Posted on 07/04/2024 4:30:43 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
WASHINGTON — In recent conversations with aides, family members and allies outside the White House, President Joe Biden has vacillated between acceptance and defiance in the face of the seismic shift in his political standing within his own party, according to four people familiar with the matter.
In some discussions, Biden has acknowledged that the blowback from his debate performance last week may grow too large to overcome, while in others he has been completely dismissive of any notion that he might walk away from his re-election campaign, these people said.
Some members of the president’s family — particularly first lady Jill Biden and their son Hunter Biden — are urging him to make changes to his staff and are increasingly conveying their views about his campaign’s strategy in an attempt to resuscitate his flailing campaign, three people familiar with the matter said.
Former President Barack Obama’s counsel during a phone call this week, however, didn’t sit well with Biden, who still harbors resentment toward his former boss for advising him not to run for the White House in 2016.
Obama has privately questioned the notion that he could influence Biden on such a personal decision if party leaders determined Biden needed to be persuaded to exit the race, according to two people familiar with his comments.
Now, the family conversations are focused on how to rebuild Biden’s standing and continue his campaign, while his closest aides are helming a sweeping outreach effort to keep key Democrats from breaking with him.
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....President Joe Biden has vacillated between acceptance and defiance.....
Whew, glad we do not have missles incoming from North Korea, or Cuba....
It's the most wonderful time of the year.
zzzzzz... the implosion is interesting tho’
My main concern: Is there enough popcorn?
I bet Joe, Jill and Hunter are not torn at all. This is just some in the MSM and part of the DEM who would love nothing more than to replace Joe with a younger DEM, preferably a black female (Kamala, Mooch). With the latter, they would pound the airwaves with a female POC being persecuted by conservatives.
“remains torn between defiance and acceptance”
Joementia doesn’t have enough working brain cells to make that call. If the DNC is able somehow push him out they’re going to have to put the DEI hire Harris in the top spot. The only fear now is getting enough GOP/GOPe voters out to vote that do not take this catastrophe seriously. The rat convention in Chicago will be quite the slum as every freak and fairy (literally) as well as the antifa types try to start a riot.
Who knew that it may be disaffected dems that push Trump into a landslide.
A power hungry harpy and a drug addicted criminal are running the White House.
NEITHER OF WHOM HAVE SECURITY CLEARANCES
They set up Joe for the purpose of making a candidate switch.
Obama will have his next candidate.
It’s all a movie.
“…Clap for that, ya stoopit bastids!”
tom fitton says he is resigning on Monday but Fitton thinks he should be resigning Presidency as well due to cognitive issues.
You nailed it.....look exactly like what she’s saying (and thinking).
USE YOUR MIND
If Biden is truly mentally incapacitated, his detachment is sufficient to allow acceptance of the fact that he has no idea what is going on around him.
We all pretty much accept the"he can talk with a teleprompter but cannot, without" conclusion, so it is reasonable to NOT analyze him in any rational way other than, Joe Biden is some kind of (and it doesn't matter which one we conclude) mentally deficient.
The election was stolen from Trump.
Biden was never a legitimate President.
He is no longer viable even as a figurehead.
I doubt at this point he is capable of understanding the difference, let alone what "defiance," and "acceptance" even mean.
If is resigning on Monday, does that mean leaving the ‘24 race?
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