Posted on 07/01/2023 6:12:43 PM PDT by algore
President Joe Biden has said he plans on running for a second term in 2024.
“Yes,” Biden said when asked by ABC News late last year whether he would run again for the White House. “But look, I’m a great respecter of fate – fate has intervened in my life many, many times. If I’m in the health I’m in now – I’m in good health – then, in fact, I would run again.”
Which does leave the door slightly ajar for him to not run again. And The Atlantic’s Mark Leibovich argued that is the course he should take in a piece this week.
“Let me put this bluntly: Joe Biden should not run for reelection in 2024,” wrote Leibovich. “He is too old.”
That article comes hard on the heels of a report in The New York Times documenting the growing whispers among Democrats that their best chance in 2024 might not be with Biden leading the ticket.
In response to the questions surrounding a Biden 2024 bid, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said on CNN this week: “What I can say is the President has repeatedly said that he plans to run in 2024, and I’m gonna have to leave it there. All I can say is that the President intends to do what the President plans to do.”
Given that growing chatter about Biden’s future, I thought it would be a worthy exercise to look at who else could wind up as the Democratic nominee for president in two years’ time. One thing to note: If Biden runs, it is very unlikely he faces a significant primary challenge. Most of the names on this list would only run if Biden decided not to.
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Surprisingly their only viable candidate is not mentioned at all
I didn’t notice that this is from 2022 when I searched, I think this is probably still their shortlist
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