I believe it when these political professionals mention personal reasons. Their family lives are often the worst you could imagine.
Family lives of political professionals and full time activists are truly painful. Mom or dad is just never home for months on end, with maybe a pass thru every few weeks. The at-home parent has the full burden. It’s really rough and most families, if they survive intact, have the pain and anger for years after any campaign ends. I’m not sure, tho, at this late date in the campaign that the family is his only reason for ‘stepping back.’
Yea,who knows. But that isn’t stopping the wild speculation I’ve seen out there.