Biden's tripping incidents

[Jazzy]

"President Biden's campaign team is on a mission to prevent him from tripping in public as the 80-year-old continues to struggle with a diagnosis of "significant spinal arthritis."

The White House physician made the diagnosis earlier this year, and Biden has since had multiple public tripping incidents that have only compounded questions about his age. Now, his team has made a conscious effort to make him wear tennis shoes and limit stair climbs to prevent another embarrassing fall."

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He does fall a lot and seems stiff and awkward, but his mind is as sharp...I should have stopped with the first phrase. I drifted off for a moment.....

What are your thoughts on the falls being from "significant spinal arthritis"?

 

[Lamb]

Parkinson's and dementia can also cause tripping. That spinal arthritis could be true, but it doesn't explain the big picture of what's happening and what's nice is that some Democrats are waking up now and saying, "We need a younger guy in office!" I think that Biden's true diagnosis of what's wrong is hidden because Kamala is a complete mess and no one wants her as President. They're trying hard to just wait this out.

 

[Albion]

Parkinson's and dementia can also cause tripping. That spinal arthritis could be true, but it doesn't explain the big picture of what's happening and what's nice is that some Democrats are waking up now and saying, "We need a younger guy in office!" I think that Biden's true diagnosis of what's wrong is hidden because Kamala is a complete mess and no one wants her as President. They're trying hard to just wait this out.

...until what? Until Trump is jailed and Biden can win re-election without campaigning?

 

[Josiah]

Biden's PHYSICAL problems don't concern me.... he is a president, not an athlete. His MENTAL issues - ah, that's a whole other enchilada.

It seems obvious to me that no Democrat is running against him for the nomination. No other seems able to both get the nomination AND win in 2024; they are stuck with Biden - even though most Democrats are far from happy about that.

But Ted Cruz (Republican senator from Texas) has an interesting prediction: The Democratic Convention will open with Biden having virtually 100% of the delegates, a "shoe in." BUT at the very last minute, Biden will announce he will not accept the nomination of his party and will give all his delegates to Michelle Obama. Along with his considerable campaign funds. Interesting.


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[tango]

It's a shame we can't have term limit restrictions applying to immediate family members as much as candidates. It becomes a bit of a joke when a guy serves the maximum term only for his wife to stand, with chatter about his kids also standing.

Maybe a restriction that applies the term limit to "self and spouse", with maybe a 10-year time limit before your children or siblings can stand for the presidency. "The land of opportunity" really needs something to protect itself from seeing the same names over and over and over again in the list of presidents.

 

[Albion]

The real culprits in this development you are referring to are the open primaries. When the parties chose their nominees in a convention with party "regulars" acting as delegates, the folks who really knew politics made the decision.

But a few decades ago, a movement towards "democratic" reforms got going, and the proverbial
"smoke-filled room" kind of politics was denounced. Then one state after another instituted a presidential primary. Today, almost every state in the Union has one, because who would want to be left out of all that publicity, etc.?

As a result, the most popular candidate overall, who's often the one best known by name, usually wins out in the state primary elections. So a Clinton, Bush, Trump, or even a Kennedy starts with a big advantage, even though he may well not be the one best suited for the job.

 

[Castle Church]

It seems obvious to me that no Democrat is running against him for the nomination. No other seems able to both get the nomination AND win in 2024; they are stuck with Biden - even though most Democrats are far from happy about that.

None are running....but that does not mean the party can't replace him on the ticket if they want to. He could drop out and the party can put up a replacement without going through the whole primary cycle as long as they do it before September 8th 2024 (later if they don't care about the ballots on all states showing the new name). I assume this is still accurate even though it was from 2020, the procedures would be pretty similar. link

In the event of a vacancy on the national ticket, the Chairperson of the DNC, currently Tom Perez, would call a special meeting. Members of the DNC would select a replacement candidate by majority vote according to the rules outlined in the Charter and Bylaws

 

[Albion]

It seems obvious to me that no Democrat is running against him for the nomination. No other seems able to both get the nomination AND win in 2024; they are stuck with Biden - even though most Democrats are far from happy about that.

But Ted Cruz (Republican senator from Texas) has an interesting prediction: The Democratic Convention will open with Biden having virtually 100% of the delegates, a "shoe in." BUT at the very last minute, Biden will announce he will not accept the nomination of his party and will give all his delegates to Michelle Obama. Along with his considerable campaign funds. Interesting.

Senator Cruz also doubts that Michelle Obama would take the nomination, even at a late date that would relieve her of a long and arduous campaign.

So, the strategy may make sense, but the execution of the thing at the convention...well, that's not so likely. And it would really look anything but spontaneous, even if it could be kept under wraps until that time (which is doubtful).

Personally, I don't think she wants to give up her cushy life at present in order to take up the demands of the presidency, so it's not just that the Party will have to make campaigning for the nomination easy and quick for her (as the Cruz theory describes the scheme).