Here are my observations and opinions from my select news of the day.

THOSE POLLS may show Joe Biden leading, even in states Donald Trump won in 2016, but Jon Levine, writing in the New York Post, says Democrats are “warning their faithful not to get too comfortable about the party’s chances in the 2020 presidential election.”

“We can’t be complacent or smug or suggest somehow it’s so obvious that this president hasn’t done a good job,” Barack Obama told thousands of donors online in his first joint fundraiser with Biden.

The party recalls that 2016 poll numbers showed Hillary Clinton cruising to victory in states like Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, which ultimately went for Trump by razor-thin margins and helped swing the election.  Just weeks before the vote, the New York Times declared Clinton had a 91 percent chance of becoming president.

“If the election were held today, I think Biden would win Michigan,” said Democrat Rep. Debbie Dingell, who quickly noted, however, that “Trump supporters are out there, and they’re still intense.” (Take note of the Politico interviews in Detroit below.)

HERE’S AN EXAMPLE of what the president is up against.  In an effort to paint a picture of doom for President Trump in November, the New York Times sought out individuals who voted for him in 2016, but don’t plan on voting for him again.

One such person fit the Times’ agenda perfectly.  He is John Crilly, 55, a retired commercial driver in Reeders, Pennsylvania, who said he voted for Trump in 2026 because the option was Hillary Clinton.

When asked what changed his mind, Mr. Chilly said, the “120,000 deaths” from the virus.”  Obviously uninformed, he said the president “refused to realize, ‘Oh, my God, there’s a virus coming our way, we should do something guys.”

It is because President Trump recognized the threat that he ignored the advice of the World Health Organization that “there is no reason for measures that unnecessarily interfere with international travel and trade, that he cut off travel with China, a decision that has been estimated to have saved millions of lives. A decision applauded by Dr. Anthony Fauci.

At least Mr. Chilly again has no option. How could he possibly support Joe Biden, who said, “It’s not who we are, and we’ll prove that when we beat Trump in November and end the ban,” ignoring the safety of Americans.

YOU’VE GOT TO WONDER what Wall Street firms are thinking about the upcoming presidential election.  That’s why a piece by Sergei Klebikow in Forbes magazine, “Wall Street Quietly Begins Warning About A Biden Presidency,” caught my attention.

“The main concern for Wall Street if Trump doesn’t win reelection is the likelihood of higher corporate taxes,” he writes, reminding readers of Biden’s 2019 pledge to roll back Trump’s signature tax cut legislation, which massively boosted corporate profits.

Obviously, financial executives are equally concerned about the Republicans keeping control of the Senate, recognizing that even if Biden were to win, his policies would go nowhere.

“The markets “aren’t focused too much on the issue at the moment,” Vital Knowledge founder Adam Crisafulli told Forbes, adding that “an improved Covid backdrop, a possible vaccine, more stimulus, better growth (and lower unemployment)” are all likely to translate into higher poll numbers for Trump.

“Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, tens of millions of Americans lost their jobs and many businesses remain shut down,” Klebnikov writes, noting that the Trump faces criticism over his response to the outbreak.

If you saw Biden’s Tuesday speech, you heard how his speechwriter worded Trump’s “failed response” to the virus woven through his comments on how he would tackle the pandemic on day one of his presidency.  Hmmmmm … That would be like bringing in the backup quarterback with 30 seconds to play, first and four on the five-yard line, with a 21-7 lead.

FROM POLITICO INTERVIEWS in Detroit several interesting comments came from the mouths of Black voters.

TONYA GRIFFITH, a 55-year-old clinical therapist: “We look at Joe Biden and see more of the same.  It’s about the era he came up.  It’s about his identity – he’s rich, old and white.  What are his credentials to us, other than Obama picking him?  It’s nice that worked with Obama. But let’s keep it real:  That was a political calculation.  Obama thought he needed a white man to get elected, just like Biden thinks he needs a Black woman to get elected.  We can see through that.

“Biden choosing a woman of color might actually irritate, not appease, Black voters.  Biden does little to inspire a wary Black electorate that views him as the status quo personified.”

URSALA MOORE, a 53-year-old real estate agent: “Some people thought just because we had a Black president, he was going to make things better for Black people – he was going to free Black prisoners, wipe out debt.  That was just ignorance. But the disappointment some of us felt with Obama – more so with the Democrat Party – that was real.  And it hasn’t gone away.  So, people start to wonder whether the outcome even matters.  They wonder whether they should bother voting at all.

Politico determined from discussion at a Detroit cookout that “There’s no excitement for Biden.  Trump can get his people riled up.  Biden can’t.”

MORE EVIDENCE OF DEMENTIA – During his June 30, 2020 press conference, Joe Biden said, “the president puts everything in terms of him … everything is him. It’s I don’t think, or I don’t …I didn’t do that … I believe that,” adding that it’s not about I, it’s about us.

His former boss, Barack Obama, was the master of first person singular terms throughout his eight years in office.

It was just six years ago, Joe, during a speech in Austin, Texas, that your boss used the first person singular, including the pronouns “I” and “me” and the adjective “my” 199 times.  He used such a word, on average, every 12 seconds, according to the official transcript and video.

C’mon, Joe.

Incidentally, Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address was only 272 words long, without the use of a single first person singular.

REP. ANYANNA PRESLEY (D-MA), a member of AOC’s squad, was “amazingly unhinged, even for a radical in Congress,” wrote Rick Moran in PJ Media, commenting on her House floor speech.

“There were so many half-truths, falsehoods, exaggerations, laughable misinterpretations of history, and outright lies that even some Democrats must have cringed with embarrassment,” said Moran.

“She doesn’t want equality of opportunity … she wants ‘systemic change’ that will build in guarantees that Blacks and Whites will be equal in income, housing, jobs, and, one supposes, representation in Congress and the courts,” wrote Moran, adding that she doesn’t want to wait for the natural evolution of society, where gradualism and incrementalism would rule.

Know that members of AOC’s radical mob serve on Biden’s six committees, and will surely have his ear.

LAUGH-OF-THE DAY – “Black voters have about the same enthusiasm for Biden as they do for leftover tuna casserole,” – Lawrence Person’s BattleSwarm Blog

May God continue to bless the United States of America.