[Mega thread] - Biden ends bid for presidency
[Mega thread] - Biden ends bid for presidency
Biden announced he's ending his bid for the presidency via X (formerly twitter).
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What if he stepped aside today and Harris could run as the incumbent?
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That's not really how the incumbent advantage works. Voters need to see the person as the incumbent and not want to rock the boat.
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I mean, this does create the obvious question - "If Biden is too old to run for President, isn't he too old to be president? Doesn't he care about the safety of America [blah blah Fox News talking points blah]"
I personally think it's fine because the job of President mostly gets done by the team of staffers around the White House, but we'll need a good answer for that question when a reporter asks it
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It won't satisfy the likes of Trump or Mike Johnson, obviously, but "enough energy to be president for six months" and "enough energy to be president for six months and simultaneously run a presidential campaign capable of winning" is not a particularly difficult distinction to draw, IMHO.
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It would take the sting out of people not warning to vote for the first female president if there already was one.
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