The Democrats are in deep trouble, and they know it. 

Their poll numbers are below that of chlamydia, and their ability to unify is roughly equivalent to the Bolsheviks and the Menscheviks' ability to work together in 1917. The House Speaker and Senate Majority Leader are rivals in the same manner as Stalin and Trotsky in the 1920s. 

In other words, they need a savior. And Joe Biden wants to be the Moses who leads the Democrats into the promised land. 

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I believe he can do it. He does, after all, have a record of both beating Trump and scamming domestic and foreign "donors."

Unfortunately for Republicans, the Democrats don't seem to believe that the man they recently compared to George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Winston Churchill has what it takes to raise a dime for their cause. 

Weird, that. 

WASHINGTON — Former President Joe Biden has told some Democratic leaders he’ll raise funds, campaign and do anything else necessary for Democrats to recover lost ground as the Trump administration rolls back programs the party helped design, according to people close to him.

Biden privately met last month with the new Democratic National Committee chairman, Ken Martin, and offered to help as the party struggles to regain its viability amid polling that shows its popularity has been sinking, the people said.

So far, Biden's overture seems to have fallen flat. Democrats find themselves adrift, casting about for a compelling messenger.

Whoever that is, it's not Biden, many party activists and donors contend. He's tethered to the 2024 defeat and, at 82, is a symbol more of the party's past than its future, they argue.

“Who’s going to want Joe Biden back in the game?” said a major Biden supporter, speaking on condition of anonymity to talk candidly about him.

 Biden seems as popular with Democrats as a skunk at a garden party for some reason. After years of being told that Franklin Delano Roosevelt's record of achievements was shorter than Joe Biden's--because, after all, he is "sharp as a tack"--no Democrat wants to be associated with him. The New York Post has a story on this, and the reviews for the idea are...not good. 

WASHINGTON — Former aides to Joe Biden and other Democratic flacks were aghast Friday following a report that the 46th president recently met with party bosses to offer to put himself back in the spotlight and boost the ailing party’s image and fundraising.

Biden, 82, and wife Jill sat down with newly elected Democratic National Committee chairman Ken Martin last month to pitch themselves for a revamped campaigning effort, according to NBC News.

Recent public polling shows Democrats’ support has cratered, with less than one-third of Americans approving of the party’s performance since President Trump returned to the White House Jan. 20.

Joe Biden’s former aides and other Democrats piled on the ex-president after he reportedly met with party bosses to put himself back in the spotlight.

“The Bidens are still living in an alternative universe that revolves only around them,” a onetime senior White House adviser told The Post in response to the NBC report.

“Their irresponsibility, family ego and selfishness put the Democratic Party in this position in the first place … The Biden family — and the disconnected reality that they and their ineffective little circle live in — is responsible for the Trump sequel and the wilderness the Democratic Party finds itself in today,” this person said.

“Why?” asked another former Biden administration official. “That is my first question.”

So the Democrats have chosen a different path--civil war within the party and a full-blown attempt to inspire a civil war in the nation as a whole. 

The only unifying principle that holds Democrats together is a love of Brownshirt tactics married to extraordinary mendacity. I suppose you could throw into the mix a dedication to killing babies and old people, and mutilating children. They all seem to love those things, too. 

Though Biden is willing to help, Democrats aren’t unanimous in wanting them to. Some party activists believe Biden is an admired figure who remains a draw inside a grateful party.

Jane Kleeb, a vice chair of the DNC, said in an interview: “If you were to call any state party chair and ask them if they wanted Joe Biden to be a keynote speaker for their annual dinner, the answer would be yes. He is beloved by the party and beloved by the voters.”

Others argue that reminding voters of a 2024 campaign that went sour isn’t the best strategy for a party that is grasping for a message and searching for new, younger leaders. A CNN poll this month asked Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents which leader best reflects the party’s core values. Only 1% chose Biden.

What’s more, the wounds of 2024 are still fresh, with many Democrats aggrieved over Biden’s decision to run again and remain in the race until just a few months before the election, leaving Vice President Kamala Harris little time to organize a campaign of her own.

Republicans, of course, would welcome Joe Biden as a savior of the Republic. A full-blown media blitz by Biden backing his fellow Democrats would surely sway public opinion, although perhaps not in the way the Democrats intended.