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Biden and aides tell allies he is running in 2024 amid growing Democratic fears
The Washington Post ^ | November 20, 2021 at 1:56 p.m. EST | Michael Scherer, Tyler Pager and Sean Sullivan

Posted on 11/20/2021 4:56:55 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum

President Biden and members of his inner circle have reassured allies in recent days that he plans to run for reelection in 2024, as they take steps to deflect concern about the 79-year-old president’s commitment to another campaign and growing Democratic fears of a coming Republican return to power.

The efforts come as the broader Democratic community has become increasingly anxious after a bruising six-month stretch that has seen Biden’s national approval rating plummet more than a dozen points, into the low 40s, amid growing concerns about inflation, Democratic infighting in Washington and faltering public health efforts to move beyond the covid-19 pandemic.

The message is aimed in part at tamping down the assumption among many Democrats that Biden may not seek reelection given his age and waning popularity, while also effectively freezing the field for Vice President Harris and other potential presidential hopefuls.

“The only thing I’ve heard him say is he’s planning on running again,” said former senator Chris Dodd (D-Conn.), a Biden friend. “And I’m glad he is.”

At a virtual fundraiser this month, Biden told a small group of donors that he plans to seek a second term, underscoring the message he gave the nation in March at his first White House news conference before cautioning that he had “never been able to plan 3½, four years ahead, for certain.”

“What he is saying publicly is what he firmly believes. There’s no difference,” said former Pennsylvania governor Ed Rendell, who attended the fundraising event. “He will not run if he feels he can’t do the job physically or emotionally.”

But interviews with 28 Democratic strategists and officials, many of whom spoke on the condition of anonymity to speak more frankly, show that the assurances have not stopped the internal debate over whether Biden will appear on...

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To: E. Pluribus Unum

He’s the guy in the Monty Python movie who doesn’t want to go on the cart.


21 posted on 11/20/2021 5:19:27 PM PST by bigbob
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Qui bono?

Kamala is under fire. What if this is a way to clear Xoe out of the way for her to run in 2024? To bring his mental state to the fore and convince him to not run. And not hide in the basement while others run for him.

Someone is doing this and it is not Xoe Bai-din.


22 posted on 11/20/2021 5:25:05 PM PST by 17th Miss Regt
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Not even a machine will elect an 82 year old. Democrats have no bench, do they.


23 posted on 11/20/2021 5:26:41 PM PST by SaxxonWoods
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Bowels maybe.


24 posted on 11/20/2021 5:28:18 PM PST by cp124 (Lie, cheat and steal is the government norm.)
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They find that news “reassuring”?


25 posted on 11/20/2021 5:29:24 PM PST by Republican Wildcat
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To: Quentin Quarantino
LoL!


26 posted on 11/20/2021 5:30:20 PM PST by Bobalu (Figure out what you like, learn enough to be dangerous, and then start fiddling around)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

THE DONALD V. PEDO JOEY PART DEUX

I can’t wait to see how the Democrats get 81 million votes while their candidate has a 35% approval rate.


27 posted on 11/20/2021 5:31:44 PM PST by Pilgrim's Progress (http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/BYTOPICS/tabid/335/Default.aspx D)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Good luck hammerhead.


28 posted on 11/20/2021 5:37:16 PM PST by mylife (Joe Biden is like bald tires in the rain, Alec Baldwin with a gun....)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Why Chris Dodd is not in jail is beyond me..


29 posted on 11/20/2021 5:39:12 PM PST by mylife (Joe Biden is like bald tires in the rain, Alec Baldwin with a gun....)
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To: HighSierra5

HE won’t last to run....However if the Dems already have conducted a successful coup they might already have the next election in hand....and they’ll continue to prop the criminal family up.

Our country is in such a world of hurt and it’s going to get worse as we all know.


30 posted on 11/20/2021 5:39:34 PM PST by caww ( )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I highly doubt that the DNC will be willing to produce 100 hundred million fake votes for Joe in 2024.


31 posted on 11/20/2021 5:42:00 PM PST by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
“And I’m glad he is.”

So am I. Let's go Brandon.

32 posted on 11/20/2021 5:44:30 PM PST by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: HighSierra5

He is the only one that believed his doctor.


33 posted on 11/20/2021 5:45:04 PM PST by boomop1 (term limits NOW)
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To: mylife

I bet he misses those waitress sandwiched.


34 posted on 11/20/2021 5:45:18 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum ("Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy." ― Mao Zedong)
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I doubt very seriously he will even be doing his decrepit, demented old man shuffle in 2024, much less running.

May not even be doing it in 2022.


35 posted on 11/20/2021 5:45:23 PM PST by LegendHasIt
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
“The only thing I’ve heard him say is he’s planning on running again,” said former senator Chris Dodd (D-Conn.), a Biden friend. “And I’m glad he is…

The drugs these days must be a *lot* stronger than when I was in college.

36 posted on 11/20/2021 5:48:49 PM PST by Allegra
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Instead of his basement Biden’s 2024 campaign will be run from Happy Acres Memory Care Facility in Delaware.


37 posted on 11/20/2021 5:48:52 PM PST by The Great RJ ("Socialists are happy until they run out of people's money." Margaret Thatcher)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

ROFL


38 posted on 11/20/2021 5:49:35 PM PST by madison10 (Justice for Kyle! Thank you, Heavenly Father)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

sleepy Joe is on great drugs... if he makes it the uniparty will ensure his win


39 posted on 11/20/2021 5:49:51 PM PST by sheehan (TRUMP WON.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

He’s pretty confident that he can win...
Soros has assured him that there are already truckloads of ballots with votes counted and ready for delivery in every red or purple state...

In addition, a large percentage of the 45-50 million migrant vermin already inside the country are ready to beat the 2020 3-4 million vermin votes cast for the communists during that Presidential election...

I’d guess that at least 20-million vermin will be voting in 2024...
The vermin will have $450,000 reasons to vote for the communists...


40 posted on 11/20/2021 5:54:29 PM PST by SuperLuminal (Where is another Sam Adams now that we desperately need him?)
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