Joe Biden Presidency thread *Please read OP - Threadbanned Users Added 4/5/21*

I really don’t think it’s as easy as ‘just get someone younger’ and it’s an easy win for the Dems. Apart from the chaos of trying to get someone in in relatively short order that no doubt Trump will tear into, what happens if they’re not perfect and have a slip up during the campaign? Will that dominate the discussion instead of Bidens age? Will we be hearing about how the Dems dropped the ball again?

And will it give Trump an edge as he can campaign based on his experience?

The relentless stage of articles about his debate performance and the fallout just seems a bit disingenuous when you consider the opponent has the same concerns and far more worrying issues apart from that, but that’s not being acknowledged.

Should he step down? Maybe, depending on what candidate is out there and willing to go for it on such short notice. It would need to be someone who would basically be able to be universally popular overnight with very few skeletons in his closet.

Does switching hugely improve the chances of the dems winning? I don’t see it. There’s too many unknowns to call that, and I think if a candidate that fit the bill did exist there’s a good chance they’d be running already.

It’s a mess for sure but switching now could easily be a boost for Trump.

I can understand the human impulse, I really can. Biden's entire life has been leading up to the presidency - he clearly has a sense of destiny about it. Which I think must be a prerequisite for even contending for a job with such awesome power. For a normal person, even contemplating the weight and the burden of the office is crushing. So I can understand him not wanting to cede that, even as, deep in his soul, he must know his capacities are dimming.

What I do wonder about is the advice he is getting and where it comes from. It seems like his inner circle is very small and has been with him for decades.

Interesting and unprecedented op-ed in the NYT today by its managing board. It is basically calling for the Dems on the Hill to tell Biden his time is up and to step aside. I agree with the thrust of the article.

The final paragraph cuts to the heart of the matter:

President Biden clearly understands the stakes. But he seems to have lost track of his own role in this national drama. As the situation has become more dire, he has come to regard himself as indispensable. He does not seem to understand that he is now the problem — and that the best hope for Democrats to retain the White House is for him to step aside.

It's pure bunker mentality by the White House. Surprised there haven't been Downfall memes about it yet!

It's not just the NYT, Biden has lost the media generally. Watch CNN for a few minutes to see their tone - it's quite striking.