SNBC analyst Cornell Belcher confidently predicted to rivals that President Joe Biden will “kick your tail” in a primary, and that he’s in better shape than former President Barack Obama was to win reelection.
Biden’s only announced challenger is Marianne Williamson, but there has been a lot of chatter about polls showing Democrats looking for a change.
On Monday’s edition of MSNBC’s Chris Jansing Reports, Belcher, a prominent author and political strategist, told anchor Chris Jansing that Biden’s high approval rating among Democrats demonstrates he’d beat any primary challenger, and cited Biden’s record of policy accomplishments and positive economic indicators as evidence he’s in better shape than the last several incumbents to win in a general election:
CHRIS JANSING: Is that something Democrats should be hoping for? I mean, ultimately, it’s all about the eight, right? It’s the eight in front of the number of his age.
CORNELL BELCHER: Well, no, you’re absolutely right, Chris. Look, I mean, look, you know, a little insider thing here. Nowhere in modern history has an incumbent with anything approaching an 84% approval rating ever lost reelection. Right. So this whole ideal that…