….While I certainly have apprehension regarding a 2024 rematch of Biden v Trump I think a few things come to mind.
1. In the last century 3 Presidents who were eligible to rum again chose not to. Coolidge in 1928, Truman in 1952, and Lyndon Johnson in 1968. The party in power lost the White House in 2 of those elections. The GOP won in 1928 but would have been better off overall if they didn’t considering they were shut out of the White House for 20 years following the start of the Great Depression.
Honestly I wish that both Trump and Biden declined 2024 bids. However nothing seems to stop the Republican Party’s obsession with Trump. And if Biden stepped aside while Trump ran again the supposedly liberal media would be full of stories about Democrats in Disarray. And Biden stepping down like Truman and LBJ before would be seen as an admission that he could not win.
So yes I’m nervous about the election next year with Biden at the helm. I’d be nervous with Newsom, Whitmer, Harris or Pritzker as the Democratic front runner in the case that Biden opted out.
It’s going to be a close race. Regardless. The GOP has a massive edge with rural voters and the outdated Electoral College gives preference to those states. No Democrat would be running away with the race at this point IMO.
It’s just how it is. But Democrats have outperformed in every special election this year. And with abortion rights amendments being put on the ballot in a number of states next year expect the pro choice majority to be energized.
And when voters tune in to the Presidential and congressional elections we need to hammer home who wants women locked up for aborting a zygote.
And we need to remind voters how shitty 2020 was with covid raging and violence in the streets. That all happened on Trump’s watch. And a few pointed ads in rural anti vaxx counties reminding people that Trump fast tracked the vaccine might help move some votes to RFK Jr.
There’s a lot of work to be done.
But I’m not giving up.
I’m just getting started!
Scott @ Politicaldog101….
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