When it comes to the 2024 presidential election, Democrats don't have much to celebrate these days.
While the Biden campaign and the DNC raked in $97 million in the last quarter of 2023, the president's party isn't confident he can use it to beat former President Donald Trump in the 2024 race for the White House. And even the fundraising haul wasn't a total win.
"The sum represents a large haul for the reelection, placing it ahead of Biden's most recent Democratic predecessor but behind then-President Donald Trump's 2020 campaign," POLITICO reports.
Biden's approval rating on every issue is under water. His campaign appears to be throwing things at the wall, and nothing is sticking. Overall, his job approval rating sits in the low 30s, with independents walking away in droves.
The first strategy was touting "Bidenomics," which has been rejected by the vast majority of voters as inflation continues to ravish family budgets. The reality of everyday life for millions of voters doesn't square with Biden's economic record, and the insults from Team Biden that Americans are actually doing fine is backfiring. Further, Biden's harsh rhetoric and smears of "MAGA" Republicans are off-putting — especially as those who claim to be "defenders of democracy" work to remove Trump from the ballot, therefore eliminating the voters' ability to choose who should sit in the Oval Office.
"I wish the Democrats would think a little more carefully when they talk about MAGA. When people say MAGA…they're basically scapegoating him," JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon said during the World Economic Forum, a globalist and far left conference. "Take a step back, be honest. He was kind of right about NATO, kind of right on immigration. He grew the economy quite well. Trade tax reform worked. He was right about some of China…He wasn't wrong about some of these critical issues, and that's why they're voting for him, and I think people should be a little more respectful of our fellow citizens."
And now, Democrats are at a loss when it comes to handling the self-inflicted, catastrophic illegal immigrant crisis impacting every major city and small town across America. Illegal immigration now tops the economy as the number one concern for voters. On the biggest issues that matter to Americans, Biden isn't gaining traction. Instead, he's falling far behind.
Making matters worse, he's getting shanked by his own party. Not behind the scenes but publicly.
For months, former Obama campaign chief strategist David Axelrod has been warning the Biden campaign it needs to get going and that the slow pace of Biden's bid for a second term doesn't bolster confidence.
"The president and his campaign need to get into gear, and they need a message. And they need a message that takes in not just democracy but the day-to-day concerns that people have," Axelrod said on CNN.
Former President Obama and First Lady Michelle are also heavily involved and pushing Biden to do better before it's too late.
"I am terrified about what could possibly happen," the former first lady said during a recent podcast interview.
Meanwhile, in New Hampshire, the far left Diversity Equity and Inclusion division of the Democratic Party decided the state was too white to go first, brazenly upending a century of tradition and jumping ahead to South Carolina. Regardless, New Hampshire will host the first 2024 primary on Tuesday, January 23. Biden isn't on the ballot. Democratic Congressman Dean Phillips, Biden's top primary opponent, will be. If Biden loses the Granite State as a result, it will only add to the concern he can't win in November.
Biden is having trouble finding his campaign legs. If he can't turn things around in the coming months, the DNC may have a surprise waiting for him at the Chicago convention in August.