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President Biden should not run again in 2024

Joe Biden launched his candidacy for president in 2019 with the words “we are in the battle for the soul of this nation.” He was right. And though it wasn’t obvious at first to many Democrats, he was the best person to wage that fight. He was a genial but also shrewd campaigner for the restoration of what legislators call “regular order.”

Since then, Biden has had a remarkable string of wins. He defeated President Donald Trump in the 2020 election; he led a Democratic rebuff of Trump’s acolytes in the 2022 midterms; his Justice Department has systematically prosecuted the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection that Trump championed and, now, through special counsel Jack Smith, the department is bringing Trump himself to justice.
What I admire most about President Biden is that in a polarized nation, he has governed from the center out, as he promised in his victory speech. With an unexpectedly steady hand, he passed some of the most important domestic legislation in recent decades. In foreign policy, he managed the delicate balance of helping Ukraine fight Russia without getting America itself into a war. In sum, he has been a successful and effective president.
But I don’t think Biden and Vice President Harris should run for reelection. It’s painful to say that, given my admiration for much of what they have accomplished. But if he and Harris campaign together in 2024, I think Biden risks undoing his greatest achievement — which was stopping Trump.

Biden wrote his political testament in his inaugural address: “When our days are through, our children and our children’s children will say of us: They gave their best, they did their duty, they healed a broken land.” Mr. President, maybe this is that moment when duty has been served.
Biden would carry two big liabilities into a 2024 campaign. He would be 82 when he began a second term. According to a recent Associated Press-NORC poll, 77 percent of the public, including 69 percent of Democrats, think he’s too old to be effective for four more years. Biden’s age isn’t just a Fox News trope; it’s been the subject of dinner-table conversations across America this summer.

Because of their concerns about Biden’s age, voters would sensibly focus on his presumptive running mate, Harris. She is less popular than Biden, with a 39.5 percent approval rating, according topolling website FiveThirtyEight. Harris has many laudable qualities, but the simple fact is that she has failed to gain traction in the country or even within her own party.
Biden could encourage a more open vice-presidential selection process that could produce a stronger running mate. There are many good alternatives, starting with now-Mayor of Los Angeles Karen Bass, whom I wish Biden had chosen in the first place, or Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo. But breaking up the ticket would be a free-for-all that could alienate Black women, a key constituency. Biden might end up more vulnerable.
Politicians who know Biden well say that if he were convinced that Trump were truly vanquished, he would feel he had accomplished his political mission. He will run again if he believes in his gut that Trump will be the GOP nominee and that he has the best chance to defeat Trump and save the country from the nightmare of a revenge presidency.

Biden has never been good at saying no. He should have resisted the choice of Harris, who was a colleague of his beloved son Beau when they were both state attorneys general. He should have blocked then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan, which has done considerable damage to the island’s security. He should have stopped his son Hunter from joining the board of a Ukrainian gas company and representing companies in China — and he certainly should have resisted Hunter’s attempts to impress clients by getting Dad on the phone.
Biden has another chance to say no — to himself, this time — by withdrawing from the 2024 race. It might not be in character for Biden, but it would be a wise choice for the country.
Biden has in many ways remade himself as president. He is no longer the garrulous glad-hander I met when I first covered Congress more than four decades ago. He’s still an old-time pol, to be sure, but he is now more focused and strategic; he executes policies systematically, at home and abroad. As Franklin Foer writes in “The Last Politician,” a new account of Biden’s presidency, “he will be remembered as the old hack who could.”
Time is running out. In a month or so, this decision will be cast in stone. It will be too late for other Democrats, including Harris, to test themselves in primaries and see whether they have the stuff of presidential leadership. Right now, there’s no clear alternative to Biden — no screamingly obvious replacement waiting in the wings. That might be the decider for Biden, that there’s seemingly nobody else. But maybe he will trust in democracy to discover new leadership, “in the arena.”
I hope Biden has this conversation with himself about whether to run, and that he levels with the country about it. It would focus the 2024 campaign. Who is the best person to stop Trump? That was the question when Biden decided to run in 2019, and it’s still the essential test of a Democratic nominee today.

This guy writes this piece which has now given the mainstream media the go ahead to echo what’s in the article. Even the Morning Joe is getting on board. Thinking Democrats don’t want a Biden/Harris ticket in 2024.
 
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a transformational ticket like Whitmer and Buttigieg.
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This guy writes this piece which has now given the mainstream media the go ahead to echo what’s in the article. Even the Morning Joe is getting on board. Thinking Democrats don’t want a Biden/Harris ticket in 2024.
You obviously did not watch the MJ segment this AM, did you? There, the author (David Ignatius) stated that his editorial did not necessarily reflect his feelings. He wrote the editorial because right now, most Dems he has spoken to, make a reference to Joe and his age...and like it or not, that alone makes it a factor that needs to be addressed by Biden and his team. It was being talked about by Dems any way.

Jan...where were you the last couple of years of Reagan’s White House years as he fell under the grip of Alheimer’s And Nancy was orchestrating all of the Gipper’s public appearances.
 
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LOL...he had no judicial choices... they were made for him...stolen for him. His tax cuts indisputably went to the wealthiest Americans. Period. He had no energy policy so I have no idea what you're even talking about. And when he runs against Biden, you will vote for him again. You might come here and deny it but It's as safe a bet as it's possible to make.
You think what you want about how I will vote. You’re wrong but then you’re wrong about most everything.
 
Yes he should and he will. He's the incumbent has done a fantastic job and will protect democracy and women's rights. This isn't remotely difficult. Getting sick of this BS.
 
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Gotta reach back 30+ years?
Reagan was still more lucid the day he left office the the Delaware Dimwit is now,
No mom, it has been documented he really wasn’t...he was strictly day to day at the end.But then, Biden is no where near the mentally disabled state the Gipper’s was in most of his second term. Again...Biden is starting to age...he is in no way at this moment, informed....Reagan was.
 
To put Biden’s age in perspective, consider the opening line of the Gettysburg Address.

“Four score and seven years ago…”

87 years. The amount of time that passed between the Declaration of Independence and the Gettysburg Address.

If he completes a second term in office, Biden will be four score and six years old.
 
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To put Biden’s age in perspective, consider the opening line of the Gettysburg Address.

“Four score and seven years ago…”

87 years. The amount of time that passed between the Declaration of Independence and the Gettysburg Address.

If he completes a second term in office, Biden will be four score and six years old.
He's the savior of our Democracy. Anyone who cares about our country should be thankful for him and support him.
 
To put Biden’s age in perspective, consider the opening line of the Gettysburg Address.

“Four score and seven years ago…”

87 years. The amount of time that passed between the Declaration of Independence and the Gettysburg Address.

If he completes a second term in office, Biden will be four score and six years old.
The author of the NYT editorial is David Ignatius. His father is 102.
 
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You obviously did not watch the MJ segment this AM, did you? There, the author (David Ignatius) stated that his editorial did not necessarily reflect his feelings. He wrote the editorial because right now, most Dems he has spoken to, make a reference to Joe and his age...and like it or not, that alone makes it a factor that needs to be addressed by Biden and his team. It was being talked about by Dems any way.

Jan...where were you the last couple of years of Reagan’s White House years as he fell under the grip of Alheimer’s And Nancy was orchestrating all of the Gipper’s public appearances.
When Reagan was deteriorating, I was in the military and not worried about such things. But I did know enough that Nancy helping to cover from him was not a good thing at all.

You think I only think Democrats with mental deficiencies should leave office?
 
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I have never seen the "unlikable" about Kamala. I think she's bright and pretty funny in interviews. Granted, I generally agree with what she's saying. I have never seen a VP despised, from the start, as she has been. Ever. Again, I wonder why.
Are you too young to remember Dan Quayle? Honest question.
 
When Reagan was deteriorating, I was in the military and not worried about such things. But I did know enough that Nancy helping to cover from him was not a good thing at all.

You think I only think Democrats with mental deficiencies should leave office?
Biden is not mentally deficient. He is getting old. There is a difference. Are you 50 years old? Using your criteria, if you are, you too probably are “mentally deficient”....Aging happens until it doesn’t happen any more.
 
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Biden is not mentally deficient. He is getting old. There is a difference. Are you 50 years old? Using your criteria, if you are, you too probably are “mentally deficient”....Aging happens until it doesn’t happen any more.
No way, ya big spastic! You're a mentalist!

 
You think what you want about how I will vote. You’re wrong but then you’re wrong about most everything.
Everybody knows how you will vote. That you voted twice for the most reprehensible human being to ever set foot in the WH demonstrates your complete lack of character. I told everyone that Trump was exactly that in 2015...I was correct. You voted for him anyway. He spent four years proving I was correct. You voted for him again.

You telling me I'm wrong is the best assurance I could possibly get to know I'm correct. Keep it up.
 
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Sometimes I think HROT members need to meet in an ally and just get it over with. It's nearly impossible to share a difference in ideology.

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