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Biden has an easy, but hopefully not too softball, interview scheduled for Friday (July 5th), with a transcript available that night and the full interview airing on Sunday.
The interview is with George Stephanopoulos who worked in the Clinton Whitehouse, so he will be favorable to Biden. However Biden needs to prove that the poor debate performance was a fluke, so it can't just be softball questions.
Also the transcript being available earlier means everyone is going to be clear on the message (which is good in general) but also means the focus is going to be on performance.
If Democrats/Biden spend the next week embarrassed by that interview then Biden is probably done. The RNC holds their convention the following week, they'll beat on Biden and you can either let them (wasting time/energy) or you can announce just as it gets started and suck the air out of their convention.
However I fully expect this interview to go well. This is a smart idea by Biden (the timing sucks, but he doesn't have much of a choice). He needs to prove that debate was a fluke. This is exactly what you want to see from Biden. But it he fucks up again, it's going to hurt.
Everyone knows Trump is a steaming pile of shit. People voting for him don't care. Democrats will come out and support Biden, but you need the undecided voters (whomever they are) to go with them.
So to answer your question, I fully expect Biden to go all the way to the election. I'm not sure that's what I want or that it's the best idea, but Biden is taking the right steps to turn things around. This next week is an important one.
I think scheduling a 15 minute interview and otherwise sticking to short scripted events is already a failure. They need to flood the zone with him being out and in front of cameras to dispel the debate appearance. That they're not doing that is its own indicator.
I didn't realize it would be that short. Looking online it appears to be estimating 15 to 25. It would probably be smart to just go for a whole hour, but I admit that isn't likely.
I agree flood the zone is the approach needed, but this is a fine first step.
They were trying this the few days after the debate where he was at various rallies. Just him, in front of his own supporters. He imho he still didn’t come off all that great :(
I don't really get reassured by rallies. Scripted events he can end at will with no on-the-spot thinking can be done to some extent on autopilot. He was apparently looking great at some generic meet and greets right after the debate. To try to bury the concern he needs interactive speaking engagements on ranging and potentially challenging topics. Town halls, Q&As with followers, late night shows. Let's see some sharp answers on the spot.
My point is, even the scripted shit didn’t make him look good. If he can’t get those right, he’ll for sure fuck up another “debate.”