Here’s our latest on the Louisiana Republican’s rise and his future predicaments: POLITICO has been all over the story all week. | Francis Chung/POLITICOĪnd then there’s the fresh face who has already gained major power: Speaker Johnson. Speaker Mike Johnson faces a steep task in getting up to speed in fundraising as House Republicans prepare to defend their majority. Anything Phillips does to emphasize Biden’s age could amplify GOP messaging.” “Biden’s biggest weak spot,” he continues, “isn’t just being exploited by Republicans, and he won’t just have to figure out how to neutralize those attacks in next year’s general. There’s good reason for their concern, Steve Shepard writes this morning, given that Phillips’ early messaging has been heavily focused on the incumbent’s age, which “could further expose a major Biden vulnerability at a time when the president is desperate to shore up his poll numbers in battleground states” ahead of a likely Trump rematch. “And, throughout the day, allies and operatives working on the reelect offered stray shards of criticism both at Phillips and at STEVE SCHMIDT, the former Republican strategist turned vocal anti-Donald Trump critic who is now a top strategist for Phillips’ bid.” (Playbook can definitely attest to that.) TIM WALZ, titled: ‘Minnesota loves Joe Biden.’ The campaign sent out a fundraising email within hours of Phillips’ official launch, signed by Minnesota Gov. But, as our colleagues Elena Schneider and Lisa Kashinsky write, “just below the surface, there are clear signs that the Biden team is paying attention. Biden world is publicly giving the Phillips campaign a shoulder shrug. “But if that were such a doable task, wouldn’t it make more sense to simply give his secret plan to Biden for execution?” “If Phillips thinks Biden’s approval numbers portend his defeat at the hand of DONALD TRUMP next year, which could very well be the case, Phillips must have plans to improve those numbers if he’s so lucky to take Biden’s place on the ballot but continue those policies,” he writes. In a new column, our Jack Shafer calls the run “pointless.” He has three months to introduce himself to millions of Democrats who have already accepted (many begrudgingly) that Biden’s their guy in 2024, and he’s focusing on New Hampshire, a state where Biden isn’t even on the ballot and that might not even have delegates voting on the nomination. There’s no world in which Phillips’ campaign is anything but the longest of long shots. Phillips made his run official Friday in Concord, N.H., just before the state’s presidential filing deadline. DEAN PHILLIPS (D-Minn.), whose decision to primary President JOE BIDEN has some Democrats suddenly questioning their gelato purchases, we’re getting quickly up to speed on two big new political players. GETTING TO KNOW YOU - It was the week of Unknown Man meets Unsparing Spotlight.īetween new House Speaker MIKE JOHNSON, whose Google searches look like an Apple stock chart, and Rep. Dean Phillips' (D-Minn.) long odds to knock Joe Biden off the nomination, he could still cause problems for the president.
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