President Joe Biden has said he plans to run for re-election in 2024, but apparently, not everyone on his own side believes him—or wants him to. The New York Times reported Monday that Biden is “confounded” that other Democrats and a usually compliant media have the gall to question the narrative, or even bring up his age. It says:
Facing intensifying skepticism about his capacity to run for re-election when he will be nearly 82, the president and his top aides have been stung by the questions about his plans, irritated at what they see as a lack of respect from their party and the press, and determined to tamp down suggestions that he’s effectively a lame duck a year and a half into his administration.
Biden would have been 86 years old by the time he finishes his second term. He is currently the oldest president of all time. Combine that with soaring inflation, insane gas prices, and historically low approval numbers, and you can see why many don’t want him to run again.
“I have been surprised at the number of people who are openly expressing concerns about 2024 and whether or not Biden should run,” admits Decomcrat Representative Adam Smith of Washington.
Former Representative Joe Cunningham of South Carolina, who’s running for Governor in that state, was more succinct, arguing in a CNNJoe must make it clear that he will not be nominated.
JUST NOW: “The whole system of government is being run by a geriatric oligarchy,” says @JoeCunninghamSCWhile we agree that President Biden should not be running for reelection pic.twitter.com/8mqvuPPoO9
— New Day (@NewDay) June 23, 2022
Said Cunningham
If President Biden was here right now, and asked my opinion about whether or not I should be running for another term or whether he should stand aside to allow a new generation leadership emerge, I would say the former.
Who needs enemies when you have friends like these?
The Times admits that Biden has brought on a lot of this himself by running as “a bridge, not as anything else” in the 2020 Democratic primary, essentially arguing that he would restore normalcy after Trump–and then step aside.
Voters don’t think so. A Yahoo! poll in June showed that 64% of respondents didn’t think he should be running for re-election.
“Mr. Biden has been eager for signs of loyalty,” the Times writes, “and they have been few and far between.”
As RedState’s Bonchie reported in his piece, “Democrats Are Scrambling to Find an Alternative to Joe Biden in 2024,” which Joe can’t take as a good sign. Among those potential alternatives is California Governor Gavin Newsom who just bought ad space in… Florida?It seems that he is keen to be part of the national conversation on abortion. There are rumors that Hillary Clinton will be running for the election, which has been resurrected recently.
CNN political analyst and Axios editor Margaret Talev argues that the all this chatter hurts Biden’s ability to do his job:
It weakens Biden’s ability to govern, which is already weakened. Two things I believe are true. Number one, if gas wasn’t $5 a gallon and inflation wasn’t 8.5 percent, people would be still talking about whether Biden was the strongest person to pit against Trump, which is what this has always been about.
We can’t know Biden’s mental capacity these days, but he certainly seems unable or unwilling to accept the fact that almost nobody likes his performance in office or the terrible results of his policies. He continues to talk as if he’s a great president, yet whines about not getting enough credit for all the wonderful things he’s accomplished.
My prediction: The sharks are going to smell blood. As 2024 draws near, the attacks by his own side will only get worse.
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