It wsill come down to Trump vs Biden's running mate

Democratic strategists are demagoguing it in a way that seems analogous to the freak storm Katrina, which wrecked the second term of George W. Bush, or the 2008 financial meltdown, which ruined the Republican brand and, with it, the candidacy of John McCain.

Biden's dementia is a Democrat strong point; his running mate will be the likely president. TD

Victor Davis Hanson: The Mysterious Rise, Fall, and Rise of Joe Biden  . . . "Meanwhile, rival Bernie Sanders in the new year took over the lead in the polls. He focused on evil corporations, an unfair America, and a rigged system. His populism drew crowds even as his socialism terrified the Democratic Party establishment.
"By early 2020, Sanders was feared to be unstoppable.
. . . "Sanders began praising Cuba and other Marxist countries, thereby confirming criticism that he really was too soft on Communism.". . . 
"At no time did Biden cease his bloopers or embarrassing moments of forgetfulness and confusion. The field changed, not Biden himself.
"After Super Tuesday, Biden was, by process of elimination, suddenly the front-runner again in one of the more amazing comebacks in primary history.
"Democrats may have dodged the Sanders socialist bullet and united the party behind Biden, but how will Biden beat Trump?
"Biden’s threefold strategy is obvious.
"First, Biden will copy the Bloomberg playbook and avoid campaign appearances as much as possible, instead relying on ads, endorsements, and the occasional short, teleprompter-aided speech.
"Biden also will name administration officials in advance and use a dozen or so of them as surrogates and anti-Trump attack dogs on the campaign trail.
"The subtext will be that the abstract idea of Biden is preferable to the concrete reality of hearing him speak or seeing him in action.
"Second, Biden’s running mate, with a wink and a nod, will be sold as the likely future president sooner than later."

Joe Biden: The Comeback Gramps  . . . "Credit congressman Jim Clyburn with the assist. His February 26 endorsement was powerful—and more decisive than Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's backing of Sanders last October." . . .

As with Trump, primary voters preferred the candidate in the center

Cartoons by Tony Branco

Watch: CNN Panelist Accidentally Says the Quiet Part out Loud About the Network’s Leftist Political Leanings

RedState  "You know how they say that if you let a person talk long enough eventually the truth comes out?
"That’s exactly what happened during a live CNN segment earlier this week that was anchored by anchor Anderson Cooper.
"On the panel was Cooper, senior political commentator and former Obama adviser David Axelrod, Clintonista Terry McAuliffe, chief political analyst Gloria Borger, and Justice Democrats executive director Alexandra Rojas." . . .

"Midway through the segment, however, Rojas let something slip about CNN’s leftist political leanings (bolded emphasis added)::

. . . "No one on the panel objected (as you can see from the full video clip here), including Cooper and Borger – who are supposed to be the “objective” members of the panel." . . .

CNN Blasts the President for Daring to Offer ‘Unsubstantiated Hope’

The Media Are Embarrassing Themselves Over Trump’s Use Of ‘Chinese Virus’

The Federalist

the mainstream media’s ranks are populated by biased hacks who don’t care half as much about reporting accurately on the Wuhan coronavirus as they care about making Trump seem like a racist.

. . . " Why? Because the mainstream media’s ranks are populated by biased hacks who don’t care half as much about reporting accurately on the Wuhan coronavirus as they care about making Trump seem like a racist.
“ 'Why do you keeping calling it the Chinese virus?” asked a seemingly indignant and bewildered Cecilia Vega of ABC News during Trump’s press briefing yesterday, citing “dozens of incidents of bias against Chinese Americans in this country.” Isn’t this racist? Trump’s answer was straightforward and bone-crushingly obvious: “Because it comes from China. It’s not racist at all, it comes from China. That’s why. It comes from China. I want it to be accurate.' ”

Tony Branco

Media And Corporate Elites Act As PR Machine For Chinese Communist Party

. . . Deathly decisions are not new or foreign to the CCP. It’s estimated that the Chinese Communist Party is directly responsible for the death of more humans than is any other organization in human history.  . . .

 Mass deaths come naturally to Communists  No big deal.

Democrats praising Trump? Really? CNN? Well...no

Rich Terrell

Political tectonic plates are shifting as media and other Dems start praising Trump’s crisis management (and as his polls rise)  "Political tectonic plates are shifting as progs like Ilhan Omar start praising Trump’s crisis management (and as his polls rise)

"At first, the growing wave of praise for President Trump’s handling of the Coronavirus catastrophe seemed like pigs flying, an unexpected and rare event. But now that the governors of deep blue California and New York have been joined by Ilhan Omar in admiring his handling of the crisis, we can see that forces far larger than individuals going rogue from Trump Derangement Syndrome are at work. TDS  is being swamped by the reality of an existential crisis." . . . 

"To my eyes, he also seems to be getting his metaphorical sea legs as a presidential crisis leader, backing his team strongly (and receiving visible and effusive support back from them) while bringing along the public with them as they scramble to figure out together what is in the best interests of the nation.

"Seven and a half months, the amount of time until the nation votes, is an eternity in politics, and a lot can happen. But right now, President Trump is solidifying his role as our leader, who is doing his best to save his allies and his foes alike from a threat that could kill any or all of us."

States Making Life Impossibly Hard for Truckers, Who Can't Find Food and Bathrooms UPDATED

PJ Media "In this unprecedented crisis brought to us by the lying Communists in China, the COVID-19 pandemic panic has gone too far. America's truckers, the people we rely on to restock our empty grocery shelves, are being treated like disease vectors and worse, they've been forgotten.
"The state of Pennsylvania thought it was a good idea to shut down all the rest stops where truckers sleep, including closing the bathrooms—until the trucking lobby caught the ear of the president. Thirteen rest stops have been reopened in Pennsylvania, but our truckers are being forced to use porta-Johns that are far dirtier than the public bathrooms. How is this helping?
"It's not just rest areas, but restaurants are closing their dining rooms, even in truck stops. Truckers can't go through drive-thrus. How are they supposed to eat while they are killing themselves to bring us toilet paper and fresh produce? Companies receiving the goods aren't even letting the drivers use their bathrooms.
"This has to stop, people. We owe our truckers more consideration than this. Read this thread from a trucker on Twitter and feel ashamed. Then call your representatives and tell them to do something about this. It begins, "TRUCKERS NEED YOUR HELP" and describes the terrible conditions they are faced with due to the WuFlu lockdown." . . .

UPDATE: PA Turnpike to reopen all 17 closed service plazas to support truckers amid COVID-19 crisis "The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission has agreed to reopen all of service plazas that they shuttered earlier this week for Coronavirus.
"All 17 closed service plazas are set to reopen at 7 a.m. on Friday, March 20, according to a news release from the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission.
"Restroom facilities will be available to drivers 24 hours per day starting at 7 a.m. on Friday. Porta-potties will remain in place for use at the service plaza locations for another week.
"The service plazas will be offering limited food options for take-out only from 8 a.m." . . .

Trump moves beyond calling the media Fake News and calls them Corrupt News.

Rion

Andrea Widburg   "Chanel Rion, who is half Korean, is the White House Correspondent for One America Network (aka OAN), an openly conservative news station. On Thursday, during President Trump’s now daily press briefing, she asked him why it was appropriate to use the phrase “Chinese Virus” when referring to the coronavirus.
"President Trump seized the opportunity to say that this was an accurate term and that the Fake News media were parroting Chinese propaganda when they accused him of being racist. The mainstream media responded by doing everything short of falling on the fainting couch with smelling salts at the horror of it all – and then by demonstrating that they are, in fact, repeating the Chinese party line.
"Rion’s question didn’t pull punches about her pro-American, anti-Chinese-communism bias. She first asked Trump whether the phrase “Chinese food” was racist. Trump, after noting that he liked OAN, agreed that the phrase wasn’t racist at all.

"Then, Rion got to the heart of the matter:

On that note, major left-wing news media — even in this room — have teamed up with Chinese Communist Party narratives and they’re claiming you’re racist for making these claims about ‘Chinese virus.’ Is it alarming that major media players, just to oppose you, are consistently siding with foreign state propaganda, Islamic radicals and Latin gangs and cartels? And they work right here at the White House with direct access to you and your team?

"Given an opening, Trump took it:" . . .

Videos in the article and a wrapup with this:

After inserting a knife into CNN, Ms. Widberg twists it with this: 

In a time of crisis, CNN turns to a real expert in crisis management: Sean Penn

. . . "These things, though, don’t interest CNN. Filling airtime and attacking Trump are its bottom line goals. No wonder Sean Penn is now one of its go-to experts. The mainstream media are corrupt, and they are disgusting."

Soros' $2M Helps Lift Prosecutor Who Dropped Smollett Charges

Newsmax  "The Illinois prosecutor whose office dropped felony charges against actor Jussie Smollett after his staged hate crime won the Democratic primary, helped by a $2 million donation from liberal billionaire George Soros, The Washington Free Beacon reported Wednesday.

"Cook County State Attorney Kim Foxx defeated the other contenders in the primary with 50.2% of the vote and will be heavily favored to beat Republican Patrick O'Brien in the November elections in the solidly Democratic county.

"In addition to Soros, other liberal donors and groups also backed Foxx, despite the national criticism directed at her for her handling of the Smollett case.

"The actor last year claimed a pair of masked men attacked him in Chicago, hurling racist and homophobic slurs at him while declaring the city "MAGA country."

"However, a police investigation revealed Smollett hired two men to fake the attack, leading to 16 felony charges against him for disorderly conduct, according to the Free Beacon.

"In a controversial move, Foxx's office dropped the charges after she discussed the case with one of Smollet's relatives at the request of Michelle Obama's former chief of staff." / / /

Biden’s Top 12 Running Mates, Ranked

"He says he’s going to pick a woman. So which woman should it be?"
"Joe Biden embraces social distancing for 2020 Presidential campaign."

Politico  "Joe Biden’s unequivocal declaration that his running mate will be a woman began the 2020 veepstakes with a brutal cut. There will be no consolation prize for Cory Booker, Pete Buttigieg or Julián Castro. There will be no unity ticket pairing Biden with Bernie Sanders. Mansplainers and manspreaders, you can go home. Joe has binders full of women.
"Perhaps there has never been a more serious veepstakes than this one. Biden won’t say on the record that he would serve only one term as president, but he has given enough hints that many have assumed it. That makes his vice presidential choice the automatic frontrunner for the 2024 Democratic presidential nomination and potentially the first female president of the United States. This is no time for your last-call, falling-off-your-bar-stool, so-crazy-it-just-might-work vice-presidential musings.

"Already, some names Biden has casually thrown out are nonstarters. Senator Jeanne Shaheen is highly accomplished as a former governor of New Hampshire, but Biden should not team up with a fellow septuagenarian. Former acting Attorney General Sally Yates is a fun name to bat around, but getting fired by Donald Trump is not a qualification to be a COVID-19 diagnosis away from being commander in chief.

"Beyond a plausible president, the 77-year-old Biden needs a running mate who can help him either win the critical Midwestern states of Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin or energize the more racially diverse generations of young voters, who could help not only in Midwest cities but also in swing states such as Arizona, Georgia, North Carolina and Florida.

"Who can fit the bill? My rankings, on a scale from Sarah Palin to LBJ carrying Texas for JFK:"... .Full article...

Trump wanted to bury Biden after the primary. Now he can’t.
"The former vice president gets a reprieve from the Mitt Romney treatment."
"President Donald Trump’s top political advisers in recent weeks envisioned unleashing a massive advertising campaign against Joe Biden to define him for the general election before he had a chance to recover from the primary.
"Then the novel coronavirus arrived." . . .

Ilhan Omar Commends Trump’s ‘Unprecedented Leadership’ During The COVID-19 Crisis: “Incredible & The Right Response”

Has CNN mentioned this?

The Freedom Times

Related Article: Cuomo Voices Gratitude To Trump’s Team For Being ‘On It’: “They’ve… Been Doing Everything That They Can Do”

"Democrat Congresswoman Ilhan Omar turned heads on social media Wednesday evening, as she issued praise towards President Trump and his “unprecedented leadership” during the COVID-19 crisis.

"The rare moment occurred when Omar, who is often critical towards the Trump Administration, responded to an observation made by a journalist over the President’s decisions and ideas to bring relief to Americans.

“Trump suspending mortgage foreclosures, demanding cash payments to Americans, now invoking the Defense Production Act to force private firms to produce needed supplies is incredible,” investigative journalist Lee Fang wrote.

"He added, “Kind of a shell shock for anyone who reported on any economic policies in the Obama years.”

"In reaction to Fang’s remarks, Rep. Omar replied with a hand-clapping emoji, “Politics aside, this is incredible and the right response in this critical time.” 

See Below . . .

Kellyanne Conway proves again she’s worth whatever Trump pays her

Instead, the media’s shrieking harpies spoke in one voice: Tell us how guilty the whole Trump administration is because an anonymous White House official allegedly made a joke that offended an Asian reporter.

Andrea Widburg  "The mainstream media are disgusting. That sentence could open every article about the mainstream media in a time of coronavirus. The media’s hostility to Trump is so extreme that there is no lie they won’t tell to damage him – never mind that doing so might destroy the American economy or cause other unimaginable harm to the American people.

"In addition to lies, the media’s other line of attack is to call everything Trump says or does “racist.” When it comes to the coronavirus, the media have a friend in the Chinese communist party that started this epidemic. The communists would also like Trump to be “racist,” because attacking him deflects attention from the Party’s disgraceful and deadly behavior in hiding coronavirus from the world to keep the Chinese government looking good.

"This anti-Trump bias had led to the latest media meme, which is that the phrases “Wuhan Virus” or “Chinese Virus” are racist. Naturally, Trump doubled down, for he now speaks only of the Chinese Virus. The problem for the media is that, just a month ago, used the words Chinese or Wuhan non-stop when referring to the virus. Reporters, therefore, know that they’re on shaky ground when attacking Trump on this point.

"The only thing to be done, of course, is to lie. In this case, the lie is that an unnamed White House official went beyond saying Wuhan or Chinese Virus. Instead, speaking to an Asian reporter, s/he called coronavirus the “Kung Flu.” " . . .

This video is a bit long, but shows Kellyanne at her best:

Whatever Trump is paying Conway, it’s not enough, based on that performance alone.

Fear from the Democrats

Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib Retweets David Hogg’s Suggestion to F*** a National Day of Prayer

Lloyd Marcus: Scoundrel Time: Coronavirus brings out the ugly face of the left

. . . "CDC data confirms that the martial-law-light mandates steamrolling across America are disproportionate to the threat of the virus. Some governors and most corporations are responding to media-mob pressure to halt life in America. Others see an opportunity to land a death-blow to the Trump administration.

"Insidiously ignoring the CDC's no-need-to-panic-data, fake news media created and is gleefully fueling corona-madness. Using their huge bully pulpit, fake news media says anyone who dares to contradict their you're-all-gonna-die narrative will be dragged into the high tech public square, stripped naked, branded an irresponsible idiot with a hot iron and their career will be canceled.

"It is disturbing that there is practically zero pushback against governors instantaneously overruling our constitutional freedoms. Sadly, many youths are clueless regarding their constitutional freedoms. They grew up in public schools where progressive teachers taught them that the Constitution is an outdated piece of paper written by racist, sexist, homophobic, and Christian dead straight white men.

"We have far too many Bernie Bro youths who say, “If the government is going to give me free stuff, I am down with whatever controls government deem necessary.' ” . . .

‘Scum’: Never Trump Rick Wilson Tweets a Vile Hashtag About Melania Trump and Wuhan Coronavirus  "Whenever you think Never Trump pundit Rick Wilson can’t go lower, somehow he always manages to."   From Melissa A.  @TheRightMelissa

Replying to @TheRickWilson

CNN & MSNBC commentator wishing the first lady gets infected with the Corona virus. The vile hatred of these people knows no bounds. They are evil https://twitter.com/TheRickWilson/status/1240446928074260480?s=20 …

Actress Rosanna Arquette Blames Jews For Coronavirus Outbreak In Twitter Rant

THE WEEK IN NERD

"Actress Rosanna Arquette is under fire from most corners of civilized society after she accused the nation of Israel of being part of a conspiracy to spread the COVID-19 virus, known as the coronavirus.

"In a tweet posted Tuesday, the 60-year-old actress claimed Israel has been working on a vaccine for coronavirus for over a year. She insinuated that Jews were essentially allowing the outbreak to spread to heighten profits from a potential vaccine.

"Arquette deleted the tweet within hours, after taking near-universal criticism. A screenshot of the tweet is included below.

"Apparently, Arquette is unaware that the term “coronavirus” applies to a family of viruses, many of whom have vaccines. However, COVID-19 does not have a vaccine or a widely-available test to diagnose it." . . .

"A History Of Disturbing Tweets

"Arquette has a history of outrageous tweets. She is an outspoken critic of President Donald Trump, calling his presidency a “sick dictatorship.” He Twitter bio includes the phrasing “resisting fascism on a daily basis. silence is complicity. Green new deal.”

"Last year, she tweeted “I’m sorry I was born white and privileged. It disgusts me. And I feel so much shame.” She deleted the tweet after much ridicule.

"In addition, she has also tweeted that “The president of the United States of America incites racist violence. The end.' ” . . . Full article   Hat tip to Guardian Eagles