Joe Biden: A Game-Managing QB, Costing His Team Wins

A new NPR poll found that President Joe Biden's approval rating among independents has tumbled to 36%, a 10% drop from July. Combined with 85% of approval from Democrats and 5% from Republicans, Biden's overall rating sits at 43%, his lowest since taking office.

While these numbers do not signal the definitive end of what's left of Joe Biden, they do disrupt his entire game plan.

Biden's plan to run the country mirrored how he campaigned in 2020. He planned to hide, let the Republicans self-destruct, and allow the media to remind the country he isn't Donald Trump. However, that strategy is no longer plausible following the events of Afghanistan. Now, Biden has to go out and win re-election.

And therein lies the issue.

Look at Biden as a game-managing quarterback in the NFL. The American voters would never ask him to be excellent. They had only hoped he wouldn't be an unmitigated disaster. No one could knock the optimism.

Like any QB striving to be average, Biden won the job because the decision-makers -- in this case, the voters -- viewed the starter as more reckless than efficient. Thanks to Trump's rhetoric, COVID, and mail-in voting, Biden won by default. He's Teddy Bridgewater -- at best.

And mediocre QBs can last more than one season, or in this case, one term. They can even hold off other candidates by running out the clock and relying on teammates to pretend they are also average. However, as soon as the low-ceiling, uninspiring QB starts to lose games, he is done -- benched and told to grab a baseball cap.

Biden is not winning. He's not performing well in any category. Americans are worse off now than they were before Biden took office. There is not a single mark on Biden's presidency worth promoting. His actions spiked the gas prices, wrecked the Southern border, and allowed terrorists to take over Afghanistan. That's a first-year you hoped you never had to witness.

So unless Biden returns to his slightly below-average form from two decades ago, the American voters will bench him in 2024. The voters will not forget the lasting images of people falling out of airplanes, the aftermath of the suicide bombing, and the Americans who were left behind. That's a two-week span you also hoped you never had to witness.

41% of U.S. adults now "strongly disapprove" of Biden's performance as president. Meaning, Joe Biden needs to start winning as opposed to not losing. In other words: stop being Joe Biden.