All this angst whipped up in the press, and no one angsts in any real way over the 77 year old four time indicted 91 counts facing disgraced former president, who is both a mere three years younger and in poorer health. But do go on.
Yes, Biden is old. Biden is also wise, and is presiding over the most robust economy in the world. He’s the most progressive president since FDR. Would that any of the press would give him his due credit. It’s telling that people’s opinions of him immediately and positively shift when informed of his actual accomplishments.
Good points regarding the general pass cult 45 gets on all the serious ways he will try and change the institutional guardrails currently in place, and which hindered his ability to weaponize the structure of the state to the whims of his carnivoric ego. However, pretending all blue sky for Biden and the dems, is like pretending 2020 was rigged and cult 45 won. There are serious concerns about what if’s even if Biden wins.
Please stop writing in such a negative way about Biden. He would govern more ethically and effectively from a hospital bed than Trump is even capable of doing. Let’s focus on the positives and give the “average, normal” voter something to look forward to in 2024. Biden and the Democrats will win and Trump will fade into obscurity, remembered only for his lies and cheating. A fitting epitaph for such a despicable human being.
Lets be honest. My four year old would govern more ethically and effectively than Trump, but to ignore the faults (real or perceived) about the President of the United States does no one any good either.
I am confused by your statement about Democrats eventually possibly wondering why they were so "sanguine" about a 2nd Biden nomination. You yourself have written repeatedly that there is truly no other, better option for Democrats. And no one actually appears sanguine to me, since this is one of multiple articles you've written on Biden's age, and you've quoted many many other analysts and reporters writing on his age. I feel as though there is a hyper focus on Biden's age, accompanied by endless handwringing, followed by admission that there is no better option. Trump is going absolutely bonkers this past month with mistakes, gaffes, and authoritarian rhetoric. I know you and others have written about it. But no one seems to write about it in the context of Trump's age and deteriorating mental faculties. I absolutely love your thoughts and analyses on politics and life. And you have indicated that you get a lot of pushback from Democrats on this topic of Biden's age that you perceive as defensiveness and denial on our part and you're just the messenger. But with no specific reason to write yet another article on Biden's age, I think it would be helpful to all of your followers if you could explain your obsession! We know. We get it. The situation isn't awesome and hasn't changed, and the result is the same - no better options. So I don't think I'm being defensive. I just don't understand what the point is in flogging this poor dead horse. Are you panicking about Democracy? Should the Democrats or general electorate try to do something different?! We are already panicked out here! Give us information or rationale that helps us out!
Absolutely. I keep hearing from those who hold the microphone that we’re the ones in denial. The ones with the microphone are the ones who keep saying the same thing over and over. Maybe we can lose better this way.
I suggest Biden embrace his age. Talk about the reality of aging gracefully and with dignity. Honor other elders who hold wisdom. And, most importantly, ALL of the press needs to drive home Trump’s age and incessant gaffes and mistakes. Maybe, if his sarcasm and sneers are not reported as strong, but feeble-minded, mean old man mistakes, etc (poor him, he’s losing it!) and plus he isn’t wise, or kind, or tempered.
You all control this narration. Say it often enough, then it sticks! Get it out there repeatedly.
You just can’t get over him tripping over a sandbag can you ???
I just want to know WHY there was a sandbag in his path and WHY his Secret Service didn’t remove it.
Can you imagine if Trump had tripped over a sandbag? It would’ve taken a crane to get him off the floor. Let’s talk just a wee bit about HIS fitness : physical and mental and quit bashing Biden who IS the Democratic nominee.
As the incumbent does Biden really need to do a lot of campaigning? Where is that written in stone? We already know what he stands for, don’t we? Lots of tv ads would help in place of in person. I’d rather he spend his time doing his job, which btw he’s quite good at. Enough already with the age thing. I’m 73 & he does more than me before I even get out of bed.
The columnist Mike Royko wrote a column about Dwight D Eisenhower. Mike looked at all the published newspapers during a period of Ike’s presidency, I forgot which period, and reported that for a number of weeks, weeks, there was no mention of the President. And when he had a heart attack in office, it was not disclosed. Life went on and so did Ike.
Biden is campaigning the way he wants, which has worked for him in the past. He wants his record to talk for him, something Abe Lincoln did during his re-election campaign, you know, they were buddies.
Concentrate on the unhinged Republican candidate more. We need Joe. Who else in the Democratic field can match his humanity, economic strength, and foreign policy in one person? The election is almost one year off. Plenty of time for Biden to make his move.
To paraphrase Donald Rumsfeld, you go to war with the leader you have. At this stage of things, trying to come up with someone else and actually manage a campaign that would be successful is less likely than it was in 1968, when it was very unlikely to work - and didn't.
Biden does exercise and takes care of himself. Fatso Fatass never has, and his cognizance (never good to begin with) is getting worse by the week.
But all of the points that everyone is making about Biden’s age could just as easily be said about mein trump.
Trump is also a gaffe machine, a crazy one at that. How is he healthy? If they debate Biden should challenge him to a push up contest. We know who would win that.
The mainstream media needs to make more of the outrageous statements and gaffes and any physical issues he has.
And there is NO question that the next President (assuming both are alve and neither are in jail) is going to be Biden or Trump. The Democrats aren't gambling at all. That's the only hand they have to play, and either it wins or it doesn't. The gamble is not voting or voting third party.
Nor is it necessary to have "...considerable travel, late nights, multiple events in a single day (especially in the final months of the race)." Both candidates are fully known and a rigorous campiagn schedule adds, to me anyway, nothing of value. Biden is surrunded by smart people dedicated to protecting democracy, and should he falter during his second term, I feel the country would be in good hands until a new candidate is chosen for the 2028 presidential race.
"that could fundamentally reshape the country" -- you're being way to kind, Chris. Why not just say what's really going to happen if the fat orange one changes his address to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave: the end of democracy as we know it and the beginning of a dictator led banana republic. As Butthead so aptly put it, "you can't polish a turd."
Chris - your argument is well founded. If the Democrats are set on Biden, which they appear they are, and which makes sense, the question becomes how do the Democrats prepare for Biden to suffer an episode? What are the contingency plans?
One bit of good news - with the Trump legal calendar as full as it is, Trump will not be able to campaign much himself - he is going to have to do a lot of his campaign from an office near the courthouses a good deal of the time. Or, God willing, from a jail cell...
So, is the answer to start changing the messaging from Biden v. Trump to Trump v. Anybody But Trump? Should the focus then be only on the damage Trump promises in his next term, so everyone will be better off with Trump defeated?
To be honest, he just looks old. If he had a face lift, or at the least his eyes done, no one would be complaining.
Democrats need to start hammering Trump. He's 77. He may not stutter, but everytime he opens his mouth, he shows how ignorant he is. He lack empathy. He's an evil man without a soul. He truly wants to destroy our democracy to get his revenge.
Nate Silver is a big reason for Trump getting elected in 2016. He has been correctly discredited and informed people do not listen to him. I’ll continue to read your commentary on the House but when it comes to Biden and aging you have a great deal to learn. - Karen (a new paid subscriber)
How did Nate Silver help Trump get elected? There is plenty of blame to go around: Russians, third party candidates, HRC's failure to campaign in Midwest. But a pollster?
All this angst whipped up in the press, and no one angsts in any real way over the 77 year old four time indicted 91 counts facing disgraced former president, who is both a mere three years younger and in poorer health. But do go on.
Yes, Biden is old. Biden is also wise, and is presiding over the most robust economy in the world. He’s the most progressive president since FDR. Would that any of the press would give him his due credit. It’s telling that people’s opinions of him immediately and positively shift when informed of his actual accomplishments.
Right on! I’m so tired of this.....
Me too.
Good points regarding the general pass cult 45 gets on all the serious ways he will try and change the institutional guardrails currently in place, and which hindered his ability to weaponize the structure of the state to the whims of his carnivoric ego. However, pretending all blue sky for Biden and the dems, is like pretending 2020 was rigged and cult 45 won. There are serious concerns about what if’s even if Biden wins.
Please stop writing in such a negative way about Biden. He would govern more ethically and effectively from a hospital bed than Trump is even capable of doing. Let’s focus on the positives and give the “average, normal” voter something to look forward to in 2024. Biden and the Democrats will win and Trump will fade into obscurity, remembered only for his lies and cheating. A fitting epitaph for such a despicable human being.
Lets be honest. My four year old would govern more ethically and effectively than Trump, but to ignore the faults (real or perceived) about the President of the United States does no one any good either.
I am confused by your statement about Democrats eventually possibly wondering why they were so "sanguine" about a 2nd Biden nomination. You yourself have written repeatedly that there is truly no other, better option for Democrats. And no one actually appears sanguine to me, since this is one of multiple articles you've written on Biden's age, and you've quoted many many other analysts and reporters writing on his age. I feel as though there is a hyper focus on Biden's age, accompanied by endless handwringing, followed by admission that there is no better option. Trump is going absolutely bonkers this past month with mistakes, gaffes, and authoritarian rhetoric. I know you and others have written about it. But no one seems to write about it in the context of Trump's age and deteriorating mental faculties. I absolutely love your thoughts and analyses on politics and life. And you have indicated that you get a lot of pushback from Democrats on this topic of Biden's age that you perceive as defensiveness and denial on our part and you're just the messenger. But with no specific reason to write yet another article on Biden's age, I think it would be helpful to all of your followers if you could explain your obsession! We know. We get it. The situation isn't awesome and hasn't changed, and the result is the same - no better options. So I don't think I'm being defensive. I just don't understand what the point is in flogging this poor dead horse. Are you panicking about Democracy? Should the Democrats or general electorate try to do something different?! We are already panicked out here! Give us information or rationale that helps us out!
AMEN to everything you said.
Absolutely. I keep hearing from those who hold the microphone that we’re the ones in denial. The ones with the microphone are the ones who keep saying the same thing over and over. Maybe we can lose better this way.
I suggest Biden embrace his age. Talk about the reality of aging gracefully and with dignity. Honor other elders who hold wisdom. And, most importantly, ALL of the press needs to drive home Trump’s age and incessant gaffes and mistakes. Maybe, if his sarcasm and sneers are not reported as strong, but feeble-minded, mean old man mistakes, etc (poor him, he’s losing it!) and plus he isn’t wise, or kind, or tempered.
You all control this narration. Say it often enough, then it sticks! Get it out there repeatedly.
You just can’t get over him tripping over a sandbag can you ???
I just want to know WHY there was a sandbag in his path and WHY his Secret Service didn’t remove it.
Can you imagine if Trump had tripped over a sandbag? It would’ve taken a crane to get him off the floor. Let’s talk just a wee bit about HIS fitness : physical and mental and quit bashing Biden who IS the Democratic nominee.
Really like "It would've taken a crane to get him off the floor."
Me too love it especially that it is true
Hell, Trump had trouble just walking down a simple ramp at West Point in 2020.
As the incumbent does Biden really need to do a lot of campaigning? Where is that written in stone? We already know what he stands for, don’t we? Lots of tv ads would help in place of in person. I’d rather he spend his time doing his job, which btw he’s quite good at. Enough already with the age thing. I’m 73 & he does more than me before I even get out of bed.
The columnist Mike Royko wrote a column about Dwight D Eisenhower. Mike looked at all the published newspapers during a period of Ike’s presidency, I forgot which period, and reported that for a number of weeks, weeks, there was no mention of the President. And when he had a heart attack in office, it was not disclosed. Life went on and so did Ike.
Biden is campaigning the way he wants, which has worked for him in the past. He wants his record to talk for him, something Abe Lincoln did during his re-election campaign, you know, they were buddies.
Concentrate on the unhinged Republican candidate more. We need Joe. Who else in the Democratic field can match his humanity, economic strength, and foreign policy in one person? The election is almost one year off. Plenty of time for Biden to make his move.
To paraphrase Donald Rumsfeld, you go to war with the leader you have. At this stage of things, trying to come up with someone else and actually manage a campaign that would be successful is less likely than it was in 1968, when it was very unlikely to work - and didn't.
Biden does exercise and takes care of himself. Fatso Fatass never has, and his cognizance (never good to begin with) is getting worse by the week.
So WTF do we Democrats do? This is the opposite of helpful. It’s not even informative. Nothing in here is new.
Probably just wants to rob it in as if that will change anything or anybody for that matter.
We all know that Biden is ol;d just as Trump is also old.
But all of the points that everyone is making about Biden’s age could just as easily be said about mein trump.
Trump is also a gaffe machine, a crazy one at that. How is he healthy? If they debate Biden should challenge him to a push up contest. We know who would win that.
The mainstream media needs to make more of the outrageous statements and gaffes and any physical issues he has.
He’s head of a CAPABLE TEAM. Let’s compare to TFG’s advisors cabinet three years in.
And there is NO question that the next President (assuming both are alve and neither are in jail) is going to be Biden or Trump. The Democrats aren't gambling at all. That's the only hand they have to play, and either it wins or it doesn't. The gamble is not voting or voting third party.
Nor is it necessary to have "...considerable travel, late nights, multiple events in a single day (especially in the final months of the race)." Both candidates are fully known and a rigorous campiagn schedule adds, to me anyway, nothing of value. Biden is surrunded by smart people dedicated to protecting democracy, and should he falter during his second term, I feel the country would be in good hands until a new candidate is chosen for the 2028 presidential race.
"that could fundamentally reshape the country" -- you're being way to kind, Chris. Why not just say what's really going to happen if the fat orange one changes his address to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave: the end of democracy as we know it and the beginning of a dictator led banana republic. As Butthead so aptly put it, "you can't polish a turd."
Chris - your argument is well founded. If the Democrats are set on Biden, which they appear they are, and which makes sense, the question becomes how do the Democrats prepare for Biden to suffer an episode? What are the contingency plans?
One bit of good news - with the Trump legal calendar as full as it is, Trump will not be able to campaign much himself - he is going to have to do a lot of his campaign from an office near the courthouses a good deal of the time. Or, God willing, from a jail cell...
So, is the answer to start changing the messaging from Biden v. Trump to Trump v. Anybody But Trump? Should the focus then be only on the damage Trump promises in his next term, so everyone will be better off with Trump defeated?
To be honest, he just looks old. If he had a face lift, or at the least his eyes done, no one would be complaining.
Democrats need to start hammering Trump. He's 77. He may not stutter, but everytime he opens his mouth, he shows how ignorant he is. He lack empathy. He's an evil man without a soul. He truly wants to destroy our democracy to get his revenge.
Nate Silver is a big reason for Trump getting elected in 2016. He has been correctly discredited and informed people do not listen to him. I’ll continue to read your commentary on the House but when it comes to Biden and aging you have a great deal to learn. - Karen (a new paid subscriber)
Agree. I'm going to start skipping the "Biden is old" posts.
How did Nate Silver help Trump get elected? There is plenty of blame to go around: Russians, third party candidates, HRC's failure to campaign in Midwest. But a pollster?