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Biden says it’s ‘time to outlaw’ AR-15 after Trump assassination attempt
(www.independent.co.uk)
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Maybe Biden actually does plan to announce that he's not running in the 2024 general election. That way, this scores some political points with Democratic voters, but doesn't impact the election much.
Other than that, I don't really see how this makes sense politically. I dunno. Maybe his team has done some kind of analysis and is convinced that a particular demographic in the swing states that they're trying to win will like this or something, so it might be disadvantageous nationwide but a win locally.
Basically, they got some breathing room on the replacement thing because of Trump getting shot at. But I guarantee you behind the scenes the message is the polling numbers in PA come up or else.
If it's viable to run someone else, I'm pretty sure that it has to happen almost immediately, if it's going to happen. The primaries have already happened, so if someone gets run, it'd have to be the party picking them already, and there's very limited time to campaign.
The general election is November 5. It's currently July 17. That's three-and-a-half months in which someone would have to sell themselves to the public.
goes back to look at presidents who didn't run again
https://www.britannica.com/story/have-any-us-presidents-decided-not-to-run-for-a-second-term
LBJ did it prior to the primaries, at the end of March of the election year.
Polk apparently promised in his initial campaign that he would only serve one term, so it was known long in advance.
Buchanan promised in his inaugural speech that he would serve only one term, so it was known almost as far in advance.
Hayes apparently also pledged not to run for re-election.
Coolidge apparently announced the summer prior to the election year, so over a year prior to the general election.
Truman did it at the end of March of the election year. So relatively-close, but still with seven months to go.
Teddy Roosevelt apparently announced after being elected the first time that he would not seek a second term.
So looks like the closest equivalent would be LBJ and Truman, and they still did so at the end of March in the election year, with twice the amount of time remaining that's still left for 2024, and before the primaries.
Like, I don't think that it'd be realistic to wait and see what happens in the polls and then have someone run with even less time.
Oh yeah they aren't talking about waiting for long. That's why Biden is throwing progressive policies at the wall. 5% rent, AWB, SCOTUS reform...
And I thought there was a fourth. So I went to go look and the breaking news is he has Covid, right after saying he'd step aside if a major medical condition happened. So that's going to get spun into a thing.
You know I remember when I started studying politics and I was thankful we had nice campaigns instead of the drama laden ones you see in other countries. I think I even uttered it once and forgot to knock on wood. I'm sorry guys, I jinxed us.
Ah, you're right, news just coming out about it today.