under the circumstances, doing a 1/2 hour daily teleconference with press invited would be helpful and much less bot-infested

treating Trump as a responsible adult worthy of respect is a huge mistake

I'm sure he's working hard on our survival just because we can't see it..

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informed on many issues. He held a presser today on this one!

best choice to be our President!

StaySafe!

-- but trump is so awful it probably needs to be done.

I thought that he was also letting Bernie do his work in the Senate and being respectful of his opponent and the situation. I feel what he has been doing is appropriate, and I'm not a big Biden fan.

Let Trump bury himself. Biden doesn't need to do a thing right now. The "I told you so" speeches will come soon enough.

Let Trump & Gang have enough rope to hang themselves.

They seem to be doing a fine job on their own without any help.

If your enemy is in a hole, hand him a bigger shovel.

it'll look like he's politicizing a national emergency...even if it was mostly caused by Trump himself.

The people will just have to learn the hard way that elections have consequences and that "Stupid Is As Stupid Votes". They learned that back in the 1930s but almost all of them are dead now so the lesson has to be relearned all over again.

Take Care.

he's running daily pressers where he pretends to be a leader managing a crisis

think Joe should just let that go without providing an alternative vision?

remember, he doesn't have to mention Trump at all to give an encouraging view to the American people. in fact, it's probably far better if he doesn't.

No doubt his more ardent followers still think Trump can walk on water, but the situation is rapidly getting out of control, and he appears more weak and helpless by the day.

and that "leader" thing goes well past rational thought and even sensible emotions
each leader, real or fake, defines and redefines the image of a leader, especially under stressful conditions

with real experts and make their recommedations public. Joe is going to inherit a mess, he has to be ready to go on Day 1. We are talking a Hoover to FDR transition.

start having "quarantine chats" or whatever, calmly, a reassuring voice offering sound advice and information, following Trump's awful press-abuse sessions, build a rapport with the public

in press conferences etc. That would set Sen. Sanders' supporters' hair on fire for sure.

It would be advantageous if the presumptive nominee could coordinate the message of the Dem party with the leaders in Congress, but if he were to do it, there'd be howls of outrage about rigging and coronation etc from those who are so delusional they think Sen Sanders still has a chance to win.

i really hope there isn't a Comey moment pending come October

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i think it does matter, because people everywhere -- not just America -- need some confidence and encouragement right now, that this crisis will be taken seriously and handled competently.

says he's going to do, with the CV Crisis, that he was ahead of the curve on ?

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been disappointed so many times before

i really want him to knock this one out

God forbid Biden hasn't checked in with you on his whereabouts.

i like when that happens, YMMV

Mahalo, onetexan

Is ignoring the virus. Often we on DU think we are the ideal campaign advisors. If so, we should seek to get the jobs.

just Biden his time.

As an older candidate who makes gaffes, he needs to take the Reagan route of prioritizing quality over quantity. He has been doing this successfully over the past few weeks (and winning) whereas before he was spreading himself too thin and messing up often.

Joe can't appear to be politicizing this crisis, it's too dangerous and could blow back on him.

I do share your fear about Trump trying to act like FDR or something (lol), and stupid people buying in this. The stimulus and other gov't actions taken are classic Democratic strategies that are antithetical to the GOP's anti-gov't philosophy. Voters need to understand this, why they need to elect a Democrat for these times.

If you think Trump's daily briefings are making him look good, you are watching stuff that the rest of us aren't.