Posted on 07/05/2024 6:51:24 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
ATLANTA (AP) — There’s plenty of worry among Democrats about whether 81-year-old President Joe Biden is up to the job itself or the task of defeating Donald Trump.
Previous presidential campaigns offer lessons. None convey reasons for optimism.
Going back to Lyndon B. Johnson in 1968, several presidents eligible for reelection faced significant primary challenges or questions about whether they should run again. George H.W. Bush, Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford pushed forward and won their nominations, only to be defeated in November. Johnson opted to withdraw — and Democrats lost anyway.
Biden had no real primary fight. But his allies now acknowledge how poorly the president performed in his debate against Trump. They’ve fretted privately about Biden’s ability to serve until he is 86, and, more immediately, whether he can keep the job by defeating the Republican former president — himself a 78-year-old saddled with a felony conviction, other indictments and voter concerns over his values and temperament.
The warning from history is ominous: Incumbent presidents still working to consolidate and reassure their own party this late in a first term typically do not get a second.
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Great! Now I see why homosexuals, planned parenthood chemical murder, unblind justice and tranny bathrooms are the new conservative.
Any compromise for power.
#EarnMyProlifeVote #HowToLoseChurchVotes
And Jimmy Carter grappled with the Iran hostage crisis, energy crisis, and malaise.
Jimmy did a great job of micro-managing the tennis court reservation/schedule!
yep I remember those stories of Jimmy managing the tennis court schedule. A good example of Jimmy spending his time on the wrong things.
Ah yes. PBS. They’re on the chopping block.
From the article, “several presidents eligible for reelection faced significant primary challenges or questions about whether they should run again.”
The Democrats did not allow any primary challenges. Robert Kenedy Jr. is now outpolling Biden in some demographics in many areas.
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