Joe Biden did well in the State of the Union speech. Given where the world is, he could hardly have done better, at least so I think. There's plenty to pick at -- and plenty to push against -- but just consider the alternative... He's still got game.
A lot of people agree. Just look at this representation of where Biden and Trump are getting their campaign contributions showing "Who's donating to whom?" Via JVL at The Bulwark who snagged it from the Financial Times.
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Unequivocally, I'd rather be on the blue team than the Trump team here. I'm with team Teachers, Nurses and Scientists any day.
Obviously, Trump's got some big robber barons on his side, but he is emphatically not winning the dollar chase. Maybe the big money Republicans don't trust him either. According to CNN:
President Joe Biden’s political operation has expanded its financial advantage over former President Donald Trump’s campaign as the two men hurtle toward an expected general election confrontation, new filings show. ...
... The Democratic National Committee outraised its GOP counterpart in January, bringing in $17.4 million and ended the month with $24 million in available cash. That far surpasses the $8.7 million in available cash for the RNC, which marked a slight uptick from the $8 million it reported having in reserves at the end of last year, but still represents its lowest total in about a decade.
Maybe Trump's potential donors assume he'll use their gifts to pay his legal expenses and don't want go there? Seems likely.
The presidential election will not be decided by campaign cash. The two guys are already well known to most every eligible voter. So no ad is going to change things much. But the Dems sure will be able to go heavy, hard, and early to define Trump as the self-centered conman he has always been.
Here's a nice post-State of the Union sample:
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