Comment on Trump’s Imperial Presidency In Waiting

Sen. Joe Manchin (I-WV) blamed progressives for Joe Biden not dropping out of the presidential race, telling NBC News that “vocal support for President Biden in the face of his irreparable debate performance, are just evidence of how much control the far left has over the current administration.”

A new poll from Wesley Bell’s (D) allies finds him leading Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) 56% to 33% in next month’s primary, the New York Post reports.

NBC News: “At a time when President Joe Biden has been struggling to shore up support with fellow Democrats following a miserable June debate performance and shaky cleanup effort, some professional Democratic political operatives said Saturday’s shooting will end up sealing the incumbent’s electoral fate.” Said one Democratic insider: “We’re so beyond fucked.” Said a veteran Democratic consultant: “The presidential contest ended last night.

Molly Ball: “No longer could the dehumanizing rhetoric, the apocalyptic warnings continue; something had to give. And yet it seemed more likely than not that nothing would — that the rudderless acrimony and pervasive alarm that got us to this point couldn’t be soothed or suppressed; that no convulsion could break the fever that continues unabated.”

NBC News: “Due to an error with the original polling documents, a previous version of this article misstated the vote shares and margins for the multicandidate ballot test. Former President Donald Trump leads President Joe Biden by 3 points in the six-way ballot test, not the other way around.”

Playbook: “Donald Trump is now the survivor of an assassination attempt. While he appears in good spirits and his team says he’s doing just fine, that type of near-death experience would rattle and forever change even the strongest among us.” “The violence of Saturday is, at the very least, changing their strategy.