Following his disastrous defeat in last week’s debate, President Joe Biden has reportedly devised a public relations campaign to maintain his status as the presumptive Democratic nominee.
The PR team reportedly met with Biden’s family at Camp David for two days to discuss Biden’s shaky political standing. Biden, who many media figures and Democrats have said should drop out of the race, will move forward and remain a presidential candidate, the officials said. Said Axios.
Biden’s decision appears to have been heavily influenced by family members, including first lady Jill Biden and Hunter Biden, people who are in regular contact with them told Axios.
The new communications strategy is to hold more public interviews and press conferences, a shift from Biden’s lack of media presence that has earned him criticism from the media, particularly Democrats. The New York Times.
According to a report by Axios, the public relations strategy includes eight points.
- Ignoring the bedwetting
- Profit from the polls
- Warning of confusion
- Limiting dissent
- Keep your elected leaders close
- Calming the donor base
- Prove your vitality
- Ignoring/Engaging the Media
Calls for Biden to resign were vigorously opposed by Biden, his family and Axios. Timesand POLITICO A person involved said.
Axios reported: “It’s not for you to decide.” “That’s a no-go. We’re not setting up a smoke-filled room,” a source close to Biden said, referring to leading Democrats now questioning whether Biden will be the nominee. (Emphasis in original)
“They just need to calm down.” The source added: “At least for now, we live in a democracy.”
“The whole family is united,” Biden said, adding that there had been no discussion about him stepping down. “Stand up and keep fighting,” one person said, as the situation unfolded. Said of Times.
The family has blamed the debate on the Biden campaign and White House staff. POLITICO report Sunday:
Joe Biden’s family personally blasted his campaign’s top advisers at Camp David this weekend, blaming them for the president’s failure in Thursday’s debate and calling on Biden to fire or demote his top political commanders.
Biden is not expected to follow that advice anytime soon, according to three people briefed on the conversations with the family but not directly involved, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the matter.
Among the complaints the families made about the debate rehearsals were that Biden wasn’t prepared to go on the offensive, that he was too focused on defending his record rather than laying out a vision for a second term and that he was overworked and not sufficiently rested.
Political experts say Democrats have no choice but to turn to Biden for three reasons: the difficulty of replacing him with 50 states on the ballot, the difficulty of putting money behind a new candidate and the difficulty of finding a potential sacrificial lamb to run in Biden’s place.
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