Posted on 03/11/2020 4:40:16 AM PDT by Kaslin
Joe Biden was sworn into the United States Senate on Jan. 3, 1973. He remained in the Senate until Jan. 15, 2009 -- a span of 36 years. If history is any guide, that alone is a disqualifier in Biden's quest for the White House.
What does 36 years in the Senate say about a politician? It says he is a senator -- not a president.
So the first reason Biden will not become president is that no one who served 36 years in the Senate has ever become president. No one who served 30 years in the Senate has ever become president. No one who served 25 years in the Senate has ever become president. No one who served 20 years in the Senate has ever become president. No one who served 15 years in the Senate has ever become president.
It's not for lack of trying. Bob Dole, who was sworn into the Senate on Jan. 3, 1969, ran for president 27 years later, in 1996. He quit the Senate during the campaign to show his determination to become president. But his long years in the chamber, plus his age -- he was 73 at the time and the subject of endless suggestions that he was too old to be president -- were a deal-killer for voters.
Others tried, too. In 2008, John McCain ran for president after 21 years in the Senate. It didn't work. In 2004, John Kerry ran for president after 19 years in the Senate. That didn't work, either.
A long career in the Senate is simply not a foundation for a successful run for the White House. The most recent political figure to realize that was Barack Obama, who was sworn into the Senate in 2005 and two years later was running for the presidency -- and to get out of the Senate.
OK, put aside the Senate, Biden's supporters would say. What about his eight years as vice president? Certainly that could be the basis for a successful presidential run. But the second reason Biden will not become president is that the record of vice presidents on that score is not encouraging.
Fourteen vice presidents have become president. Of those, eight became president upon the death of the president. Of that group, some were later elected to the White House, but they were running for the office as the sitting president.
Others, like George H.W. Bush, became president by succeeding the president they served. They won the presidency as the sitting vice president. When Bush did that, in 1988, it had not been done since 1836. It has not been done since.
In any event, that is not Biden's situation. He served eight years as vice president, but did not run to succeed President Obama. Now, he is running as a private citizen.
Only one president has gone from the vice presidency to private life and then to the presidency. Richard Nixon served as vice president in the 1950s, narrowly lost the 1960 presidential election, and then came back to win the presidency in 1968. That is Biden's hope -- that a vice president can leave office and then, after a period outside government, return to win the White House.
Perhaps. But Nixon, who spent less than three years in the Senate, became vice president a few days after turning 40, and was sworn in as president at 56 -- more than two decades younger than Biden, who will be 78 on Inauguration Day 2021.
Finally, the third reason Biden will not be president is the "14-Year Rule." The idea of former George W. Bush speechwriter John McConnell, and popularized by writer Jonathan Rauch, it basically says that politicians have a strict sell-by date. "No one gets elected president who needs longer than 14 years to get from his or her first gubernatorial or Senate victory to either the presidency or the vice presidency," Rauch wrote. That has been true for a century.
Biden didn't even get close. It took him 36 years to get from his first Senate victory to the vice presidency. If he wins the presidency now, it would be 47 years from that first Senate swearing-in until Inauguration Day.
Of course, it's possible the 14-Year Rule, the Too Long in the Senate Rule, and the How Vice Presidents Become President Rule might all be wrong in Biden's case. If so, he can frame this headline and hang it somewhere in the White House. But don't bet on it.
1. He’s crazy
2. He’s crazy
3. He’s crazy
One is left handed and one is right handed
Well yes. You are the winner! :) However, similar attitudes while speaking (should have flipped Goebbels)
I have taken care of elderly patients for forty six years. I retired at sixty eight. I didnt retire because of physical reasons (six cups of coffee and three Motrin is adequate to get anyone through an eight hour shift). I retired because I noticed a decline in my cognitive function.
I recognized early dementia in the persons eyes. I could look at a patient and realize the couldnt handle some medications. I described these people as one synapse away from bat-shit crazy. Its in the eyes, look at the eyes!
Creepy Uncle Joe is just a place holder.
The Dark Horse awaits in the shadowy wings of the DNC.
Ha! One of my high school friends has been, for the last 15 years, been working exclusively with patients with dementia. She is looking to retire in the next year or two as well.
I’m still in IT and I’m noticing a bit of a slowdown. Fortunately there is always a computer in front of me so I can find a lost word pretty fast.
I just type in “that game with innings”. and i get “baseball”.
Ah, word found. :)
Silly. Donald Trump proved you cannot rely on history as a guide to what is possible.
You only need one reason Biteme will never be president:
Donald Trump.
Exactly
It all depends on how emotional Americans choose to be on any given day. The “media” propaganda efforts have been very effective in turning blame against Trump for Coronavirus.
The democrats are going to run a running mate for president campaign.
Whom ever is picked for Joe Bidens running mate is the person Democrats will be voting for in November.
Joe will never make it a year in public office because those close to him will be running the country and that will not suit other democrats.
There is only ONE reason.
DONALD J TRUMP
andJoe Biden . . . remained in the Senate . . . a span of 36 years. If history is any guide, that alone is a disqualifier in Biden's quest for the White House.
Not only so, but senator is actually a poor credential for a presidential run - no senator has ever beaten a sitting POTUS reelection bid - and its been since 1920 (Warren G. Hardings victory in a wave election) that a senator has won an election against a governor for an open presidential seat.As for VP, that is a great credential for winning nomination but - since VP isnt an executive but, similar to a prince, is political heir of the president - only wins you the general election if your president is Andrew Jackson or Ronald Reagan (or, we hope, Donald Trump).
Bottom line: presidents win reelection unless opposed by a governor, and probably even then. VPs come from the ranks of senators, mostly - and get nominated relatively easily but dont get elected easily. Throw in the fact that Biden had too much experience having won statewide office before attaining the vice presidency, and that he is and appears to be overage.
Its hard to believe that the Democrats will actually nominate him for POTUS. Id worry more if Bloomberg actually got the nod. And I expect surprises before and during the Democrats convention.
“Biden will be closed out” ....
We may yet see Biden have a stroke or just pass out on stage. Biden is a blind man navigating a mine field, zig zagging across it.
His pick of VP just might be the one to put the knife in his back.
It's not determinitive, but that's the way to bet.
Joe has accomplished the impossible...he's the wrong man for any time.
No worries, DUmmies! Despite his memory loss and dementia, hes PERFECTLY capable of molesting your daughters!
Shocking Video Of Joe Biden Groping Children Emerges
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fE5r4aLdaE
Biden pushes for sit-down debate format amid mounting health-related concerns, report says... Don’t wish him harm, but he looks frail. Would not shock me if the grim reaper called him home within four years.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-sanders-sit-down-debate-format-push-health-concerns
THE THREE REAL REASONS BIDEN WILL NEVER BE PRESIDENT
1: BIDEN IS STUPID.
2: BIDEN IS SENILE.
3: BIDEN IS AN ASSHOLE.
Is it true that Soros is extensively supporting Biden. If true, then we know who will run the country of the pathetic and corrupt Biden wins.
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