evangelicals could be key to winning that all important state, but could it alienate republican voters down the line. let s start with a much needed string of successes this week for president joe biden, domestically, internationally, politically, punctuated by today s big number, $72 million raised in the second quarter of 2023. compare that to the republican side, 35 million reported by former president donald trump s campaign, 20 million for governor ron desantis. and then there is that hugely consequential week on the world stage, biden facing multiple global challenges at the nato summit that threaten to erupt into division, but walked away with unity. and he gave his personal guarantee that the u.s. will stay committed to the alliance despite what he called extreme elements at home that threatened to pull back. the president was going by two strongest economic reports, inflation at its lowest level in two years, in what he says is bidenomics in action. could this kick
sweet spot. joe biden is suggesting the american people, i am working on an economy to lift up all people. republicans want to fight culture wars, and there s simply no parallel between economic populism and cultural populism. this is a good spot for joe biden to be in. yeah, when you look at that european trip, eugene, the may toe summit, first of all, if you watched him give a speech, it was energetic. it was focused. some people would say it was inspiring, right? and then you also have the contrast to five years ago when we saw donald trump and, you know, here was somebody who loved vladimir putin and who was questioning the relevancy of nato. can we expect, should we expect the biden campaign to make that explicit, and two-part question, did he also help himself with the age criticism this week? it s not going to go away, but did he help himself? to answer the second question first, i think he definitely helped himself with that.