AMAC Exclusive – By Daniel Roman
We now have the roadmap for the Democrat midterm strategy in 2022. In a press conference last week, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki eagerly lashed out at a male reporter for, well, being male. “I know you’ve never faced those choices,” she said regarding Texas’s new abortion law, “nor have you ever been pregnant, but for women out there who have faced those choices, this is an incredibly difficult thing. The President believes that right [to abortion] should be respected.”
The speed with which Psaki relished the chance to change the topic to abortion illustrates the speed with which Democrats, still nominally in control of the House and Senate, seem eager to return to the comfort of opposition, where everything is someone else’s fault. The issue of abortion, brought to the fore by Texas’ recent heartbeat bill, which the Supreme Court declined to block on procedural grounds from going into effect, gave Democrats exactly the opportunity they were hoping for. Sitting back and criticizing Texas Republicans is a much easier task than successfully running the country.
Anyone watching the administration’s response to either Afghanistan or the Delta variant has seen this story before. When it came to Afghanistan, the decision to withdraw was the fault of Donald Trump for negotiating a deal with the Taliban, the Afghan army for “not fighting,” and Americans for not wanting to be rescued or failing to help themselves. The administration, by its own claims, was powerless to change course regarding the withdrawal, powerless to design or alter the withdrawal plans in response to new information, and under no obligation to do anything beyond the absolute minimum.
As for the surge in the Delta Variant, the White House has chosen to blame everything from inflation to economic slowdowns on the return of COVID-19, and the return of COVID-19 on Republican governors for failing to implement polices that the administration itself has seemed reluctant to commit to. It was Joe Biden’s own CDC that told vaccinated Americans they no longer needed to wear masks last spring. It was Joe Biden’s administration that forced a two-week pause on the Johnson and Johnson vaccine in response to perhaps one case per million in side effects without consulting with state or local governments, and then restarted it without the revelation of any further information. The result was to break the momentum of the national vaccination effort at its height and spread doubt. Was it a mistake to stop it in the first place based on the risks that were known? That was what was implied by allowing it to resume.
It is easier for the White House to blame random Republican politicians for not pushing vaccination hard enough than it is to take responsibility for defeating the virus, just as it is easier to blame Ron DeSantis for pushing to allow perhaps 5-7% of children to opt out of mask mandates than it is to put forward a plan that might actually work. Under Biden and the Democrats, the blame game is now the entire game.
In short, the administration and the Democratic Party have concluded they cannot run on what they have done, either because it is unpopular, or because they have actually done very little. So, they have decided instead to try and repeat their 2018 and 2020 campaigns of running against Donald Trump by blaming Republicans for everything bad that is happening.
Democrats tried this before in 2010 and 2014 and were met with historic losses. There is little reason to think it will work better this time. That is not to say the strategy is of no value to them. It is possible that talking about the new Texas abortion law is advantageous for Gavin Newsom in California and Terry McAuliffe in Virginia, as it allows them to distract from their own records. But in both cases, it is only a better strategy because they cannot run and win on actual positive achievements.
Joe Biden’s numbers have long since turned negative in the Real Clear Politics average, where he is at 46% approve to 49% disapprove. The most recent ABC/Washington Post and NPR/PBS/Marist polls have him in even worse shape at 44/51 and 43/51 respectively. The saving grace for Democrats is that they are tied or continue to lead generic ballot polls, indicating that the Republican Party is also unpopular with voters. The greatest danger Democrats face, then, is less that their voters will switch, and more that they will not bother to vote for a party they see as incompetent and useless. Hence Democrats need to resort to fear based politics to “scare” their base voters into turning out.
That explains the effort to turn Ron DeSantis into a national boogeyman. It also explains why they have been even quicker to embrace the Texas abortion law as a godsend than pro-lifers, many of whom have mixed feelings about aspects of its design and enforcement. For Democrats, it gives them a chance to mobilize and scare their own voters. Pro-lifers likely have no desire to sue random poor women in Texas. But Democrats would like nothing better, and if pro-life activists won’t use the law, there can be almost no doubt that Democrats will find someone who will in order to create martyrs for campaigning.
Expect more of this. In the early Spring when the controversy over Critical Race Theory was building, Democrats tried to avoid “culture war” issues, instead trying to focus on how much money they were spending. Now that the money has dried up, they are taking a second look at culture war and deciding they quite like it after all. It would be wise to expect more, not less of it going forward. It is likely to be Democrats, not Republicans, who will make 2022 into a culture war.
Democrats know that independent voters are disenchanted. They know that their base voters are frustrated. They also are likely aware, even if their cheerleaders in the media are not, of the poor record of this sort of midterm strategy in 2010 and 2014. But for them, it is better than nothing, and resorting to it is a concession that the alternative is pretty much nothing.
Daniel Roman is the pen name of a frequent commentator and lecturer on foreign policy and political affairs, both nationally and internationally. He holds a Ph.D. in International Relations from the London School of Economics.
Mature American Citizens?
Traitorous Communist rats is more like it. Let’s go Brandon!
I am puzzled that this author does not seem to know that the Texas law specifically states that the providers of abortions can be sued and NOT the women themselves. Therefore NO poor women will be sued.
For an association of “mature” citizens you all don’t seem to be conducting yourselves very maturely… I feel sorry for your children and grandchildren, who you are all undoubtedly all a huge embarrassment to
The left may be closer to getting what they don’t want than they know
The problem with what commentators have to say is controlled by the owners of the media outlets. Most media outlets are owned by people who highly wish for the downfall of the USA so the One World Order can be formed to run the world. This will happen eventually but only for a short time.
It’s sad that conservative politicians can’t unify to do something about the tyranny of the current administration. The people are going to have yo rectify the situation in the 2022 midterms. That is, of course, is conservatives will unite even then.
“Under Biden and the Democrats, the blame game is now the entire game.”
IMO, this is not new; it’s how they’ve operated for years but this admin offers NOTHING but excuses.
The Democrats (communist) are doing everything they can to change the focus and distract peoples attention from the 2020 election audits being conducted in Arizona. They know if the truth comes out they are done. Expect them to throw everything they have at true Patriots and create as much ciaos and confusion as possible.
I so many comments “wait until 2022 and 2024 and we’ll be back”. Good luck with l that, guys. Votes don’t count the vote counters count. Fraud will continue just like 2020. In Wisconsin our Republican Assembly and Senate passed laws to ensure honest elections and our demorat VETOED all of them.
Actually there is. I expect Roe v Wade to be overruled 6-3 next July – 4 months before the election – assuming there are no deaths among the 6 (a very big assumption). I expect it to really happen this time. The mechanism of midterm losses for the President’s party is that their voters don’t show up. but the other side does. But a fundamantal issue like this which has nothing to do with the President’s performance can drive Democrat voters to the polls, regardless of how unpopular the President is.
Does the administration support the governor of Virginia who believes not only in late term abortions, but also in post pregnancy murder of a newborn?
The Democratic party has been an engine of grievance politics since the 60’s. It’s supporters-ignorant blacks, leftist Jews, feminists and homosexuals are their main bases of support and their values are out of touch with the rest of the nation outside the cultural sewer holes of the media, Hollywood and the academy. They are not a party that we can trust period.
Oh for crying out loud!!! Democrats have been blaming the GOP since the 80s, when they related their new pogrom of making everything a political issue, instead of whether a policy would be beneficial or harmful.
Where in the hell have you all been?? Living under a rock?
Don’t be foolish. Those “surveys” are so f’n tilted.
It is ALL about hating President Trump and everything he stands for. Liberal Dems hate the truth, do not like to be criticized, will do anything to keep the middle class hard working person down. It is a power game for them, they are BULLIES in the rough!
….two points: Saki says Biden says, it is a fundamental, “Constitutional” Right to allow a woman to have an abortion, YET he doesn’t apply this exact same Constitutional principal for citizens to keep and bear arms .
Hopefully, Conservatives will be the majority in Congress, after the next elections But the damage that has already been done by the “Frat -Party” mentality, going on in D.C. will take years to Rectify, which is their plan anyway.
It’s not about what they like, it is about what they hate.
When the heck will the commie Dems stop blaming everybody and everything on Trump and the pussy Republicans. And when will the Reps get some guts and start fighting. I think Trump should start another Party. These other two parties are making me sick. Abortion: They should allow it for incest and rape.
We do not have a government anymore just a bunch of people in Washington D,C, living off the hard working American tax payer.
Because of the busybodies who seek to force childbirth upon unwilling women, the Democrats will make a roaring comeback. God forbid the fundies accept the fact that women have a God-given right to personal autonomy and always have.
Remember that Democrats did everything they could to discredit “Trump’s vaccines.” Now they wonder why nobody believes them when they recommend the same vaccines.
Biden supporters are too arrogant to ever admit that he is destroying the country. They
are too seriously afflicted with Trump Derangememt Syndrome.
The Dems own this economy, own the Afghanistan debacle, own the Covid plandemic, and own the worst President ever, even though he didnt actually win. They can blame everybody else, but since Jan 20th, our country, under this administration, has crumbled. Thanks Dems, you got what you asked for, don’t cry about it, you should be elated.
Asia for the Asians, Africa for the Africans, White countries for EVERYBODY!
Massive immigration and FORCED assimilation is called GENOCIDE when it’s done in Tibet.
When it’s done in White countries, it’s called “diversity.”
Diversity is a code word for White Genocide.
Another ridiculous rule this is the star on drivers licences! You can board a plane with out the star, BUT you don’t need an ID to VOTE!!
A good example is his recent mandate to require all employers with 100 or more employees to require that their employees vaccinate or show a negative test weekly. He says it’s not about personal freedom; it most certainly is. Furthermore, he says this is necessary “to protect vaccinated employees from unvaccinated employees.” So wait, why get vaccinated if it doesn’t do anything to protect you?
If you want to know what is driving the left’s agenda look up the Georgia Guide Stone. It is all engraved in stone. The people who are destroying our countries actually believe they will be the governing elite of the One World Order. What will really happen is that they will cause such disparity amoung the nations that a single ruler will be sought out to control the chaos and rule the world. Here enters the antichrist and the tribulation.
AMEN
We are in the last days. As Jesus said, “These things must come to pass.” This is where our faith should shine
We have a neighbor who still has his banner attached to their garage.
I have an answer to the Democrats but I can reveal it in private.
President Biden is a disaster for all of America. & is sounding & acting like a dictator. In the first place EVERYONE with even half a brain knows that the evil people in his party STOLE THE ELECTION. He is an illegal president. He has done so much damage to our whole country! He needs to be impeached today!! What…now we have no free GOD given rights…..He is trying to force everyone to have a vaccine shot against their will!!!!
Biden & Company says that the nation’s biggest obstacle is: ‘Systemic Racism’. (Sick up!) However, our biggest obstacle to a smooth running government is senility. When it comes to ‘leadership’; ‘Our Senile Commander in Chief’ has become a petty dictator! Literally Overnight. Does he not know anything about legal matters, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights? Anyone, who has a differing opinion from him; is censored. Is this anyway to run a country that is supposed to represent a free society?
THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF EVERYTHING THE DEMOCRATS ARE GOOD FOR : ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………AND BELIEVE ME……..THAT IS BEING GENEROUS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sounds like Biden might have finally pushed people too far with his B.S.
How can our Great Country move forward when it is being run by Democratic Hypocrites. Vaccines are great and good for some people , but it is on an individual case basis. It is between the individual, their conscious and their doctor. Brut force won’t work especially while Biden et. al are letting massive quantities of illegal aliens from all over the world enter our country untested and untreated for the COVID. Once here, they ship them out to a community near you. Who the heck is protecting the American citizens? Not the Democrats. How about that for stupidity! I am sick of them.
Even the stupes are realizing that ( D ) = communist.
The communist mantra ?
TAX
SPEND
LIE
CONTROL
This goes all the way back to the lying dog Woody Wilson.
Bad timing in Texas I’m thinking! Or is it good timing ? The Democrats are in bad shape Texas mite save them. But with out dealing with voter fraud, it realty dose not mater
The truth will set you free????
It is unbelievable that there are still people voting for Democrats. How stupid and wicked has a lot of Americans become?
Has Puh-saki ever SERVED in the military? If not, why is she commenting on it every day trying to do CYA for the Senile One. Has she ever been POOR? I’m betting she’s a spoiled brat rich girl who has never had a REAL job in her life!
This is the normal tactic of the left…..not take responsibility, blame others. The sad truth is that in many ways this succeeds….for the most part because people are willing to hear what they want to hear, not what they need to hear. Many voters are so simple minded that they still trust the leadership of this nation even though all the evidence points to failure, lies, under the table deals and political game playing. I fear more and more people are just fed up, and rather than think, they just want what they want, the consequences be dammed. And along the way, the mass of elected officials who are part of the process lack the capacity to change, promote change, or stand up for the what is right, even if it means their “political life.” They are willing to give lip service, but no sacrifice. Our political system is so broken, by the time a newbie begins his or her second term they are already knee deep into the quicksand…..and see survival only by cooperation and collusion. With senators and representatives in office for up to 30 + years, you have to know they will not threaten their own kingdoms….their own cash cows….their own personal agenda. No longer are these long term career polititians concerned over the nation as a republic….their concern is turned inward. So they will do what has worked in the past…..defer and blame….lie and cover up…..and this is not limited to only the left leaners…..republicans and independents are caught as well by their own selfish desire to keep their offices. The dance continues as the band plays on……and “we the people” are the ones paying for it all in taxes, lives, inflation and risk of losing the freedoms established by a constitutional republic. If I’m wrong…..tell me how and where.
Hey Joe and your followers do you know you are in bed with Terrorist?
In your article, it is stated that the Marxists (aka Democrats) have done very little in their regime. I beg to differ. They have done more by way of Biden’s multiple executive orders than even I expected and it is all bad. They are racing to turn our country into another Communist China. No one will ever convince me that Biden’s Afghanistan debacle was and is on purpose and that he colluded with China to strengthen their power. His family wasn’t given millions of dollars by China for nothing in return. The GOP better make sure that we can stop any cheating from these evil Satans so we can win seats in 2022. If we do not win, our world is forever changed.
They are commies, power hungry tyrants. Evil press secretary puppet. They are not legally elected and do not represent “We The People”. They are incompetent to run this country.
The demo/socialist party of Godless, satanic people is responsible for more infant murders than Hitler & Stalin murdered, including adults, put together. They are evil. If Kamala ever has her turn, you will see evil & wickedness on steroids.
The best part of being a democrap is never needing or using logic or intelligence. Lobotomy Biden is their zombie in chief.
The collapse of Biden’s poll numbers were inevitable given the Democrat agenda Biden / Harris and the rest of the Democrats ran on. All Biden has been doing since Day One is actually implementing the Democrat party platform step by step, that his handlers put in front of him. There were virtually no positive aspects to the Democrat party platform, so why would anyone expect rising poll numbers if you include anyone other than hard core leftists in a poll. Of course the polls, if they are honest, will show a rapid decline. Even some on the left are upset with Biden for not wrecking the country fast enough to suit their tastes. The Democrats aren’t even half way through the items in their transformational changes mapped out in their platform yet, so things are only going to get significantly worse the longer the American people sit by and do nothing.
The only real surprise to date was the scope and scale of the debacle that Biden and his team created in Afghanistan. Doing virtually everything in their power to ensure it was a huge international embarrassment for the United States and its allies, while also costing the lives of American troops and our Afghani allies that are now being hunted down and killed as fast as the Taliban can locate them. Hundreds of Americans now being held hostage, while our feckless State Department complains the Taliban government doesn’t meet “diversity goals”. Ha! Someone should really read the Quran to Blinkin and company, so they will understand what Islam says about women, children and others. Then again, it’s not likely anyone in the Biden administration cares one way or the other about anything other than the agenda.
As for everything else that is falling apart of being destroyed by this administration, well it was all spelled out last year in the Democrat party platform and is being executed upon. That so many Americans opted to ignore it all and focus on Biden being portrayed as “a nice guy” with “decades of experience in Washington” (doing nothing of positive substance by the way) has its consequences.
Of course the Democrats will default to their standard ploy of blaming Republicans for everything that is going wrong. It’s what they do. Half the country is stupid enough to blindly believe whatever the media tells them, so it is an effective strategy.
Our so-called “President” who has been caught LYING to us at least 6 times on just Afghanistan “tells” us to “TRUST HIM” on this FORCED VACCINE MANDATE! … He’s the LAST PERSON I WOULD TRUST on anything! … Comrade President Jackass Joe doesn’t just need to resign, He NEEDS TO BE TRIED FOR TREASON!
So tired of all the corruption in our government! ????????????
I am so sick of Biden blaming Trump