David Axelrod, chief strategist of former President Obama’s two winning presidential campaigns, told the New York Times that President Biden’s age would be a problem if he ran for a second term in 2024.
Why it matters: As the midterm term approaches, some Democrats are becoming increasingly cautious about Biden’s candidacy for a second term, especially given that former President Trump may want to return to the White House.
- Biden said he intends to run in 2024 with Vice President Kamala Harris as his candidate if he stays in good health and if his predecessor runs again.
What they say: “The presidency is a monstrously taxable job, and the harsh reality is that the president will be closer to 90 than 80 at the end of the second term, and that would be a major problem,” Axelrod said.
- “Biden is not getting the credit he deserves for leading the country through the worst of the pandemic, passing historic laws, assembling a NATO alliance against Russian aggression and returning decency and decency to the White House,” Axelrod added.
- “And part of the reason he doesn’t do it is performative. He looks his age and is not as agile in front of the camera as he used to be, and that feeds a story of competence that is not rooted in reality. ”
The big picture: Biden’s approval rating is extremely low at the start of the midterm elections, as the country faces inflationary pressures as well as rising food, energy and housing prices.
- It is common for the presidential party to lose seats in Congress during interim terms, although Biden’s legislative agenda and judicial nominations could be completely blocked if Democrats lose control of the House of Representatives or the Senate or both, Axios Sara Mucha said. .
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