Posted on 07/18/2024 9:14:53 AM PDT by bitt
The mounting pressure from several close friends and congressional leaders will persuade President Joe Biden to drop out of the presidential race as soon as this weekend, several top Democrats told Axios.
The outlet noted that privately, Biden “resigned to mounting pressure, bad polls, and untenable scrutiny making it impossible to continue his campaign,” a Democratic source said. Top leaders of the party, his friends, and donors believe that Biden does not have a shot at winning and “can’t change public perceptions of his age and acuity” (via Axios):
The president is being told that if he stays in, former President Trump could win in a landslide and wipe away Biden's legacy and Democrats' hopes in November.
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Democrats fully expect polls after the Republican National Convention to show a possible blowout that could bring down Democrats in Congress, too.
(Excerpt) Read more at townhall.com ...
Another thought is if Harris has to go to the convention and win, they can say she has demonstrated support, having to win via voting and a floor fight. Who knows...
My best Joe Scarborough.
The 1968 Democratic convention was not open and it was not closed.
It was just crazy.
Hopefully we get that on steroids this year.
If Obama has suggested that Joe drop out, then he should probably do the opposite. He is a loser no matter what, I’d say. The Biden presidency has been a massive failure & so I guess that probably also makes Obama one of the same. The times I heard Obama or Biden speak, it always sounded like a massive round of !!!***%#%((<<<>>???** to me. Haven’t seen anything since those days to change my mind.
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