For months now, the Democratic Party has been reading the writing on the wall regarding 2024. Their current President, Joe Biden, has been failing miserably as Commander in Chief, and his approval ratings show it.
But, during those same months, Biden has been fully forceful about the idea that he would be running for office yet again in 2024. He had even gone so far as to suggest that he’d be running with similarly unpopular Vice President Kamala Harris again.
Now, suddenly, that certainty has vanished.
President Biden told 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley last Thursday that while he intends to run for reelection in 2024, the decision is still up in the air.
“Sir, are you committed to running again, or are there certain conditions that have to be right?” Pelley asked.
“Look, if I were to say to you, I’m running again, all of a sudden, a whole range of things come into play that I have– requirements I have to change and move and do,” Mr. Biden said. “In terms of election laws. and it’s much too early to make that kind of decision. I’m a great respecter of fate. And so, what I’m doing is I’m doing my job. I’m gonna do that job. And within the timeframe that makes sense after this next election cycle here, going into next year, make a judgment on what to do.”
The confusion continued…
“You say that it’s much too early to make that decision,” Pelley said. “I take it the decision has not been made in your own head?”
“Look, my intention as I said to begin with is that I would run again,” the president said. “But it’s just an intention. But is it a firm decision that I run again? That remains to be seen.”
Several key Democratic voices have been speaking up about their intentions to prevent Biden from running again, citing concerns not only about his ability to beat Donald Trump again, but also about his age and mental competency.
