When Biden entered the White House in 2021, insiders predicted he would hold the Oval Office for one term and then step aside. That thinking has completely fallen apart
The Inside Story of How Biden Cleared the Field for His Re-Election Bidn early January, President Joe Biden called a cabinet meeting in the West Wing of the White House. Over the holidays, a wave of flight cancellations by Southwest Airlines had left thousands of Americans stranded at airports for days.
That thinking has completely fallen apart. Despite a recent poll showing most voters don’t want the oldest President in American history to run for another term, none of the party’s most credible candidates are taking any steps toward a run. The two most prominent Democrats vying for President thus far—Marianne Williamson and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.—are not seen by party insiders as serious threats to Biden’s glide path to the nomination.
, the Biden 2024 effort has been well underway since last year, with aides building out a roster of experienced campaign hands and a fundraising calendar. Yet his poll numbers are still in the low 40s, dragged down by voters’ concerns over Biden’sMuch like he did with his 2020 campaign, Biden is expected to again lean into his experience.
No President in 40 years had managed to navigate the narrow political waters to secure a once-in-a-generation infrastructure deal. But the effort was a rocky one. Days before Congress moved the bill to his desk in November 2021, Biden was lobbying House progressives on a tense call in which he vowed to get to their priorities later if they backed the infrastructure bill on its own first. At the time, it seemed like the President had caved to Republicans and centrists in his party.
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