Tag: Axelrod, David

Trump Deploys Familiar Tactic: I’m Rubber. You’re Glue.

Days before the Iowa caucuses, former President Donald J. Trump is appearing twice in court this week — on Tuesday in Washington and Thursday in New York. He was not required to attend either hearing. But advisers say he believes the court appearances dramatize what is fast becoming a central theme of his campaign: that […]

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The Axe Is Sharp

David Axelrod is not a prick. Truly. I’ve known him since 2007 and if I had to pick a noun to describe him, it would be mensch. So when President Biden privately employs that epithet for Axelrod, according to Politico’s Jonathan Martin, it’s bad for a few reasons. The ordinarily gracious president is punching down […]

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Voters Aren’t Believing in Bidenomics

Economic perceptions are hurting Biden more than ever There was little good news for President Biden in the latest Times/Siena poll of 2024 battlegrounds, which found him trailing Donald Trump in five of six key states one year before voters head to the polls. (That’s despite Trump being nearly as unpopular and fighting multiple legal […]

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Democrats Express Deep Anxiety as Polls Show Biden Trailing Trump

White House officials on Sunday shrugged off weekend polling that showed President Biden trailing former President Donald J. Trump, even as Democrats said they were increasingly worried about Mr. Biden’s chances in 2024. The new polling from The New York Times and Siena College found Mr. Biden losing in one-on-one matchups with former President Donald […]

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