Mister Tee wrote:Oy. Am I going to have to talk you guys down all year long?
Ask yourself: how any times in the past year have you heard some pundit say "But his approval is going up!" based on a single poll -- and how often has that turned out to be a mirage? Because Trump's numbers have been so universally awful by historic standards, the press is going to highlight anything that looks decent, on a "man bites dog" basis.
There's plenty else to feel insane over just now. Don't get hooked in by this one.
That was my initial reaction, but then I googled "Trump pandemic polls" and found they're all in the same range.
On the other hand, all the presidential polls have him losing by seven points to Biden. I saw one yesterday in which he was losing 7 to both Biden and Sanders.
What disturbs me is not the braindead positive reaction to his or his administration's "handling" of the crisis but that they still believe all the misinformation that comes of his mouth even when it's contradicted by others at the same "briefings".
On the bright side, even though I take everything that comes out of China with a grain, make that a spoonful, of salt, now that they are letting some western journalists back into the country, there seems to be some validity to the claim that there are no new outbreaks in the country from those who have been quarantined, the only new cases are those are being brought in by people coming into and/or returning to the country from abroad. If all the countries with strict quarantines experience the same thing in the next month or two, then maybe we can get past this thing in a reasonable period of time and start holding the administration accountable for their lack of leadership leading up to this.
We need the Democrats to keep the House and win back the Senate and the Presidency. If the election were held tomorrow, I think we would do just that, but we've got months of twists and turns ahead before we get there.