The Democrat Party is reportedly making an attempt to reconcile that President Joe Biden, who turns 82 on Monday, is the main Democrat candidate for the 2024 presidential election.
The Democrats’ concern about Biden’s age is based upon their fear that he’ll lose to former President Donald Trump subsequent November.
“If you haven’t heard, the Democratic Party is full of anxious people right now,” Politico Playbook wrote Sunday, highlighting a collection of tales about Biden’s age.
“Even those in Biden’s inner circle, including family members, worry about the optics of age,” Politico’s Elena Schneider, Holly Otterbein, and Jonathan Lemire said. “Those close allies believe that Biden is mentally up for the job, but some acknowledge that the president can at times appear frail, according to two people involved in the conversations but not authorized to speak publicly about internal deliberations.”
More than a dozen Biden supporters, fundraisers, strategists, Democrat officers, and donors informed Politico they’d “deep” concern that Biden’s marketing campaign would have the flexibility to masks his psychological state to voters. One technique they declare may assist Biden is to counsel Biden is sensible, “leaning even harder into Biden’s age as proof of his wisdom in turbulent times.”
“They are pushing for more humor about ‘Grandpa Joe,’” they added.
Many fear about Biden’s bodily challenges and counsel he do much less bodily motion in public. “People close to the president have discussed having him walk shorter distances while on camera,” the report mentioned. “They’ve also advocated, at times, trading in formal shoes for more comfortable ones — both to make his stride seem less stiff, but also to reduce the risk of falls.”
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The Washington Post’s Ashley Parker, Tyler Pager, and Michael Scherer additionally wrote an article about Biden’s age based mostly on interviews with 30 Democrats inside and outdoors the marketing campaign.
“The central concern is that Biden … has lost a step and is showing visible signs of aging. He has struggled to sell his economic accomplishments,” they wrote. “And there are worries that his campaign, so far devoid of major events or organizing efforts, is not doing enough to deal with the public hand-wringing over his chances or the coming threat of Trump, 77.”
In addition to Biden’s age, the Post’s reporters recounted two further worries:
- “Some argue that neither Biden nor his team have effectively communicated a reelection plan, a second-term governing vision or a clear argument against Trump.”
- “Democrats have also expressed concern about the campaign’s thin operation in battleground states. Outside of pilot programs for organizing in Arizona and Wisconsin, the campaign has not built on the Democratic National Committee’s presence in key states or placed staff in any of the early primary states.”
Polling doesn’t favor Joe Biden in a matchup with Trump. An NBC News ballot and a Fox News survey discovered Biden’s recognition hit backside. Only 40 % of voters authorised of Biden in each polls, the bottom approval score of his presidency within the respective surveys.
Follow Wendell Husebø on “X” @WendellHusebø. He is the writer of Politics of Slave Morality.
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