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Dianne Feinstein dies at 90
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I hope people around Joe Biden this morning are trying to convince him to reconsider running for reelection. After RBG - and let's be honest, McConell won't be far behind - this issue of our aging politicians holding onto office until death rips it from their icy grip, is top of mind for all voters.
Diane Feinstein, McConnell, Thurmond, and probably a dozen other politicians that worked well into retirement are a good indicator of how powerful name recognition, experience, and incumbency are in an election. As much as I dislike having a President that's about as old as my grandmother (and I'm 40) Biden really is the best candidate to beat Trump. Polls might be 50/50 at the moment but very few names from the Democrats side really stand out and I think any new contenders will have to fight their way up to simply tying with Trump.
I think Biden has most of his faculties intact and I'm holding out hope that he'll gracefully step down during a 2nd term if it comes to that.
That's because the olds are not making room for new people! There's very few up and comers simply because there isn't any room for them. Even the few young Democrats in the HoR got there despite the DNC and not because of them.
You are talking out of your ass. Biden is polling below trump in double digits. His own approval rating is extremely low.
Pretty much zero incumbents with this low of an approval rating have ever won the presidency.
To say Biden is the only candidate who can beat trump shows you are either a corporate whore, you’re talking out of your ass, you’re repeating something some other idiot told you, a combination of all of these things, or you’re just a scallywag.
Literally the first result I could find: https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/president-general/
Sept 27th - Biden 48%, Trump 44%
Trump folks are telling themselves the DoJ is going to indict Biden (though they can't say why.). They are just making random crap up now to protect their beliefs.
They might impeach him but he won’t get convicted…. AOC made the Republican witnesses on the first day of the impeachment hearings look stupid.
But as far as Biden being indicted? I highly doubt that would happen as so far there isn’t any evidence of any wrongdoing that would hold up in court…
I’m all about politicians being held accountable whether they have a d or an r next to their name but I haven’t heard of any actual evidence that suggests he could even be considered for an indictment.
Also, a sitting President not a former President has ever been convicted in criminal court before. Trump is the first former president to ever be indicted…. Biden will not be indicted while in office regardless of whether they have the evidence or not in my opinion, which I don’t think they have any evidence in the first place.
He did go up slightly recently. But Biden’s approval rating is 42% right now. That is not in comparison with trump… it’s just percent of folks who approve or disapprove of Biden on his own….
So right now I believe he has a 42% approval rating. Approval rating is generally a good indicator of how a president will do in an election….
But the other thing we are forgetting is that because of the way the electoral college system favors rural America… democrats need at least a 5 point advantage to actually win the electoral college…. Not saying that is fair, it’s just a fact….
So even using the polling versus trump…. Trump would still win if the election were held today because of the advantage he would have with the electoral college….
https://www.reuters.com/graphics/USA-BIDEN/POLL/nmopagnqapa/
It would probably be better for him to run, get re-elected, and then step down in favor of his VP. That way the Democrats still get the sitting president bonus votes
There's a good chance he loses though. This age issue is only getting more dire in voters minds . He's already not poling great. Imagine when McConell kicks it mid-campaign. Bidens numbers will tank. He's going to get Trump elected if he stays in the race. And it's almost too late to drop out.
Trump acts older than a dinosaur and is as senile as Feinstein was. I will never forget being told to drink bleach and take sunlight up the ass. Also, Person, woman, man, camera, TV.
If age is an issue because of Biden, then it would be just as bad for trump.
Yeah, I can tell this is not a good faith argument, because like everyone else replying to you has said, Trump is only 3 years younger than Biden. Everyone else running for office is in their late 60s or early 70s, except of course the felon, who is so low on the totem pole he might as well stop running.
Really, what's wrong with Biden? He gaffes? This was a problem from the time he was a kid. He doesn't gaffe because he's old. He gaffes because he has a speech impediment. In every other measure, he has a keen mind and sound policies. He thinks things through, consults with experts on his team, and lets the people on the ground get the job done. I see no reason to deny him another four years based on what he's done so far, except maybe the worry that if he dies in office, Kamala Harris comes in (then again, she may prove herself a shrewd leader too). Besides, if you want word salad, listen to Trump.
I'm starting to think this may be like the Hillary bashing in 2015: a psyop by Republicans and/or Russians to try to peel votes off our guy in 2024 so Trump can steal it.
Who is the felon you are referring to? (I’m not playing dumb, I actually am.)
Don't get me wrong, I'm not disagreeing with you. But at this point if you're not aware that the perception of the majority of the American electorate - whether justified or not - is that Biden is ancient and has lost a step, and that Trump isn't, and that that fact is hurting Bidens chances of being reelected, then you have your head buried in the ground. I 100% agree that Trump is basically the same age as Biden and comparing the two, Trump is way more senile and decrepit. I'm acknowledging that the majority of my fellow Americans don't seem to share in that perception, and it's an issue.
Thank you for comparing it to Hillary bashing in '16, because it proves my point. Trump won that election.
Trump is only 3 years younger than Biden.
Anybody talking about the age factor in regards to Biden is arguing in bad faith. Either that or they can't do math and are as good at math as the raiders head coach.
It's possible to think Biden is too old, and for that not to be an endorsement of trump on any level.
Trump needs to be fired out of a canon into the Sun. I've despised the guy since I first learned about him clear back in 1988. Yeah, that long. Really.
That doesn't change my opinion that Biden is too old to be President.
Stop this propagandist bullshit.