Top Democrats reckon with Biden’s reemergence as party looks to move past 2024 election
- Following the 2024 election where Kamala Harris lost to Donald Trump, prominent Democrats now confront renewed questions about Joe Biden's health and political legacy.
- This scrutiny follows allegations in the book Original Sin that White House aides concealed Biden's cognitive and physical decline, and reveals mixed party views on his 2024 reelection bid.
- Democratic leaders and strategists acknowledge Biden's decline; figures like Senator Chris Murphy confirm it, while Pete Buttigieg cautiously agrees; Buttigieg said, “most people would agree that’s the case.”
- Polls from January 2022 and August 2023 show persistent concerns about Biden’s age, with only 48% of Democrats initially supporting his reelection and 75% of Americans later saying he was too old for another term.
- The Democratic Party faces challenges rebuilding after its 2024 defeat, balancing pushing past Biden’s tenure with addressing voters’ demands for authenticity and truth about party mistakes.
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Democrats need to look forward, not back
Democrats are criticized for focusing on Joe Biden's mental decline instead of Trump's tariffs and tax cuts, which are hurting working families today. Democrats should take a lesson from Republicans who, in past elections, have focused on moving forward and winning the next election instead of self-flagellation.
The reasons Democrats won’t learn a thing from 2024
No moment offers a political party a better opportunity for self-examination than losing the White House after a single term. But the Democratic Party refuses to seize that opportunity. Instead, party leaders and media allies have turned their ire toward the one man with no role in shaping the party’s future: Joe Biden. Yes, Biden’s four years exposed real structural problems worth sorting out. Friday’s release of special counsel Robert Hur’s t…
Biden Ran for Good Reasons
Biden Was a Good President and There Were Strong Reasons Why He Ran Again There is a lot of piling on now about Joe Biden having been well past being able to be president again, and his running again made out to be some terrible betrayal. Isn’t hindsight just so easy? First, take a step back and remember why he was there. After Trump’s first administration there needed to be a strong candidate to take him on. Biden was not perfect but clearly go…
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