Obama’s 2008 guru David Axelrod warns Joe Biden is in BIG trouble ahead of 2024 election

The Democratic strategist who helped define Barack Obama’s 2008 White House victory has delivered a scathing indictment of Joe Biden’s chances next year.

David Axelrod shared his analysis of the poll, published Nov. 5 by The New York Times and Siena College, which showed the 80-year-old president trailing Trump in five of six major battleground states.

He claimed the data will ‘send vibrations of doubt through the world’ [Democratic] Party,” adding that Biden must decide whether entering the 2024 presidential race is in his own interest or in the country’s interest.

When asked by columnist Maureen Dowd what he thought Biden’s chances of winning were, Axelrod put them at 50-50 — or slightly less.

Axelrod added that “the stakes of miscalculation here are too dramatic to ignore.” He labeled Donald Trump a “dangerous, unhinged demagogue,” but warned that Democrats cannot count on some voters to have contempt for the 45th president who will help Biden cross the finish line.

Biden, who turns 81 on Monday, reportedly called Axelrod a “pr**k” for wondering whether he should run again in 2024.

The poll, released two weeks ago, shows Biden trailing former President Trump in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada and Pennsylvania, which he previously won in the 2020 contest.

Axelrod took to X to share his thoughts, claiming the data would raise “legitimate concerns” among Democrats.

He questioned whether it was “wise” to seek a second term.

“Only Joe Biden can make this decision,” Axelrod said about whether the president will run for re-election.

“If he continues to run for office, he will become the nominee of the Democratic Party. What he has to decide is whether that is wise; Whether it is in HIS interest or in that of the country?’

But he noted that there is “a risk in changing course now because there is little time left for a primary campaign — and campaigns are how we test candidates.”

“But there is a lot of leadership talent in the Democratic Party that is about to emerge.”

Biden called the political strategist a “pr**k” for questioning him about his re-election bid. Politics.

According to the publication, the president made the insult following his comments about the poll.

New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd emphasized that Axelrod is not a “pr**k.”

“I’ve known him since 2007 and if I had to choose a noun to describe him it would be mensch,” she wrote in her post. last column. Mensch is a Yiddish word used to describe a person with integrity, morality and dignity.

So if President Biden uses that epithet for Axelrod privately, that’s bad for a few reasons, according to Politico’s Jonathan Martin.

‘The usually gracious president is lashing out at the strategist who helped align him with Barack Obama in 2008 and who thinks he was “a great vice president” and did many wonderful things as president.’

Dowd insists that Biden “desires confirmation that he will be re-elected.”

“He doesn’t want to look like a man who has been removed from office,” she added.

‘But he shouldn’t give in to the Irish chip on his shoulder. He must gather the sharpest minds of his party and hear what they have to say, and not engage in petty feuds.’

Polls from The New York Times and Siena College show Biden trailing Trump in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada and Pennsylvania.

The survey of 3,662 registered voters in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin was conducted between October 22 and November 3.

The margin of error for each state is between 4.4 and 4.8 percentage points.

Biden is ahead only in Wisconsin, by two percentage points, and falls among registered voters in the five other states by a margin of four to ten percentage points, according to the poll.

Arizona, Georgia, Nevada and Pennsylvania were four of the states in which the Democrat defeated then-President Trump in their 2020 showdown for the White House.

The same poll showed that two-thirds of the electorate sees the country going in the wrong direction under Biden.

Only 37 percent of people say they trust Biden with the economy, compared to 59 percent in Trump — which is one of the biggest gaps on the issue, the polls suggested.

Biden’s boast of “Bidenomics” also falls short — with a measly two percent saying the economy was “excellent” during his term.

Inflation has fallen, but many ordinary Americans are still struggling with the skyrocketing costs of everyday goods and services.

According to statistics, young voters under thirty prefer Biden by just one percentage point – and men prefer Trump by double the margin than women prefer Biden.

Voters at all income levels believed that policies under Biden had harmed them personally (18 points disadvantage), while Trump’s policies had helped them (17 points advantage).

According to the data, Biden’s age of 80 also played a major role. 71 percent of pollsters – from every demographic group – said he was “too old.”

By comparison, only 39 percent thought Trump, 77, was too old.

Voters also favored Trump over Biden on immigration, national security and today’s Israel Palestine by 12, 12 and 11 points, respectively.

Meanwhile, Biden’s appeal to Hispanic voters is in the single digits, and Black voters who are traditionally Democratic are now registering 22 percent support for Trump.