Shockwaves and anger are still reverberating in Democratic circles since one of their (former) favorites, polling analyst Nate Silver, had the temerity to call out President Biden’s poor polling and the fact that Biden and his White House staff have no apparent plan to pull the president out of his nosedive. Silver’s logic and the hard data show clearly that Biden is in trouble.

Silver is a bit like a WebMD for politics: pretty good at the diagnosis, but not so good at prescribing a cure. While he definitely teased out many of the significant polling problems facing Biden, correctly concluded that these problems are durable and deduced that the White House is lacking in any solutions, his solution — a series of interviews with media not fully captured by the left — won’t work.

There are two problems for Silver: 1) Biden might not be able to handle it; and 2) even if he is fully coherent, he will likely inflame the Democratic voter base over issues like Israel and immigration.

Can Biden perform without a net?

Silver recommends Biden assuage the public by conducting four interviews with “non-friendly” media outlets. His definition of “non-friendly” is any outlet not in the tank for either Joe Biden or Donald Trump. Though it’s doubtful such an outlet actually exists, his unstated implication is that such interviews would tackle at least a few challenging questions.

This also assumes Biden can handle the assignment. But as Silver himself notes, the White House has dealt with the latest controversies with excuses, stonewalling and criticizing........

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