www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/biden-pressure-drop-out-trump-2024-rcna159541
Biden is facing pressure to drop out. Trump isn't joining in.
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Biden is going to be remembered terribly if he doesn’t drop out. If he wins he is supposedly going to serve 4 years lol just let the man retire.
The farce in all this is that reporting seems to indicate that it is Biden, Jill, his sister, and close allies(like the ones that thought it was a good idea to agree to the debate and those rules) that are basically the sole voices in the room making the decision on the future of democracy for 300 million people.
Fun times
His family is probably in denial, and that's to be expected. But what's interesting is that none of his advisors sounded the alarm. They spent a week prepping him. They had to know (or at least suspect) that something like this was going to happen. This might be a bit far-fetched, but I almost wonder if some of the advisors in the Biden camp agreed to a debate with so much time before the conventions because they wanted to get this out there while there was still time to do something about it.
I kinda think what is easier explained by incompetence over conspiracy tends to be right.
Before 2020 Biden's history, despite his narrative, was 3 rather disastrous attempts at running for the White House. Each involving a lot of questionable staffing decisions and often Biden throwing some of those people under the bus.
Even 2020 was not some well oiled campaign.
And the person at the center of each was Joe Biden.
Also, ironically, if he would step down and help bring about a successor, I think he would secure his legacy and when the dust settles likely go down as one of the most effective presidents in a generation and one of the greatest public servants of all time, warts and all....if he stays in and loses, he will be more vilified than RBG, Dianne Feinstein, and Hillary combined.
I don't agree with everything you said, but your last paragraph is spot on. Biden had tremendous accomplishments for a single term. There would have been nothing wrong with him accepting that and passing the torch. Instead, we see him trying again when he's clearly not up for it. I'm not sure he's even up for the day-to-day tasks of the office anymore. He's definitely not going to be up for it a couple years from now.
That alone is reason enough for him to pass the torch now.
Yea because denial makes me want to put my parents up for another stressful 4 years when they deserve to retire and relax.
I call that selfishness
I don't really buy this kind of narrative that paints Biden as an innocent victim in all of this. He might be sundowning but he can still choose to step down. He's still looking at all the terrible election polling and his historically low favorability ratings and the reactions to his horrible debate performance and deciding to stay in the race. He's got a large ego and it's keeping him from making the right choice.
Talk to your Dem reps and senators if they exist. I sent mine a short letter, even though I’m probably telling into the void
Well the DNC and media won't blame Biden, and certainly not themselves, they'll blame progressives and young voters and Muslims and anyone else perceived as being responsible for Biden's loss.