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Biden's latest attempt to convince everyone he has what it takes to stay in the race will air at 6:30 PM Eastern / 3:30 PM Pacific.

More on where and how to watch here:

https://apnews.com/article/how-to-watch-biden-press-conference-a70590e7574fc9680229b6b6289f6a02

My expectation is that it will be on all the usual sources. CNN, MSNBC, etc. etc. with in depth coverage on the talking head shows later tonight.

Edit Conference is running ~~20+~~ 50+ minutes late after already being pushed back 1 hour from 5:30 to 6:30.

Not sure if that's good news or bad news.

Here we go! 58 minutes late, but he's on a roll talking about NATO.

Oh, snap! Reminding everyone that Article 5 has only been used once... 9/11.

Speech ran less than 10 minutes, but was a strong speech, now the questions.

Fumbles on the first answer, calling out "Vice President Trump". :(

Ended after almost an hour with one final question on "Vice President Trump" - Biden's answer "Listen to him." End conference.

Overall, I'm pretty happy with how it went!

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

During the debate and the interview with Stephanopoulos, he had this vacant, slack jawed look like he didn’t know where he was or what was going on.

Its a much better performance. Can it move the needle though?

Its not us, the wonk's of the wonk's who need to be moved. Its Average Voter who needs to be moved. Biden needs big W's to get back in this, not slightly smaller L's. Also, he called Zelnzkiy Putin, and Kamela Harris with Trump, thats whats trending at the moment. Gonna be much harder to get "industrial policy regarding defensive capabilities" trending.

Is this enough?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

The question right now is on his Gaza performance, so here's hoping...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I've learned that whenever there's an inflection point in Israel, the outcome is "whatever helps Bibi."

So... I wouldn't bet on that, as the consensus seems to be that a prolonged war helps him stay in power. I don't know how, but somehow the ceasefire will not work out.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

"My numbers are better in Israel than they are here"

Thats the soundbyte we'll get.