A short resume:
Born in 1942. Served as U.S.Senator representing Delaware, from 1972 until becoming Vice President to Barack Obama. He sat out POTUS 45’s single term, then ran for, and was elected President in 2020.
Joe Biden has not had it easy. Shortly before being sworn in as senator, his wife and infant daughter were killed in a car crash, and his two sons were injured. He commuted home on Amtrak to be with his sons, eschewing much of the D.C. social scene. His elder son, Beau, died of brain cancer, probably contracted from burn pits while serving in Iraq.
He ran for president in 2020, and faltered badly in early primaries. He made some promises to Representative James Clyburn to name a minority female as his running mate. As a result, he won the South Carolina primary, and went on to win the nomination. As a likely quid pro quo, he selected Senator Kamala Harris to be his Veep.
As President, Biden, drawing on his encyclopedic knowledge of the federal government, assembled a talented group of cabinet heads and staffers. Despite having a razor thin majority in both houses, he was able to ram through legislation establishing major infrastructure projects (no
” infrastructure weeks” like his predecessor, just sayin’), among other accomplishments – like reviving NATO to defend Ukraine against Russian aggression. If any president in my lifetime deserves a second term it is he.
Were it not for something no one can control – his age. Biden is a few years younger than yours truly. At 85 YOA, I can tell you I ain’t what I used to be, even a mere five years ago. Yes, Joe is near enough to the top of his game now, but one wonders how he might be in a few years. Is it valid to generalize from my experience in life? Of course not. For what it’s worth, however, millions of my fellow citizens feel he is over the hill. Our republic cannot risk POTUS 45 redux. Hell, he’s only a few years younger, anyway. Joe, it’s time to take a bow and accept the thanks of a grateful nation.
Simplest solution for the Democratic Party? Award the presidential nomination to Kamala Harris. It’s high time we had a female president. No, she doesn’t seem all that impressive at the moment – neither did Harry S Truman. Turned out to be one of our best ever. IMHO, she wouldn’t be any worse than the convicted felon retread the other party (cult?) is running. It was Tip O’Neill who famously observed, “money is the mother’s milk of politics”. My understanding is that a Harris-led campaign could avail itself of the sizable war chest compiled for the Biden-Harris campaign.
Yes, in my view, it’s time to take a leap into the future. Harris doesn’t seem that presidential at the moment, but people tend to grow into it. It’s too bad we seem to need to jettison a good, decent man who has been, IMHO, one of the best, ever. We simply can’t take the risk of the restoration of POTUS45.
Rogernarc 