Politics Democrats Snub Biden


President’s dismal approval ratings are a burden for candidates in the midterms.


Palin Rarin’ to Run Again


BY CHARLES KIM S


aying she has “the heart of a public servant,” former Alaska


governor and 2008 Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin told Newsmax TV she may seek public of ice again. “I really do want to get back into


public service,” Palin, 57, said on Eric Bolling The Balance. She said her experience at local,


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s president joe biden’s popularity nosedives, a growing number of high- profile Democrats have


suddenly been unable to fi nd time to meet with the leader of their party as they launch their midterm reelection campaigns. While Biden may say he does not


“believe the polls,” other politicians have seemingly taken notice of the fact that more Americans now disapprove of Biden’s job performance than the number of those who approve. According to a recent poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Aff airs Research, 56% of those surveyed disapprove of Biden’s job performance. A Quinnipiac Univer- sity poll found that only 33% of voters approve.


“Democrats are hiding from Biden


and are steering clear of his tanking approval rating and failures,” accord- ing to Nicole Morales, deputy nation- al press secretary for the Republican National Committee. “Biden’s failures are a burden for Democrats down the ballot. No one wants to run as a ‘Biden Democrat.’” The public snubs started earlier this


year when Georgia Democrat guberna- torial candidate Stacey Abrams, who publicly campaigned to be Biden’s


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running mate in 2020, was noticeably absent from Biden’s speech on “vot- ing rights” — a topic that has been her defi ning issue. She cited a “scheduling confl ict.”


MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough fl oated


the theory that Abrams didn’t want to hurt her odds of winning the race for governor by standing next to the president. “This is an event custom-made for


Stacey Abrams; she obviously doesn’t want to be on the same stage as Joe Biden,” Scarborough said. Abrams isn’t the only one ducking


Biden. Two prominent Pennsylvania Dem-


ocrats — Lt. Gov. John Fetterman and state Attorney General Josh Shapiro — also cited confl icts in their schedules for preventing their presence during Biden’s visit to the Keystone State. As former Democrat Congressman


Beto O’Rourke tries to unseat Republi- can Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, he’s made it clear that he “isn’t interested” in receiving any help from the president, who was briefl y O’Rourke’s rival dur- ing the Texan’s ill-fated 2020 bid to win the Democratic Party’s presiden- tial nomination. O’Rourke told The Dallas Morn-


ing News that he wasn’t interested in “any national politician” outside of Texas determining the outcome of


state, and national levels can be put to good use to serve Americans. “Most importantly, though, besides the strong work ethic that I have and a lot of common sense, I have a public servant’s heart. I know that. That’s what I’m wired to do. I want to do it and I hope for the opportunity,” she said. Sen. John McCain,


R-Ariz., took Palin on as his vice presidential candidate in 2008, but the pair lost to Barack Obama and his running mate, Joe Biden.


the election. In Florida, Democrat Rep. Val Dem-


ings, another reported candidate on the shortlist to share the ticket with Biden in 2020, didn’t seem interested in receiving any help from the presi- dent on the campaign trail. “I am running my race,” she told a


local CBS affi liate when asked if she would like Biden to campaign with her. And Democrats aren’t just avoiding


Biden in public forums — Axios reports they are also dodging him on social media.


Democrats in swing states and vul-


nerable districts are refraining from posting about the president or any of his achievements, which would typi- cally help boost their positions ahead of Election Day, Axios reported.


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