O’Biden: President heads to Emerald Isle to discover roots

NEWS AND OPINION:

President Biden has arrived in Northern Ireland for official conferences across the stunning Emerald Isle and a few private stops alongside the way in which as effectively. Here’s just a few evocative headlines from the final 24 hours reflecting how the ever-friendly press interprets the journey:

“Biden to explore his Irish lineage and meet with relatives on overseas trip” (NBC News); “Biden’s trip to Ireland is part homecoming, part diplomacy and part politics” (CNN); “Biden takes son Hunter and sister Valerie to Ireland as investigations heat up” (Fox News); “In Ireland, Biden is on a diplomatic and deeply personal mission” (National Public Radio); “Why Ireland is so important to Joe Biden” (BBC); “Why Biden’s return to Ireland, his ancestral homeland, may not be a storybook trip” (Politico); and “Ireland readies a warm welcome for Biden, ‘the most Irish’ president since JFK” (The New York Times).

THE GOP TAKES A LOOK

“Recent polls show that when President Joe Biden claims his economic ‘plan’ is ‘working,’ he could not be more out of touch with reality,” mentioned Tommy Pigott, speedy response director for the Republican National Committee in a written assertion shared with Inside the Beltway.

Those surveys, he famous, embrace a Gallup ballot that discovered that 83% of U.S. adults have a damaging view of the financial system; a CNBC survey which revealed that 70% are financially burdened and 58% reside paycheck to paycheck; and a CNN ballot that mentioned 62% of the respondents disapprove of Mr. Biden’s dealing with of the financial system — whereas solely 32% mentioned he deserves to be reelected.

“So what is Biden’s solution as his destructive agenda continues to hurt working families? Hire 30,000 IRS agents over the next three years – more than the total number of Border Patrol agents –to conduct hundreds of thousands of additional middle-class audits. It’s clear: Biden’s economic plan is not working,” Mr. Pigott mentioned.

THEY CHOSE CHICAGO

Meanwhile, the Windy City is about to get loads windier.

The Democratic Party is gearing up for the challenges of a presidential election and can maintain its 2024 nationwide conference and nominate its candidate in Chicago, in accordance with the Democratic National Committee in an announcement launched Tuesday.

President Biden deemed Chicago a “great choice” for the massive occasion. Republicans, in fact, beg to vary.

“We look forward to the convention where their radical agenda will be on full display for the world to see. Voters will soundly reject whichever out-of-touch liberal the Democrats nominate in Chicago and instead elect our Republican nominee as the next President of the United States,” mentioned Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel.

MIDDLE CLASS BLUES

Well, a lot for one specific facet of White House coverage.

“Few Americans say President Joe Biden’s policies have provided a lot of help to middle-class families – or to poor or wealthy families for that matter,” advises a brand new Monmouth University ballot launched Tuesday.

“Just 10% of Americans say middle-class families have benefited a lot from Biden’s policies so far — while 51% say the middle class has not benefited at all,” the ballot evaluation mentioned.

Another 36% mentioned the center class had benefited “a little”

“Biden’s appeal when he ran for president was that he understands the average Joe. Reaction to his policy agenda, however, suggests it is an area where he remains weak,” mentioned Patrick Murray, director of the unbiased Monmouth University Polling Institute.
Congress, in the meantime, additionally bought a really tepid analysis by the ballot respondents.

“How much weight do members of Congress give to the concerns of average Americans when they decide which policies to support: A great deal, some, not much, or none at all?” the ballot requested.

And the numbers: 39% mentioned lawmakers give “not much” concern, 28% mentioned that they had “some” concern, 23% mentioned the lawmakers had “no concern at all.” Another 6% of the respondents mentioned lawmakers exhibited a “great deal” of concern.

The ballot of 805 U.S. adults was performed March 16-20.

FOXIFIED

During the week of April 3–9, Fox News bested cable information rivals CNN and MSNBC each all through the day and within the peak primetime interval, incomes a each day common of two.4 million viewers within the latter hours. In that point interval, MSNBC earned an viewers of 1.5 million whereas CNN bought simply 717,000 viewers.

During former President Trump’s speech on April 4 following his arraignment, “Tucker Carlson Tonight” had its highest-rated evening since 2020, with over 6.7 million viewers.

In addition, Fox News additionally aired 67 of the highest 100 cable information telecasts. Mr. Carlson additionally drew a mean 4 million nightly viewers over your complete week. “The Five” was runner-up with a each day common of three.4 million viewers.

As far as daytime programming goes, Fox News was the main community — No. 1 — in your complete cable realm, with an viewers of 1.4 million. That quantity bested not solely CNN and MSNBC but additionally non-news rivals reminiscent of ESPN, HGTV and the Food Network.

POLL DU JOUR

• 23% of U.S. adults say that the “criminal case against Donald Trump” makes it “much less likely” that they’ll vote for him in 2024; 7% of Republicans, 13% of independents and 39% of Democrats agree.

• 5% total say the case makes them “somewhat less likely” to vote for him in 2024; 5% of Republicans, 5% of independents and 5% of Democrats agree.

• 43% total say it’s going to don’t have any affect on the probability of voting for him; 38% of Republicans, 57% of independents and 43% of Democrats agree.

• 6% total say the case makes them “somewhat more likely” to vote for him; 7% of Republicans, 7% of independents and 6% of Democrats agree.

• 15% total say the case makes them “much more likely” to vote for him; 33% of Republicans, 8% of independents and 5% of Democrats agree.

• 7% total are usually not certain concerning the concern; 9% of Republicans, 9% of independents and three% of Democrats agree.

SOURCE: A Reuters/Ipsos ballot of 1,004 U.S. adults performed April 5-6.