ESTABLISHMENT VOICE CALLS FOR HARRIS TO QUIT. BIDEN, TOO. Polls show that most people think President Joe Biden is too old to serve effectively in a second term. It seems obvious: If reelected, Biden would be 82 years old when he begins a new term and 86 when he finishes. Even now, at 80, the president has slowed down in the 2 1/2 years since taking office. He sometimes seems feeble and confused and has difficulty forming sentences. His staff has to organize his schedule around his falling energy level.
Most people can see what is in front of their faces. But many Democratic Party leaders and their advocates in the press have had a hard time admitting that Biden’s age is a very serious problem. Indeed, Biden has been extraordinarily successful in stifling public discussion of his age in Democratic circles. He has the party firmly behind him, with any major challengers shying away from running. And the Democratic-aligned commentariat, for the most part, has refrained from calling for Biden to step down and for a younger Democrat to take his place.
But now a Washington Post columnist, David Ignatius, has published a column with a simple, clear headline: “President Biden should not run again in 2024.” Despite that clarity, though, Ignatius still has a hard time facing what a majority of people have already faced, which is that Biden is too old to perform the duties of president. And on close reading, the column seems as much an effort to get rid of Vice President Kamala Harris as it is a nudge to the president himself.
Lock them Both the hell up for their 2020 COUP !!!!!