Biden goes West on 3-state tour as midterm elections near

[mystery-ak]

 October 12, 2022 4:43pm EDT
Biden goes West on 3-state tour as midterm elections near
Republicans will focus on the economy and gas prices, Democrats will stress laws passed under the Biden administration
Associated Press

    Joe Biden’s three-state swing out West this week will capture, in a nutshell, the White House’s midterm strategy for a president who remains broadly unpopular: promote his administration’s accomplishments and appear where he can effectively rally the party faithful — all while continuing to rake in campaign cash.

Wendell Husebø 13 Oct 2022

American families did not get any relief in the grocery store aisles in September, the latest Consumer Price Index showed Thursday.

The price of food at home jumped 0.6 percent compared with the previous month. Over the past 12 months, grocery prices have gone up 13.0 percent.

Some of the biggest increases in food include:

    Cakes up 1.8 percent from August and 16.0 percent compared with a year ago.
    Ham up 2.1 percent from August and 8.1 percent compared with a year ago.
    Frankfurters (hot dogs) 1.0 percent from August and 16.5 percent compared with a year ago.
    Cheese up 0.7 percent from August and 13.4 percent compared with a year ago.
    Ice Cream up 1.0 percent from August and 13.6 percent compared with a year ago.
    Fruits and Veggies up 1.4 percent from August and 10.4 percent compared with a year ago.
    Potatoes up 1.8 percent from August and 17.5 percent compared with a year ago.
    Lettuce up 6.8 percent from August and 15.7 percent compared with a year ago.
    Sugar and Sweets up 1.8 percent from August and 14.4 percent compared with a year ago.

Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 8.2 percent compared with a year earlier. Compared with a month ago, prices were up 0.4 percent, twice what forecasters had expected.

“Core CPI, which strips out volatile food and energy prices, rose 6.6 percent compared with a year ago,” Carney reported. “That is the highest rate of core inflation since 1982, surpassing the recent 6.4 percent highs hit in February and March. For the month, core prices were up 0.6 percent.”

Biden's first stop Wednesday is near Vail, Colorado, where he is to designate his administration's first national monument at the behest of Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet, the state's senior senator who finds himself in a competitive reelection bid. Then the president will head to California, where he will hold a pair of events promoting two of his most significant legislative achievements and headline a fundraiser for the House Democrats' campaign arm.

Finally, Biden will stop in Oregon, where Democrats' grip on the governor's mansion in Salem is being threatened by an unaffiliated candidate who has captured double-digit support in polling, giving an opening for a Republican to win the race outright in November.

"We've been very clear that the president is going to go out, the vice president is going to go out," White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Tuesday. "They're going to talk about the successes that we have seen in this administration in the last 19 months."

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[Fishrrman]

Colorado -- lost cause.
California -- furgheddaboutit.

Oregon? The only chance the Pubbie gal for governor has is that the 3rd-party candidate "draws enough votes away from" the dem-communist so that she'll win by a very low plurality. Probably 35-37%.

I wouldn't call that a resounding victory...

[Smokin Joe]

meh. A blue-state binge.

[mountaineer]

Ahead of Midterm Elections, Biden’s Net Approval Rating Is Underwater in 45 States
Despite the president’s weight on the political environment, many vulnerable Democrats are maintaining their popularity
By Eli Yokley
October 13, 2022 at 5:00 am ET

*Between the second and third quarters of 2022, Biden’s net approval rating declined the most in Utah, Alaska, Hawaii and Oregon.
*Voters in Arizona are 10 points more likely to approve of Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly’s job performance than they are to approve of Biden’s.
*Split tickets look more likely in New Hampshire and Kansas, where at least 1 in 5 voters approve of both their governor and senator from the opposing party who are on the same ballot next month, than in Georgia and Wisconsin.

...  Biden’s net approval is still in the black in Vermont, California, Maryland, New York and Massachusetts, though less than half of voters residing in the Bay State approved of his job performance in the third quarter — another first for his term.  ...

Full story at Morning Consult
His net approval has declined a little in Oregon, but Colorado and California are still on the Biden Express. 

[Wingnut]

They reported that Joe will have 3 "Full Days" of appearances.

In Bidens world, what constitutes a full day?
When his diaper is full?

[mountaineer]

In Bidens world, what constitutes a full day?
When his diaper is full?

Yes, and his tummy is full of ice cream.

[andy58-in-nh]

Colorado -- lost cause.
California -- furgheddaboutit.

Oregon? The only chance the Pubbie gal for governor has is that the 3rd-party candidate "draws enough votes away from" the dem-communist so that she'll win by a very low plurality. Probably 35-37%.

I wouldn't call that a resounding victory...

Colorado is full of weed-smoking Californians.
California, by definition, is as well.
And a significant part of Oregon may soon find itself joining Washington State as a part of Greater Idaho.

[GtHawk]

Ahead of Midterm Elections, Biden’s Net Approval Rating Is Underwater in 45 States
Despite the president’s weight on the political environment, many vulnerable Democrats are maintaining their popularity
By Eli Yokley
October 13, 2022 at 5:00 am ETFull story at Morning Consult
His net approval has declined a little in Oregon, but Colorado and California are still on the Biden Express. 

If Brandon's approval rating in California is still in the black it's because people like me don't do surveys and polls and everyone else is lying or dumb as The Cackler.

[Free Vulcan]

Colorado -- lost cause.
California -- furgheddaboutit.

Oregon? The only chance the Pubbie gal for governor has is that the 3rd-party candidate "draws enough votes away from" the dem-communist so that she'll win by a very low plurality. Probably 35-37%.

I wouldn't call that a resounding victory...

Thing is these areas should be rock solid this close to election day...and they aren't.

He should be spending his time in swing areas, but he has no record to point to for persuading, for example, Independents.

That Old Sniffy should have to go to the hard Blue places to rally the base telegraphs a very bad signal for the Dems.

[mountaineer]

Portland welcomes Pedo Pete as only Portland can:

Andy Ngô 🏳️‍🌈
@MrAndyNgo
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There have been two shootings in #Portland while President Biden was en route to the city. A man died in the first shooting in the Lloyd Center area. #Antifa accounts are alerting their comrades to take advantage of police resources being tied up.

10:22 PM · Oct 14, 2022