Biden or not, Democrats face critical choices in squabble over presidential ticket
With President Biden repeatedly insisting he will not quit the race, Democrats focusing on his slipping poll numbers are hurting their cause, a prominent pollster says. “That,” said one senior House Democratic aide, “is what we’re all trying to figure out.” ‘A test of how strong the party is’ During an interview on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” on Friday, Jen O’Malley Dillon, Biden’s campaign chair, said Biden was “absolutely” running. Democrats will have to articulate well the idea that Biden “has lost a step” with age, but is “still capable, he’s still doing the job,” Haynie said. They have to contrast Biden’s plan with Project 2025, the ultraconservative playbook devised for Trump’s second term by the Heritage Foundation and other conservative groups, he said, and “lean back into America’s fear and anxiety about the chaos and dangers of four more years of Donald Trump.” Most of all, Belcher said, Democrats need to get behind Biden as surrogates and champion his campaign message in as many places as possible. Gillespie said if Harris were “somehow overlooked” without convincing evidence that her candidacy would fare dramatically worse than another candidate’s, the party would “risk alienating the most loyal Democratic constituency in Black women.” Vice President Kamala Harris arrives to attend the opening of a pop-up ice cream shop owned by Tyra Banks, left, in Washington, on Friday.
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