Biden is toxic on the campaign trail

 Washington Examiner:

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This year, Biden is having a very hard time getting Democratic candidates to appear in the same place with him. Already, Democratic candidates for governor in Georgia, Pennsylvania, and Florida have bent over backward so far to avoid being on the same stage. And they are only the first of many who will find ways to create schedule conflicts any time Biden visits their states. Incredibly, some candidates prefer to raise money with Hillary Clinton, the worst Democratic candidate for president since Walter Mondale.

It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out what's going on here. Biden is toxic. Democrats are fearful of what will happen to their reelection efforts this November, when most of them face reelection, if the Biden-Harris anchor is tied around their necks.

There are 15 states in which Democrats completely control both the governorship and the state legislature. Democratic governors' economic records are not especially impressive, thanks in large part to their stubborn insistence on keeping pandemic-era restrictions in force long after it was appropriate — long after experience and evidence showed that lockdown policies do not stop the spread of the coronavirus.

In fact, the eight states with the highest unemployment rates (ranging from 5.7% to California's 6.5%) are all under complete Democratic control. Meanwhile, nine out of the 10 states with the lowest unemployment rates (ranging from 1.7% to 2.7%) are under total Republican control, and the 10th (Vermont) has a Republican governor.

On its own, this might not be too bad for Democrats — 6.5% is bad by today's standards but not horrible by historical standards. But if you throw in an incompetent president whose mental acuity is constantly cast into doubt, things start getting ugly.

In addition, there are several incumbent Democratic senators with negative approval ratings who are polling far below 50%. Some of them even trail their likely Republican opponents at this early date. But they know they still have at least a small chance because not a single one of them has poll numbers nearly as horrible as Biden's.

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Biden is often incoherent on the stump these days or sometimes just outright lying.  That makes him a tough sale and not someone who can capture votes for Dems who themselves are struggling.  I am not the only one who intends to vote against every Democrat on the ballot.  Pelosi and Schumer are just as toxic as Biden.