{"id":6517,"date":"2024-07-08T10:09:29","date_gmt":"2024-07-08T02:09:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=6517"},"modified":"2024-07-16T10:45:34","modified_gmt":"2024-07-16T02:45:34","slug":"biden-dug-in-as-dem-calls-to-drop-out-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=6517","title":{"rendered":"Biden \u2018dug in\u2019 as Dem calls to drop out rise"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"770\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6518\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1.png 770w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1-300x175.png 300w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1-768x449.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When President Biden sat down on Friday with ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos for the high-stakes interview on the heels of his disastrous debate performance, he was adamant about one thing in particular: He\u2019s not going anywhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf the Lord Almighty came down and said, \u2018Joe, get out of the race,\u2019 I\u2019d get out of the race,\u201d Biden said. \u201cThe Lord Almighty\u2019s not coming down.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Behind the scenes, Biden has remained steadfast despite the growing number of Democrats calling for him to stand down, telling key allies that he\u2019s the best candidate to not only beat former President Trump but to save democracy. The proof, he says, is in the last three and a half years. And his 2020 campaign. Not to mention Trump\u2019s surprise defeat of Hillary Clinton in 2016. Biden has told allies for years that he could have won that race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And while his critics have said he\u2019s leaving a lot to chance, Biden has maintained the opposite position: Handing the baton to another Democrat is a risky proposition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHe believes in his core that he understands the electorate and where Americans are and that he\u2019s the one to do this, to win,\u201d said one key Biden ally who has spoken to advisers in the president\u2019s small inner circle. \u201cHe\u2019s dug in.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">People in Biden\u2019s circle \u201cunderstand the severity of the moment they\u2019re in but they also believe it will pass, just as other moments have come and gone,\u201d said one former administration official.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Biden allies concede the situation could become untenable, especially as Congress returns to Washington this week. On Sunday, at least four senior House Democrats said privately on a call that Biden should drop out of the race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sources said Reps. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.), the ranking member on the House Judiciary Committee; Adam Smith (D-Wash.), the ranking member of the Armed Services Committee; Mark Takano (D-Calif.), the ranking member of the Veterans\u2019 Affairs Committee; and Joseph Morelle (D-N.Y.), the ranking member on the Administration Committee, all said Biden should step aside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Democratic lawmakers joined five other House members who had called on Biden to withdraw, along with several editorial boards and a string of prominent columnists. On Sunday, David Axelrod, who served as a senior adviser to former President Obama and has frequently shared doubts about Biden\u2019s viability, said the president \u201cis not winning this race.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf you just look at the date and talk to people around the country, political people around the country, it\u2019s more likely that he\u2019ll lose by a landslide than win narrowly this race,\u201d Axelrod said on CNN. \u201cAnd if the stakes are as large as he says, and I believe they are, then he really needs to consider what the right thing to do here is.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those close to Biden\u2019s inner circle say the president is completely vested in staying the course and is taking the same approach as he did during the 2020 primary race, when everyone was counting him out as he lost early primary contests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHe remembers what happened and how it all played out. He remembers better than anyone,\u201d said one longtime Biden aide. \u201cHow many of them counted us out.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Democratic strategist Steve Schale, a longtime ally of the president who also helped run Obama\u2019s Florida operation, called Biden \u201cone of the most consequential, if not the most consequential, presidents of my lifetime.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf you were to take his age out of the equation, no one would be arguing that he should drop out of this election,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Besides the breadth of his experience, Schale said, there\u2019s also a practical consideration to keep in mind: \u201cWe\u2019re 120 days out, and trying to stand up another campaign in that time is really hard.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis isn\u2019t managing your fantasy politics team, and this isn\u2019t a \u2018West Wing\u2019 episode,\u201d Schale said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over the weekend, the Biden campaign and its allies pointed to a Bloomberg poll showing the president leading Trump in the battleground states of Michigan and Wisconsin. The survey also shows Biden within the margin of error in states including Arizona, Georgia, Nevada and North Carolina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After criticism from Democrats that Biden was largely absent from the campaign trail last week, Biden has sought to show supporters that he\u2019s fighting back, stumping in Wisconsin on Friday and Pennsylvania on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While speaking to supporters at a campaign office in Philadelphia, one woman said \u201cWe need Dark Brandon back,\u201d referring to the meme aimed at projecting strength.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDark Brandon is coming back,\u201d the president said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In an ironic way, one Democratic strategist said, Biden\u2019s situation is similar to the one Trump faced in 2016 after the Access Hollywood tape came out, revealing that Trump bragged about grabbing women\u2019s genitals. At the time it caused turmoil within the Republican Party, as one-time allies sought to distance themselves from the GOP nominee. There was talk then about Trump dropping out of the race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s the same dilemma, with a different party,\u201d the strategist said. \u201cReally it comes down to \u2018flawed candidates.\u2019 And as Democrats we care about purity and being right and the moral high ground. And I get it, there\u2019s definitely a lot of reasons for dropping out, but there isn\u2019t a forcing mechanism to get him out.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The same strategist also said Biden could still be the best candidate for Democrats in the fall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of shorthand here and all of this is a lot messier than people want to admit,\u201d the strategist said. \u201cBut I don\u2019t know if any of these other potential candidates are a slam dunk. I\u2019ve been more confident about other things. But we do know who we\u2019re getting with Biden and there\u2019s something to be said for that.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When President Biden sat down on Friday with ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos for the high-stakes interview on the heels of his disastrous debate performance, he was adamant about one thing in particular: He\u2019s not going anywhere. \u201cIf the Lord Almighty came down and said, \u2018Joe, get out of the race,\u2019 I\u2019d get out of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":6518,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[61],"class_list":["post-6517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-usa","tag-usa"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.0 - 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