Notice Joe Biden Isn’t Barnstorming the Country as the Midterms Approach

Today President Biden will travel to Poughkeepsie, N.Y., and speak at an IBM facility, then go to New York and appear at two Democratic Party fundraisers, a DNC event at the home of New Jersey governor Phil Murphy in Red Bank, and then a Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee fundraiser at the home of James and Kathryn Murdoch in New York City. (Yes, this is one of Rupert Murdoch’s sons.)

By Biden’s standards, that’s a busy day. But I note we are 32 days away from Election Day and we have yet to see Biden appearing on the campaign trail with any big-name Democratic candidate. (One scheduled appearance with Charlie Crist was canceled because of the hurricane.) One of the reasons for this is that Biden’s job approval rating is pretty lousy in a lot of the states that matter most in this year’s midterms. Back in mid August, when Biden was allegedly on the rebound, the Washington Post found:

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Today President Biden will travel to Poughkeepsie, N.Y., and speak at an IBM facility, then go to New York and appear at two Democratic Party fundraisers, a DNC event at the home of New Jersey governor Phil Murphy in Red Bank, and then a Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee fundraiser at the home of James and Kathryn Murdoch in New York City. (Yes, this is one of Rupert Murdoch’s sons.)

By Biden’s standards, that’s a busy day. But I note we are 32 days away from Election Day and we have yet to see Biden appearing on the campaign trail with any big-name Democratic candidate. (One scheduled appearance with Charlie Crist was canceled because of the hurricane.) One of the reasons for this is that Biden’s job approval rating is pretty lousy in a lot of the states that matter most in this year’s midterms. Back in mid August, when Biden was allegedly on the rebound, the Washington Post found: