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Nobody is questioning Biden's physical health. He is doing very well for 80 years old. It is his mental decline that is the elephant in the room. And also conspicuously absent from the medical report. As for Harris, more than 70% of democrats polled chose SOMEONE ELSE to lead the ticket if Biden doesn't run. She also manages to trail Biden in overall approval rating by 4%, 43 to 39. That takes some doing. https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3849873-democrats-prop-up-harris-clinton-for-2024-if-biden-doesnt-run-poll/

Agreed, but at this point the former is irrelevant. He was a good man, a military veteran, and I believe a patriot. Wish him well.

And so all the BS about her supposed "qualifications" is nonsense. Which leads us to the current situation- Democrats want to jettison Biden for health/cognitive issues but they can't. It would leave them in the uncomfortable position of having to jettison VP Harris as well, which for the aforementioned reasons could be political suicide.

Sure. Keep telling yourself that. Her melanin and chromosones had NOTHING to do with it... nor Biden promising Jim Clyburn...

She has the Magic Melanin Forcefield! With the optional Super XX Chromosone attachment. And he promised James Clyburn in return for Clyburn rescuing Biden's faltering campaign in the 2020 Democratic primaries.

Here we go with NABAT again! Doesn't it get a bit tiring? If the best thing you can say about Biden is "well, at least he isn't quite as awful as the previous guy", then you really are damning him with faint praise.

On this we can agree. Being the incumbent is a powerful advantage. Democrats will have to judge whether or not it is enough of an advantage to gamble on. At the moment the answer seems to be "no". A reluctant no, but no nonetheless. Probably the only thing keeping them from being more vocal is the doomsday scenario of having to back Kamala Harris as the presumptive nominee. Isn't it ironic? The President can't string two words together, and the Vice can but they make no sense.

One thing you CAN say about Trump is that he is far better at the real estate business than Biden. He has been living rent-free in peoples' heads for the past 2 years!

Yes, absolutely. Also that it is not that important, and also that it is dropping like a stone. Now, why would that be? Please try to answerwithout a NABAT if possible.

Trump's first 3 years saw terrorists get killed, their leaders get bumped off, the end of the Caliphate, and peace accords in the Middle East. Also saw Trump extract promises from slacker NATO countries to increase their defense spending. So, just a coincidence that Putin put his expansion plans on hold from 2016-20 then? Biden takes over, makes a hash of Afghanistan, stupidly blurts out that a "minor incursion" into Ukraine would be acceptable...

Yep, becuase if one thing is important, it is for the American President to be liked by foreigners /s And like I said, even Biden's 'great' numbers in that category faded substantially over time. Kind of the same way the American people see him, come to think of it...

Good question. I will just let the facts speak for themselves and let you decide the reasons. Putin invaded Ukraine twice, while the Democrats held the White House. He didn't under Trump. Guess it puts paid to the leftie shibboleth that Trump was in Putin's pocket though, doesn't it?

So, many friendly countries see Biden as a squish, an affable old doofus. Proves nothing. Even so, the polls showed that confidence in Biden dropped across the board as time went by. To quote the survery: The share of adults who have confidence in Biden on the world stage has decreased by double digits in 13 of the 14 countries surveyed in both years. In Italy, Greece, Spain and Singapore, half or more now have little or no confidence in the U.S. president. Guess once they got to know him, their confidence waned. I also notice that any adversarial nations were not counted in the polling as well.

Well, Putin didn't start any wars under the previous POTUS, as he did under this one AND the one before the Bad Orange Man.

Again, a little dose of NABAT to justify the current President's obvious declining skills. I would have been a lot more comfortable with 2008 Joe Biden than 2022. He has been getting pushed around by the progressive wing of his party far too much, seems unable to concentrate or understand things happening around him, and just looks, well, old. I can't see Putin or Xi quaking in their boots over anything Biden says or does.

Here we are, NABAT (Not As Bad As Trump) territory again. I don't want ANY president getting confused about important matters, such as who is alive or dead. I don't think Biden is senile yet, but it is obvious he is on the road to that sad place. Worse, it projects an image of weakness and instability to the world.

I like the way you so very carefully worded that response. Nothing about his mental or cognitive fitness? There is nothing unusual or wrong with an 80 year old man starting to deteriorate. But not when he is President.

...for obvious reasons. The only thing keeping Democrats "off the record" about replacing Biden is the looming and disastrous presence of VP Harris. If Biden gets dumped, the natural choice for nominee is Harris. Yet she is even less popular than Biden! Plus she has a Magical Melanin Forcefield (with the Double X Chromosone option) that shields her from any attempt to defenestrate her. So Democrats are in a real bind.

Like most cable news channels, Fox has the "hard news" side and the "pundit" side. This story focuses on the pundtry side exclusively. Nobody would call Hannity, Carlson, or Ingraham journalists. On the news side, Brett Baer is a good, classic type of journalist.

"The Right Wing Press"? Outside of Fox News, there is almost no right wing press in the United States. Every other major tv/cable outlet leans left to one extend or another, with the possible exception of CNBC. Ditto all the major newspapers, with the exception of the Wall Street Journal editorial page and the New York Post. The media today is singing a very different tune than during the campaign, that's for sure.

I am sure the President was far too busy to bother with the 10 minutes the Montreal Cognitive Assessment takes.... Did his doctor advise him not to take it? Physically he is in very good shape for an 80 year old man, but that is not the issue. Presidents have been effective even when wheelchair bound. His cognitive abilities are the problem.

Takes all of two replies before "but Trump..." arrives. Might be a record! But seriously, Biden's issues are more to do with his mental health than physical. That is why a majority of Democrats want to dump him in 2024.

C'mon, man! Let's try to stay on topic without the inevitable drift into NABAT territory please. The act of hiding Fetterman's true condition from the public was reprehensible.

What we DO know is that the Fetterman campaign played a brilliant game of "Hide the Candidate", taking pages from the successful Biden 2020 effort. Add in a few "...ism" accusations and all was well.

Nice deflection attempt. Do try to stay on topic.