Posted on 09/13/2020 8:51 am

WILLIE BROWN: Six reasons Biden will win

Willie Brown/San Francisco Chronicle

The polls are beginning to show a consistent trend that has Joe Biden waxing President Trump’s wig.

In the battleground states of Arizona, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan, all of which went to Trump four years ago, Biden is leading by numbers that should make Democrats feel comfortable. Several other states that Trump won in 2016, most notably Florida and North Carolina, are up for grabs.

Here are some of the reasons behind the Biden lift.

One: The virus. The election appears to be hinging on who voters believe will be most effective in dealing with the pandemic. Trump made it abundantly and very publicly clear early on that there wasn’t anything to fear from the coronavirus. But privately, Bob Woodward reveals in his new book, “Rage,” Trump knew from the start that the disease was to be feared. He kept that knowledge to himself.

That helps Biden.

Two: The Trump campaign has failed in its attempts to make law and order the central issue of the election. Trump’s fearmongering of Black Lives Matter and protesters and vandals in cities such as Portland, Ore., and Kenosha, Wis., has not generated a great reaction from moderate Democrats or independents.

That helps Biden.

Three: Older voters are abandoning Trump in large numbers. People above 65 are among the most reliable voters in every state. In 2016, they favored Trump. Not now.

Four: The questions about Biden’s age, health and intellectual skill appear to be falling by the wayside. The only place you hear about “Sleepy Joe” these days is on Fox News.

Five: The economy. Wall Street is doing great, but Main Street is hurting. The economic downturn will not be the decider in the race, but it adds to the general feeling of uncertainty. When people are asked the old standby — Are you better off than you were four years ago? — the answer is, “No.”

And finally, voters want Barack Obama back. That really helps Biden, because he’s the closest thing we can get to Obama in this election.

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Squatch
5 days ago

Willie should see if he can get a blow “dry” from Nancy Pelosi. Maybe she’ll remove her dentures. Kamala is out of town.

RuthLily
RuthLily
6 days ago

His ex-“gf”is BIden’s VP & of course he supports her.

Fred Stevens
Fred Stevens
6 days ago

1. Vote fraud.
2. Vote fraud.
3. Vote fraud.
4. Vote fraud.
5. Vote fraud.
6. Vote fraud.

Chuckiechan
Chuckiechan
6 days ago

If you look through the lens Willie Brown looks through, you see an America too dull to notice a Trojan horse in the wings harboring a desire for an overhaul of America’s system of distributing economic gains and justice, by the use of aggressive use of constitutional “lawfare”.
“By any means necessary” means what it says.

m. fuah
m. fuah
6 days ago

d…. can win only by their usual cheating

m. fuah
m. fuah
6 days ago
Reply to  m. fuah

buck fiden

m. fuah
m. fuah
6 days ago

fk gro-bama

Da1blood
Da1blood
6 days ago

Brown doesn’t believe a word of this nonsense.

Dave
Dave
6 days ago

“Older voters are abandoning Trump in large numbers…….” I’m well over 65 and I wouldn’t vote for Biden to save my ass from hell. “Wall Street is doing great, but Main Street is hurting……………..” Main street is hurting because the damn democrats won’t let the people go back to work. “voters want Barack Obama back…………………..” Voters DO NOT want obama back, he did and is doing his best to destroy this country. There is no way in hell that Trump can lose, the democrats refuse to prosecute the jerks that are destroying our cities and burning down business belonging to… Read more »

Tony
Tony
6 days ago

. . . i read both autobiographies “written by” Barack himself . . . AND I DON’T want him back . . .

m. fuah
m. fuah
6 days ago
Reply to  Tony

that’s not writing, that’s typing - truman capote

paul montana
paul montana
6 days ago

Oh My GAWD…..Was this an audition for Comedy Central??? LMAO!!! Willie, you really need to stop hitting the bottle, you are as delusional as #BrainDeadJoe…I guess you owed this article to Kamel after all those other articles you wrote dissing her and foretelling a Trump Victory. Woodward?? Who is he??? NOBODY CARES about what Woodward has to say…just the Marxocrats who spun the story in the Meedeeyah. You are irrelevant Willie…go take a dirt nap or a feces nap in your “City by the Cesspit.”

fritz
fritz
7 days ago

“….And finally, voters want Barack Obama back.” Willie, that ACID flashback has just kicked in again. Please enumerate all the positive aspects of Barry’s presidency: 1) 2) 3). Go ahead Mr. Handjob, give your readers a stroke or two…

John Steele
John Steele
6 days ago
Reply to  fritz

Willie WAS known for political savvy, but this is a statement of desperation. He knows Joe’s going down in flames. There’s no Eject button either. Trump clearly is on the ascending and Joe is stuck in hie room downstairs..

Defund the Left- Cancel your Pay-TV
Defund the Left- Cancel your Pay-TV
7 days ago

Six words that define Kamala: SHE WENT TO BED WITH WILLIE.

Zola Holt
Zola Holt
6 days ago

Kamala is only politician to advance while going down on all the pols.

Axe-victim
5 days ago
Reply to  Zola Holt

That’s hilarious!

Chuckiechan
Chuckiechan
6 days ago

That is “Corn Pop” Harris to you infidel!