine, Europe, defensive production and budget, etc…
That last question: “Talk to him” and “The campaign hasn’t started”.
Bruh.
BRUH
That puts more weight on the first few gaffes. Like jesus christ dude just take the fucking W and walk off the god damned stage.
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Jesus, Joe. That last statement you gave the Republicans the sound bite for the ages:
“Listen to him.”
Fucking dumbass. Dumb dumb dumb dumb.
“Listen to him.”
He meant “If you think I sound incoherent sometimes, you should listen to how bad he (Trump) sounds.”
He could have just walked off stage.
But he couldn’t help himself, just one more, and what a whopper of a sound bite.
It’s almost like there’s a lesson in here about Joe Biden not knowing when to quit.
Oh noooo, you can’t be snippy and angry otherwise it looks like an angry old man.
And Americans have never voted for an angry old man.
This is the guy that stands between whatever this status quo is and the Trump brand of fascists. We’re cooked.
Medium rare, or shoe leather with a side of ketchup?
Oh dear…
OH DEAR.
OH DEAR!!!
Third one is going…OK.
golly
This “big boy” press conference where he read from a teleprompter and the people were chosen ahead of time to ask questions.
Did he just get heckled or did he get distracted?
There is no good answer he can give to a question like this.
Oh there we go! The drugs kicked in. He’s loud again.
Is this boosting anyone’s confidence on Biden staying in the race?
He’s coming across better than in the debate and the one on one with Stephanopoulos.
True
He’s doing better in this than the interview or the debate.
The #1 thing I was looking for is Biden’s face when someone is talking to him.
During the debate and the interview with Stephanopoulos, he had this vacant, slack jawed look like he didn’t know where he was or what was going on.
So far, he has completely avoided that. He looks active and engaged.
Not a great sign that this praise sounds like the doctor’s notes from my toddler’s last check-up.
It’s just so fucking surreal that people keep trying to say this is ok…
It’s also fucking surreal that so many people think they know everything.
Yep. Like when Biden ordered every federal agency back to the office
For pretty much no reason. He just thought he knew better than every agency head and apparently this was what he wanted to actually put effort behind.
It’s weird, one of the few things he really did on his own, and it never gets brought up
Ah so Biden did something stupid, that means others get a pass to also assume their knowledge is comprehensive without evidence. Perfect argument.
During the debate and the interview with Stephanopoulos, he had this vacant, slack jawed look like he didn’t know where he was or what was going on.
Its a much better performance. Can it move the needle though?
Its not us, the wonk’s of the wonk’s who need to be moved. Its Average Voter who needs to be moved. Biden needs big W’s to get back in this, not slightly smaller L’s. Also, he called Zelnzkiy Putin, and Kamela Harris with Trump, thats whats trending at the moment. Gonna be much harder to get “industrial policy regarding defensive capabilities” trending.
Is this enough?
The question right now is on his Gaza performance, so here’s hoping…
“My numbers are better in Israel than they are here”
Thats the soundbyte we’ll get.
I’ve learned that whenever there’s an inflection point in Israel, the outcome is “whatever helps Bibi.”
So… I wouldn’t bet on that, as the consensus seems to be that a prolonged war helps him stay in power. I don’t know how, but somehow the ceasefire will not work out.
Well, that started very bad, got a bit better in the middle, and then fell apart at the end. What I’m worried about is that he did just well enough to convince himself not to drop out. I doubt anyone feels much better after that though.
Here’s Secretaries Blinken, Austin and National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan when President Biden said, “Vice President Trump.”
He did alright. Alright isn’t enough. He needed a homerun to unfuck this, and he hit a single. I think from here on out, Biden is a detriment to the party ticket. If he stays in, our fight becomes much harder.
I’m not even sure he got walked to first base.
He did alright. Alright isn’t enough. He needed a homerun to unfuck this, and he hit a single. I think from here on out, Biden is a detriment to the party ticket. If he stays in, our fight becomes much harder.
I would have agreed with that analogy up until that last question. He seems to have this thing about not knowing when to quit…
