![]() ![]() But does any serious observer think she’s prepared to beat Trump in a grueling head-to-head contest-especially given the way her 2020 presidential campaign imploded? Inevitably, the eventual Democratic nominee, bruised and bloodied, would limp into the general election, weakened against an emboldened Trump.Īnd what if Harris, after Biden’s withdrawal, ended up as the nominee? In the battle to protect women’s reproductive rights, the vice president has begun to find her voice after her first two rocky years. She would likely be embroiled immediately in a scrum for the nomination-perhaps going up against California governor Gavin Newsom, Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer, New Jersey senator Cory Booker, and other eleventh-hour aspirants. Biden’s withdrawal would make Vice President Kamala Harris the front-runner for the nomination, but not for long. What’s wrong with the president stepping aside and graciously handing the baton to a younger successor? Plenty-starting with the fact that there is no consensus on who in the world that person would be. ![]() ![]() ![]() Given that chilling prospect, and despite Biden’s advanced age, his run for a second term is the Democrats’ best hope. Not only is Biden running his candidacy is by far the best hedge against a possible restoration of Donald Trump. If Trump were to regain the Oval Office, he would be much better equipped to dismantle the guardrails of US democracy than he was the last time. ![]()
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