If he was trying to raise as much money as possible from his base, he would go to the max against choice. Instead, he wants to raise a lot of money, and then win.
In the news there are stories about Gaza, which nobody can control, and Trump with vermin speeches. The left leaning news seems to be intent on scaring voters. They run endless stories on polls. Those people polled do not actually watch Biden on TV. Not realizing that the more they run the stories the more it goes like this. “Biden incompetent say 54% of those polled.” The people polled are not likely to follow Biden other than the Israel trip last. Politics is still click bait a year before the election in news.