Inside Biden-Harris White House: Do not write off President Biden yet. His candidacy was once declared dead and buried then came South Carolina
The headlines are currently very bad for President Joseph R. Biden Jr. barely a year after he was sworn in to office on January 20, 2021: Build Back Better is Dead. Voting Rights is Dead. Champ Biden, his beloved German shepherd is Dead. COVID-19 cases are skyrocketing. Hospitalizations are ballooning. Tests are not widely available. His approval rating is abysmal. Inflation is raging. His messaging is confusing. He keeps calling Vice President Kamala Harris President. Stacey Abrams is snubbing him. America is more divided under his leadership. Russia is amassing troops along the Ukraine border. North Korea is launching more missiles and Ethiopia is burning.
It all seems like doom and gloom with no bloom in sight whether at home or abroad. For many people reading the above headlines, Mr. Biden appears to be down, out and buried, with virtually no chance of rising again or retaking control of the deteriorating situation.
Many have already declared the situation so hopeless and his presidency so over that they are already looking for his replacement with some columnists calling on Hillary Clinton, the former Secretary of State and presidential candidate, to get ready for 2024 and help.
President Biden’s friends and foes are all critical of his presidency right now. His own allies in Congress are humiliating him and making the situation openly worse, and are helping to reinforce the narrative that the American leader is a lonely 79-year man in free fall.
Inside the White House, the mood is somber. Only 14 journalists allowed to attend the White House daily press briefing by White House Press Secretary Jennifer Psaki because of the Omicron variant. That press briefing is hardly live on television, undermining the president’s message. But, but, but, do not write him off yet. And that's our top story today. (below)
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Simon Ateba, Publisher and White House Correspondent for Today News Africa in Washington
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