Washington, Jun 22 (Prensa Latina) Although for some the re-election of Joe Biden in 2024 will depend on his results as president of the United States, questions about his age are increasingly worrying the Democratic Party today.
Opinions about the president, who by then would be 81 years old, were whispered in private, but now they are coming out in public amid anguish over a possible defeat of the party in the midterm elections in November, according to the local press. .
Biden’s approval ratings have not recovered from their plunge late last summer, inflation is skyrocketing and recession jitters are growing, The Hill reported.
Such a scenario raises doubts for Democrats about the feasibility of keeping a candidate like the current president in 2024 or seeking a different and younger leader in the next presidential race.
However, former Ohio Democratic Party Chairman David Pepper stressed that “it’s not like it’s breaking news that two years after winning he’s two years older.”
“This is the man who won the primaries; he decisively won them, he decisively won the White House, and he’s dealing with problems that are huge, that he primarily inherited,” he added.
For Pepper, the “babble” about Biden’s age doesn’t help at all “when we have big problems to deal with.”
According to Democratic strategist Brad Bannon, age should be irrelevant in a debate about Biden’s presidency.
“Presidents should be evaluated on their performance, not on their age,” he said.
He deserves, he commented, more time to fix the country before making a decision on his candidacy in 2024.
If things don’t improve within a year, then he should seriously consider his plans to run for re-election, Bannon said.
The Republican Party made it clear that it will make Biden’s age a line of attack, despite the fact that his almost certain main contender for the White House, Donald Trump, turned 76 on June 14.
The Democrats have in their sights among the potential contenders Vice President Kamala Harris, 57; Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, 40, and Sen. Amy Klobuchar (Minnesota), 62.
–
