CNN’s Chris Cillizza in recent years infamously reminded everybody that “reporters don’t root for a side.” And yet, as usual, this tends to sound a bit like rooting for a side:
Is this the beginning of a Joe Biden comeback? https://t.co/JuElskHlr1
— Chris Cillizza (@ChrisCillizza) March 4, 2022
The possibility of a Joe Biden comeback now exists https://t.co/JuElskHlr1
— Chris Cillizza (@ChrisCillizza) March 5, 2022
Cillizza spotted some evidence that public opinion is turning around for Biden:
It’s been a rough month – and, really, year – for President Joe Biden.
Beset by the Omicron variant, high inflation and the uncertainty in Ukraine, Biden’s poll numbers have lagged badly, with his approval ratings stuck in the low 40s.
A new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll suggests that all might be changing. Biden’s overall job approval rating among Americans is at 47% in the survey, up 8 points from where he was in the same poll last month.
An NPR poll? LOL.
It must be exhausting carrying all that water. https://t.co/X36SPObIyf
— Fusilli Spock (@awstar11) March 5, 2022
Hopefully he didn’t throw out his back.
Narrator: it was not the beginning of a Joe Biden comeback https://t.co/xquoMGTxWJ
— Deplorably Woke (@DW_Gipper) March 5, 2022
War breaking out overseas, record inflation, gas prices still spiking and people continuing to pour illegally across the southern border of the U.S. — if that doesn’t spell “presidential comeback” nothing does!
He’s had 40 years at least in the limelight.
Any comeback he could of had is long gone.
— Part Time twatter User (@DaveCinVA) March 5, 2022
Seeing as how you’re the one saying so, no. https://t.co/NmrO2T8zWG
— Matthew D. Dempster (@dempstermd) March 5, 2022
Cillizza’s tweets have a tendency to get ratioed like no other, and the ones above were no different.
The press during a Democrat presidency. pic.twitter.com/q3zVTYdLI9
— Brian Shrive (@brianshrive) March 5, 2022
'Never underestimate Joe's ability to mess things up'
B.O. https://t.co/OhYbIb6L0U— Steve (@UberSteve) March 5, 2022
And reportedly Obama used a different word than “mess” that rhymes with “muck.”
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