As Joe Biden has said he plans on running for a second term in 2024, the Democrats are now openly becoming less inclined to back Biden’s reelection bid.
The United States’ power and influence on the international scene have been severely hampered by Biden’s poor leadership and lack of a foreign policy agenda.
The highest rate of inflation in four decades, gas prices over $5 per gallon, recent horrific mass shootings in Buffalo and Texas, a Supreme Court that seems ready to overturn Roe v. Wade, and a domestic agenda that has stalled despite Democrats holding a majority in Congress are all challenges facing Biden since he took office.
In the event that the Democratic Party suffers a crushing defeat at the hands of the Republicans in the 2022 midterm elections, Democratic lawmakers and party officials are skeptical about Biden’s ability to rally the base and are concerned about his ability to succeed once more in a head-to-head contest with former President Donald Trump.
There are questions about whether Biden, who would be 82 on inauguration day 2024, can handle a grueling presidential campaign and ramped up media pressure — especially when he has kept the press at arm’s length by giving fewer interviews than any of his immediate predecessors.
Over the weekend, The New York Times had an article that raised the question as to whether Joe Biden should run for reelection in 2024, the piece asked, “Should Biden Run in 2024?” Their answer? “Democratic Whispers of ‘No’ Start to Rise.”
Based on a number of interviews, the article refers to dozens of Democratic officials, members of Congress, and voters who expressed doubts about the president’s ability to take on another presidential bid.
Should Biden Run in 2024? Democratic Whispers of ‘No’ Start to Rise. – The New York Times https://t.co/AYLFabq3Xc
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) June 11, 2022
According to the article “many Democratic lawmakers and party officials are venting their frustrations with President Biden’s struggle to advance the bulk of his agenda, doubting his ability to rescue the party from a predicted midterm trouncing and increasingly viewing him as an anchor that should be cut loose in 2024.”
Steve Simeonidis, a Democratic National Committee member from Miami, told the New York Times, “To say our country was on the right track would flagrantly depart from reality.”
The president “should announce his intent not to seek re-election in ’24 right after the midterms,” Simeonidis said.
David Axelrod, the chief strategist for Barack Obama’s two winning presidential campaigns, told the Times:
“The presidency is a monstrously taxing job and the stark reality is the president would be closer to 90 than 80 at the end of a second term, and that would be a major issue.”
“And part of the reason he doesn’t is performative. He looks his age and isn’t as agile in front of a camera as he once was, and this has fed a narrative about competence that isn’t rooted in reality,” the longtime political operative added.
In a Quinnipiac University poll conducted last week, Biden’s job approval rating has dropped to 33%.
At the same time, 34% of Americans agree that inflation is the country’s most urgent problem, while 64% of Americans feel frustrated by his management of the economy.
Democratic National Committee member and Durham, North Carolina, attorney Shelia Huggins made her point quickly.
“Democrats need fresh, bold leadership for the 2024 presidential race,” she told the Times. “That can’t be Biden.”
The Dems seem to have a new President in mind and it could be the Top contenders for the 2024 Democratic presidential candidate either Vice President Kamala Harris, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, or Senators Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusett anticipating that Biden would be removed from office earlier than expected.
Sources: Westernjournal, Nytimes, Pressreader