The 80 year old President IS gonna run again he says….
If he doesn’t?
It would be a Democratic ‘Free for All’…..
President Joe Biden on Friday reiterated his intention to seek a second term in an exclusive interview with ABC News anchor David Muir, and while he said it is “legitimate” for people to raise questions about his age, he said it is not part of his calculation on whether to seek reelection.
While Biden once again said he intends to run, he also hinted that the announcement could be a ways off.
“[M]y intention is — from– has — intention has been from the beginning to run. But there’s too many other things we have to finish in the near term before I start a campaign,” he told Muir at the White House.
At age 80, Biden is the oldest serving president in U.S. history and questions about his age that followed him during his 2020 campaign have continued throughout his presidency.
“Let me ask you about a conversation that people are having — at home, both your supporters, and your critics. They know that if you’re reelected, you would be 82 when you’re sworn in. You’d be — 86 at the end of your term. Is your age part of your own calculation into whether to run again?” Muir pressed Biden.
“No. But it’s legitimate for people to raise issues about my age. It’s totally legitimate to do that. And the only thing I can say is watch me,” Biden answered…
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How Big a Problem Is Biden’s Age, Really?
…But beyond just the fact that Biden is 80 and Trump is 77, it’s easy to see why people have concerns. If you watch Biden from, say, his 2012 debate against Paul Ryan, he was much more confident in his speaking. And if you watch Trump from just a few years ago, he was much more forceful, faster, with a crisper delivery when he speaks — even if what he’s saying is nonsensical. Do these changes tell you much, if anything, about actual cognition?
One of the things that declines with age is cognitive processing speed, so it’s not surprising that they would talk slower and all that. Whether that affects the acuity of decision-making is another thing. This is where I’m not a big fan of presidential campaigns, because I typically think they select for traits that aren’t all that useful in actually governing.
I’m with you on that one.
But in this case, I think the pressure and the grueling pace of presidential campaigns is likely to tell us quite a bit about their current state of health. The biggest generality you can make about aging is that it affects people differently. Some people are 100 years old and still driving school buses, and some people are debilitated and drooling at 75. Clearly at this point, it looks to me like they’re both in reasonable health. It actually seems like Trump is in worse health, just because he’s obese. He doesn’t have good lifestyle habits….
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