He should, IMO Joe has done a heck of a job but it's obvious Father time has caught up with him. I know our friends on the right like to make fun of him and I get it, he is old and he is on the other side so it comes with the territory. The infrastructure bill was awesome, hell even the gop took credit for it when it hit their state. I am not sure if Harris can do it, but I will throw my support behind her. Its not looking great at the moment but we`ll see, news cycles are fickle, and trump is on a roll the past 2 weeks and my gop friends are already taking a victory lap for November.
Mark Kelly is a possibility I've heard mentioned recetnly. I could get behind a Kelly/Harris ticket, as I'm sure a lot of moderates and independents could. I still feel like Whitmer would crush it, but she's got to want it. Whoever wants it is going to have to step up and take it from Biden soon if he doesn't withdraw, IMO.
I’m for Whitmer, but after the assassination attempt, Kelly might be the way to go. You can’t really outdo him on sympathy about political violence. I guess Whitmer also had that weird kidnapping/assassination plot, but that seemed to be entrapment.
Yeah, that thought crossed my mind, sadly. He could run on bringing the country together. He could also help w/ AZ... and he seems like a safe choice. I'm just not sure he can compete with Trump when it comes to making up nicknames though. I mean, Fatso... Birdbrain... Little Marco... Peekaboo... that's comedy gold -- really presidential. And the mark of great leader.
I like him more with each passing day. It took a lot of courage to stand up to Trump and what's become of that party. I'm not sure of his age, but if he were to run as an independent in 2028 I would at least consider him.
I'm sorry should have been more specific I was referring to the web site on the podium I saw Trumpproject2025.com I'm semi familiar with project 2025. What I have seen on that it's not my jam and from what I hear Trump agrees with me.
Washington Post now treating Biden like a normal president Opinion: Insanity, or just desperation? A look at Biden’s rent control idea. The president’s own aides know this policy makes no sense. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/07/19/biden-rent-control-politics/ excerpt: They say doing the same thing over and over while expecting different outcomes is the definition of insanity. In the case of President Biden’s rent control proposal, it might just be desperation. Struggling to maintain his party’s support for a second presidential term, Biden has taken a hard left turn. His most recent sop to progressives is nationwide rent control, an idea almost unanimously detested by economists. And for good reason. It’s hard to come up with a housing policy that’s been tried — and failed — more times than this one. Biden’s plan would require landlords to cap annual rent increases at 5 percent, lest they lose some basic tax benefits. The proposal would apply only to landlords who own more than 50 units (which sounds like a good way to suddenly produce a lot of 49-unit owners). The appeal of this proposal is understandable. Rent prices have surged in recent years, and we’re in the midst of a nationwide housing affordability crisis. Younger and lower-income Americans, who are most likely to be renters, have been hurt the most. In a call with reporters, Biden’s economic adviser Lael Brainard blamed the problem on “institutional investors” and “corporate landlords” who are “buying up homes with cash, turning them into rentals and raising rents.” This is familiar rhetoric among leftists, for whom “big” and “corporate” are automatic signifiers of untoward behavior. But truly “institutional” investors own only about 3 percent of single-family rental stock nationwide. These large landlords are not why home and rental prices have surged. With apologies to Jimmy McMillan, the problem is that the number of homes is too damn low. When there’s greater demand for a product (such as housing) than there is supply, prices rise. And lately, the share of vacant rentals has been hovering around 40-year lows. Without dramatically increasing the supply of housing, shortages and painfully high prices will continue. How did we end up in this situation? The United States has added a lot of new households in the past decade or so, as millennials have aged into their prime working and childbearing years and out of their parents’ basements. But we have added very little physical housing in that time. more at the link
I like Mark Kelly but I don’t think he runs. There is even less chance that Mitt Romney runs as an independent or Democrat. If Biden withdraws Harris has the inside track but I’m still thinking we might see a contested convention. One comment for those who are claiming a Contested Convention is undemocratic. Many have happened in the history of this country including the 1960 DNC when it was uncertain going in who was going to be the nominees it was a back room deal between the Kennedy campaign and LBJ that cemented the nomination. As has been stated repeatedly the only one who can force Biden out is Biden. No one is obligated to run for President.
If this is the case, you should be criticizing anyone who complains about the EC. Resetting the board midgame because your team is losing is certainly not taking the high road.
You might be confusing me with someone else as I’ve said there is good reason for having the EC and that it will take a constitutional amendment to change it that is unlikely to happen. also to claim that a party can’t change who the nominee is would mean that even if their nominee was incapacitated they couldn’t be changed. In this case though no Rules are being changed. A nominee is not forced to run but can step down. Many democrats are persuading Biden to step down which they have the right to do so. They can’t force him to step down though.
