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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He means he’s “got the runs” and the “gas” (See: Camilla Parker Bowles- Prince Charles’ wife at the climate summit).
Mr. poopy pants is running... for the nearest head. what lunacy. the string pullers whose very jobs depend on putting this empty head ventriloquist’s dummy back in office. A demented individual they can and do... control. Govt. by apparatchiks and criminal Neo-Socialist/Marxists.
If he said he wasn't running, what would that mean for Kamalala? The party would want their 2024 POTUS candidate to ideally run from the incumbent position of VP.
If Joe's running or least says he's running, Kamalala is not an immediate crisis because she can be replaced during the 2024 Democratic convention. But if he's not running, they would need pathetic Kamalala removed and replaced with their candidate, ASAP. Probably someone like Buttgiggles.
So Joe can't say he's not running until/if they get the Kamalala replacement set up. Their political machine seems to be running pretty rough these days.
The only way I see them off-loading Kamala without a big internal ruckus in the D party is to put her on the Supreme Court.
I’m guessing if they strong-arm Breyer to retire, they could get a few squishy Rs to vote to confirm her.
Then they install the preferred candidate for 2024 as VP.
BOTH of them?
Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Arizona, Georgia, and Nevada are the “purple” states he might lose. Everything else is already decided.
Yeah, the fox is in the hen house… err… White House. He will probably live longer than Carter. I swear he is a pro at faking and lying and deceiving — and he does it with his illness. Illness? What illness? Nobody knows anything about him… Democrats are actors and say their lines and stage their events and pull the tear & sympathy strings and on and on it goes... A rule of thumb: don’t believe them. Don’t believe anything they say.
Weekend at Jobama’s
He won’t be all he in 2024. He looks like death now.
The bath room
It's news like that which led to few high-rises in DC, and upper storey windows are all screwed shut.
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