{"id":507250,"date":"2022-11-06T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-06T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/white-house-raises-eyebrows-with-midterm-strategy\/"},"modified":"2022-11-06T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-11-06T11:00:00","slug":"white-house-raises-eyebrows-with-midterm-strategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/white-house-raises-eyebrows-with-midterm-strategy\/","title":{"rendered":"#White House raises eyebrows with midterm strategy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a22a8a231851\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a22a8a231851\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/white-house-raises-eyebrows-with-midterm-strategy\/#White_House_raises_eyebrows_with_midterm_strategy\" >White House raises eyebrows with midterm strategy<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"White_House_raises_eyebrows_with_midterm_strategy\"><\/span>White House raises eyebrows with midterm strategy<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/bidenjoe_110422ap-patrick-semansky_eyebrows.jpg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The White House is raising eyebrows with its midterm strategy, which has President Biden largely staying out of key battleground states in favor of safer spots.<\/p>\n<p>Biden did make a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a> to Philadelphia on Saturday to provide last-minute support to Democrat John Fetterman in his pivotal Senate battle with Republican Mehmet Oz.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>But Philadelphia is a true-blue city, and the president is largely staying absent from the big Senate battlegrounds in Georgia, Ohio, Nevada and Arizona.<\/p>\n<p>The president is expected to end the campaign season in Maryland for a rally with Democrat Wes Moore, who is a sure bet to win his race for governor.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>One strategist dubbed the decision to keep Biden out of the hot spots as the \u201cdo no harm\u201d strategy. It\u2019s a reminder that Biden is energizing GOP voters, and that his faltering poll numbers are a drag on many Democratic candidates.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s not going to do any harm to Wes Moore,\u201d the strategist said. \u201cBut he would potentially hurt some of these other candidates who don\u2019t need a reminder of the 80-year-old president with the bad economy beside them.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe wants to be part of the 2022 conversation with as little impact as possible that he can be blamed for,\u201d the strategist said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Of course, this isn\u2019t the best sign for a president who has hopes of running for reelection himself in 2024.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cNo one wants to talk about it, but he should be doing more of the Obama stops and he can\u2019t,\u201d a second strategist said, noting that former President Obama has made a number of trips to battlegrounds in recent weeks. \u201cI don\u2019t think it paints a good picture of what\u2019s in store in 2024.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The White House has been on defense over Biden\u2019s schedule, even if the answer is fairly obvious to followers of politics.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre this week argued that Biden can be helpful to Democrats from anywhere because of his bully pulpit.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cIt goes beyond just the state that he\u2019s in, it goes beyond just the people he\u2019s speaking in front of, and we think that matters,\u201d she said on Thursday, adding that Biden\u2019s speeches are televised and covered widely by the press.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not that Biden has been completely absent.<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s visit to Philadelphia on Saturday was one of many trips to the Keystone State recently.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr4_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Biden traveled to Florida last week to boost two Democrats who are trailing in the polls by double digits.<\/p>\n<p>In a recent\u00a0poll, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio (R) was leading challenger Rep. Val Demings (D) by 11 points and Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) was leading challenger Charlie Crist (D) by 14 points.<\/p>\n<p>Some look at the week before Election Day as the time to build on momentum, but not change voters\u2019 minds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOverall, at this point, it\u2019s all get out the vote. At this point, it\u2019s motivating our early vote, you know, not necessarily persuading. So, I think he\u2019s going everywhere that is required of him and having a very strong close,\u201d said Ivan Zapien, a lobbyist and former Democratic National Committee (DNC) official.<\/p>\n<p>First lady Jill Biden is traveling to Arizona on Saturday to campaign for Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), who has seen his race with Republican Blake Masters tighten. Vice President Harris will join Biden in true-blue Chicago on Sunday, while second gentleman Doug Emhoff traveled to Iowa on Friday to campaign for gubernatorial candidate Deidre DeJear (D).<\/p>\n<p>Jean-Pierre, pressed Thursday on why Biden is only visiting blue states, pointed to stops where other officials are visiting and said, \u201cthis is an \u2014 if you will \u2014 all of government, kind of, process here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Obama is arguably Democrats\u2019 most helpful surrogate and has been using his star power on the trail.<\/p>\n<p>Brandon Neal, former DNC political director and political adviser to Obama and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, said that using surrogates like Obama to help Biden get out the vote is essential.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can\u2019t go to everything all at once. I think it\u2019s a matter of identifying who will be the most <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ropriate person, deploying the top surrogates,\u201d he said. \u201cI think having former President Obama go in his place is equally fine.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr5_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Obama has garnered headlines in the last week for his fiery rhetoric. He has made stops alongside Mandela Barnes, the Democratic Senate hopeful, in Milwaukee, and in Atlanta, where he lambasted Republican Herschel Walker, who is running to replace Democratic incumbent Sen. Raphael Warnock.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Walker is \u201csomeone who carries around a phony badge and says he is in law enforcement like a kid playing cops and robbers,\u201d Obama said as part of a speech full of scathing attacks on the candidate.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But some strategists say that both Biden and Obama have taken on traditional roles in the midterm elections. When he was president, for example, Obama relied on surrogates including former President Clinton to headline rallies for candidates, particularly in 2010 and 2014.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s normal in presidential campaigns or just campaigns, especially in midterms,\u201d Neal said. \u201cIf you are in a place that\u2019s considered conservative or considered not necessarily a blue state, then some states would rather have a former president versus an existing just by way of who\u2019s in the White House.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr6_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Some strategists argue that having Biden end the campaign season with the Maryland trip for Moore is a smart move because he is considered a rising star.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that Wes Moore brings a certain energy and certain excitement back to Maryland, very similar to what President Obama gave when he ran for president in 2008,\u201d Neal said. \u201cI also think it\u2019s a state that is close, it\u2019s not far geographically, so it\u2019s easy to go in and seal the deal.\u201d\n<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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