Writer for The Atlantic Joins Chorus Raising Doubts About Biden Running in 2024: ‘He Is Too Old’
President Joe Biden insists that he plans to run for a second term, but according to several reports, a growing number of liberals are saying, “No, thank you.” What started out as the occasional story examining…
President Joe Biden insists that he plans to run for a second term, but according to several reports, a growing number of liberals are saying, “No, thank you.”
What started out as the occasional story examining potential 2024 Democratic presidential candidates seems to have abruptly picked up speed and morphed into questioning whether Biden should run again.
The latest episode comes from The Atlantic, no bastion of far-right conspiracy theories, where writer Mark Leibovich penned an article titled, “Why Biden Shouldn’t Run in 2024.”
“Let me put this bluntly: Joe Biden should not run for reelection in 2024. He is too old,” Leibovich wrote. “Biden will turn 80 on November 20. He will be 82 if and when he begins a second term. The numbers just keep getting more ridiculous from there.”
He went on to share that he spoke to 10 “unofficial advisers to the administration who have spent time around the president during these deranged and divided days in America.”
“They say, for the most part, that Biden is coping fine. You know, despite the 8.6 percent inflation, his depressed approval numbers, his vice president’s worse approval numbers, the looming wipeout in the midterms…But here’s another recurring theme I keep hearing, notably from people predisposed to liking the president. ‘He just seems old,’ one senior administration official told me at a social function a few weeks ago,” he added.
Leibovich argued that announcing plans not to run again could be “liberating” for Biden because it would let him “shed the demands of being a disciplined candidate (never his strong suit).” Additionally, he suggested it could buy the president goodwill.
