Posted on 07/21/2024 10:58:27 AM PDT by thegagline
President Biden made the historically rare decision Sunday to drop out of the 2024 presidential race, less than four months after being declared the Democratic Party’s presumptive nominee and days after a dismal debate showing.
The 81-year-old president’s exit from the race – months before Election Day – comes after a debate performance against former President Donald Trump in which the incumbent appeared infirm and was at times incoherent – alarming Democratic donors and strategists.
Biden’s withdrawal is expected to set off a free-for-all for the Democratic nomination for president.
The president cannot by decree select his replacement atop the 2024 ticket. Vice President Kamala Harris, California Gov. Gavin Newsom, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear and former first lady Michelle Obama have all previously been floated as possible replacements for Biden.
Harris, 59, is widely seen as the frontrunner due to legal constraints over the transfer of the Biden-Harris campaign’s war chest but many Democrats doubt her viability in the general election due to her favorability ratings often lagging even Biden’s.
Biden opted to throw in the towel after a series of embarrassing revelations that senior party leaders had no confidence in his ability to win — amid a mounting mutiny among rank-and-file congressional Democrats fearful that they too would lose if Biden went down in a landslide loss.
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) were among those who warned Biden about bleak polling data — while former President Barack Obama reportedly confided in allies that he had lost confidence in Biden’s path to another term.
The president launched his re-election bid in April 2023, asking voters to give him another four years to help him “finish the job.”
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I wish somebody knew about the ballot access, printing deadlines!!!!
Hilarious
Jill needs to hire a “Better Call Saul” junkyard dog lawyer to argue that Joe was non compos mentis when he agreed not to run again...
Lol.
I agree.
It is disappointing because Trump would have easily beat Biden. Now the DemoMarxists are going to portray their new nominee as the savoir of humanity, the messiah, the one, and if they pick Mike Obama, forget it. Between election fraud and deification, I doubt Trump can win. If Biden stayed in, Trump pretty much had the election in the bag.
The media is the biggest problem and without question they’re going to push “Both nominees were subpar, what poor choices for the nation, but Mike Obama is here to save the country and the children, the children, think of the children”
They always bring up “the children” meanwhile they fanatically support killing the children in the womb. I am getting nauseous already thinking of the utter BS they are going to be pushing.
One thing for sure about the Democrats:
They take politics seriously.
They get rich stealing government money.
They have plans and alternate plans and subsequent plans.
I don’t think they really care who they run.
They took a big gamble in 2020.
They knew then that they couldn’t win a fair election.
They cheated on the election.
They could have been caught.
They cheated, hoped they wouldn’t get caught, did everything to cover it up and….
Went to work stealing and hiding huge amounts of US Taxpayer money.
Look at the Democrat leaders.
They’re old.
They don’t want to fight any more.
They’re fine with President Trump serving another term.
“Any summaries you can provide?”
Quick copy/paste From my (8th) DU Troll account: (I get banned a lot)
Again - Warning - Language
3. I am so fucking livid at the backstabbing Dems who brought us to this point. Dammit.
6. Here we go, This place is gonna blow up
YOU F*CKING ASSHOLES DID IT. ...GODDAMN YOU TO HELL.
We are f*cked
Bullshit. This is going to energize the Democrats! Everyone I know will vote D no matter who is running. (LOL, whatever - BBQToadRibs)
The Coup is complete
I want my f*cking money back.
NOOOOOOOOOO If the party nominates Harris, there will be nothing but racist and misogynist attacks from here on in. Count on it.
___ And if they DON’T nominate Harris, they should expect Black voters to stay home
Let the Harris bashing begin
The bastards won this round. If they don’t nominate Kamala, we might as well just write it all off. Get your passports renewed, folks.
he better do some radical shit with his new powers before he leaves.... start with pardoning Hunter
F*UCK ME I hope not. If so, all of these “democrats and donors” calling for him to step down will forever be seen by history as cowards and will deserve the blame when we lose.
FAKE NEWS - The media is OWNED BY F*UCKING CONSERVATIVES
I’ve given up all hope I can’t survive watching this nation crumble. July 4, 2026 will be just another day, if I’m here to see it.
Well, it’s gone. The experiment in Democracy is done. We, the people, have lost and oligarchs have won. So, we need to find a way to survive the coming dictatorship.
Welp, that bottle of Jack on the counter won’t survive the day and I’m calling in sick tomorrow.
(Hillary) Clinton/Harris ticket anyone?
Harris/Clinton would be a death sentence
I always thought it was KAH-ma-la...
It wasn’t just a debate, it was the interviews intent to save his candidacy after debate and every public appearance he gave since the debate.
The debate just finally exposed, how frail he was both mentally and physically
🎯 😉
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Incidentally, a resignation for obvious health reasons will trump state election rules.
I’m not thinking of this as being a coup, do you?
The VP slot, then, should fall to the normal process of the upcoming DNC Nominating Convention to decide, I believe?
Prez. OBomba was bland and neutral as long as possible and then backed HRC, not Biden, as soon as she pulled ahead of him. And then she killed off the Bernie Campaign.
Rumors are Kami wants to be the next Governor of California.
This would have to kill any plans for a virtual nomination because there are no nominees in contention right now. With Biden stepping down before the convention, party elites cannot just insert a candidate of their choice like they could if their confirmed candidate becomes incapacitated.
The next few weeks will be about names being floated, nominees either accepting or declining to run at the convention, and then forming convention teams to help them through the brokered convention process.
Finally, we will see who declines to run because they want to protect their viability for 2028, meaning they think President Trump will win no matter who the Democrats run.
-PJ
Thanks. Cuss words aside, they sound like Freepers in moments of despair.
Excellent point he should have done it already.
Headline should read: Biden Drops Out of Race After Failed Assasination Attempt
Good clarification, for sure. 👍
Not for a day do donors and delegates want as president Ms.
“Toothy Giggles” through January 20th, 2025. Things are perilous enough, already.
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