Doug Schoen says White House ‘uniquely tone-deaf’ and has ‘no message’ except demonizing Trump
The White House’s “near-total freeze-out” on outside advice has one Democratic strategist concerned there could be big trouble for the Biden-Harris campaign. On “FOX & Friends” on Wednesday, Doug Schoen outlined how the administration is failing to heed warnings about voters’ concerns about the economy and the border, along with progressives’ anger over Israel’s war in Gaza.
DOUG SCHOEN: [Progressives] could stay home, they could vote for RFK Jr. And in states like Minnesota and particularly Michigan, that could be enough to cost the president at least two swing states and potentially the presidency.… What I’m picking up is that the White House is uniquely tone-deaf and not listening to not only me, but two Democratic insiders who’ve been in past campaigns, who’ve been successful with the Obama administration, the Clinton administration. There’s a near-total freeze-out on outside advice to the detriment of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.
I don’t think [the Biden campaign] has a clear theory of the case or strategy. They have no message on inflation. They have no message on the southern border. All that they appear to do is demonize Donald Trump and talk about their statistical record of accomplishments. And everything I see in my polls and every other poll says it just isn’t working.