Joe Biden Presidency thread *Please read OP - Threadbanned Users Added 4/5/21*

It's an opinion piece by a left leaning journalist in a left leaning publication. Just because you disagree with the opinion, it does not make it malpractice.

In any case what is wrong with the statement: “Republicans are not the only party being led by a geriatric egotist who puts himself before the country"

The only way you could disagree with that statement would be if you felt that Biden's age was not a factor, he has shown no decline in mental acuity in the course of his presidency, and you think he is genuinely capable of serving another four years as US President.

But that's clearly ridiculous.

An example of journalistic malpractice would be to continue pushing stories that Biden is sharp as a tack and there is no doubt about his ability to serve another four years.

We saw plenty of that up until the debate, but after the debate, it wasn't going to wash with the public so journalists had to pivot to reporting the truth.

American "democracy" is unrepresentative so it almost doesn't matter what real Americans think.

This is an attitude that appears to be fairly common in US politics. Political elites think they know better than the electorate and are then surprised if the electorate has the cheek to disagree with them at the ballot box.

It is exactly why the Democrats are in the hole they are in at the minute and at risk of losing this election.

Of course if they do lose, they will not realise it is because they will think that is the electorate is at fault rather than their candidate or campaign, and will be doomed to repeat the same mistakes in the future.

Anybody who claims to care about democracy, ought to realise that by definition the electorate is always right.

If the Dems lose this election it will be because the American people decided that the Democratic candidate was a weaker candidate for president than the Republican candidate.

Individuals may of course disagree, but the if you lose a democratic election, you have proved inarguably that your candidate and campaign was weaker than the opposition.

Fair enough, I missed the point ancap was making and jumped to the wrong conclusion based on the line I quoted. My bad.

So the point I was making was irrelevant as a response to ancap's post I quoted, but it is not irrelevant to the discussion of the US election and Biden's bid to get reelected:

Political elites think they know better than the electorate and are then surprised if the electorate has the cheek to disagree with them at the ballot box.

The electorate, including registered Democrats, have shown in extensive polling for past few years that they don't think Biden should run again, their principal concern being he is too old for another four year term in such a demanding job.

The Democratic party have totally ignored what the electorate think and pressed on with Biden regardless, presumably because they believe they know better.

That strategy is currently looking to be a risky one.

But nobody should be surprised by that.

You're correct, I cannot remember the names of his challengers, presumably as they were non-entities. Nobody credible wished to challenge him since he was an incumbent president.

That's been the norm. If you want a future tilt at the nomination, don't challenge the incumbent.

Before Biden announced his plans to seek reelection there was plenty of evidence and discussion about the polls showing the majority did not wish for him to stand again.

Perhaps if the Democratic party had used their influence at that point to encourage to bow out with dignity, there would be less discussion now about the idea of forcing him out.