By Nicholas Fondacaro
Just eight months into his presidency and American people have already had enough of Joe Biden, according to multiple national and state polls from around the country. The President was underwater practically everywhere but the CBS Evening News was the only broadcast network that found it newsworthy during their Wednesday newscasts as also highlighted how Biden was struggling to pass his expensive legislative agenda.
Instead of talking about Biden’s terrible poll numbers, ABC’s World News Tonight talked about the weather. Meanwhile, NBC Nightly News talked with Al Gore and gushed about how accurate his climate change movie supposedly was and joked that a local lottery winner wasn’t a member of their studio crew.
Back on CBS, they were talking about Biden’s inconvenient truth. “Well, tonight, President Biden’s approval rating has hit a new low. A Gallup poll finds 43 percent of Americans approve of the job he’s doing, and 53 percent do not,” announced anchor Norah O’Donnell. “Only President Trump had a lower approval rating at a similar point in his presidency.”
She added: “And tonight, some of Mr. Biden’s most ambitious plans are facing opposition.” And senior White House correspondent Ed O’Keefe gave a rundown of how Biden’s agenda was on the skids:
First, moderates led by guys like West Virginia’s Joe Manchin, who are concerned about the size and scope of the proposed $3.5 trillion budget plan. Then he met separately with progressives like Bernie Sanders, who want as big a deal as possible to address big concerns like tackling climate change or affordable healthcare. But the President is eagerly trying to bring them together, given the slim margins his party faces in the House and Senate.
But CBS only noted that one poll. So, for more on Biden’s sinking ship, Fox News Channel’s Special Report once again filled in the void.
“President Biden’s poll numbers are dwindling nationwide and in several key states amid a handful of crises which critics consider self-inflicted by the President,” announced anchor Bret Baier. “While it’s a long way away the shift does not bode well for Democrats ahead of next year’s midterm elections.”
In addition to sharing the same Gallup poll that O’Donnell did, chief Washington correspondent Mike Emanuel highlighted four polls from states with swing districts that were being targeted by National Republican Campaign Committee:
In Michigan, the President has dropped to 39 percent approval in the Detroit Chamber poll. The National Republican Campaign Committee has two top targets there. Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin and Haley Stephens.
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In New Hampshire, the President’s approval has dipped to 46 percent in the new Granite State poll. There, the NRCC is targeting Congressman Chris Pappas. In Virginia, which Joe Biden won by 10 points, his approval is down to 46 percent in The Washington Post poll. The NRCC has two top targets there, congresswoman Abigail Spanberger and Elaine Luria.
Probably the most concerning for Biden was the Des Moines Register poll out of Iowa “where the President’s approval has dropped 12 percentage points since June … the NRCC is targeting congresswoman Cindy Axne.”