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    Biden has lost support from many people who voted for him in the past.
    He is getting up there in age.
    Here are a couple of sites I'd like to share...
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    WHAT DO ANY OF YOU THINK?
    IS THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY BEST SERVED BY HAVING PRESIDENT BIDEN RUN FOR ANOTHER TERM OR WOULD A DIFFERENT CANDIDATE BE BETTER? :unsure:
     
    Coming out of post Watergate, Vietnam, recession etc. a lot of people credit Reagan for making Americans proud of being Americans again and to believe that the future will be brighter
    Reagan was a good spokesperson and salesman in front of the camera. Reagan's American exceptionalism pitch was written by Bush and Chenney, so Reagan doesn't get all of the credit for that.

    That's not nothing
    The flavor of American exceptionalism that Reagan, Bush and Chenney sold to the US built the foundation for MAGA, so I agree that what they accomplished wasn't nothing, but it also wasn't a good thing.

    They also broke and weakened unions, and accelerated redistributing wealth upwards to concentrate more wealth with fewer people. Reagan, Bush and Chenney were directly responsible for the S&L crisis in the 80's.
     
    If you have to ask, then you'll not likely get it even if I take the time to express it.
    I think you won't express it, because you can't. You can't point to anything other than being liked, winning elections and being good in front of the camera that made him worthy of the praise that he so frequently gets.
     
    I've given credit to Reagan for being a talented spokesperson in front of the camera. That's why he was well liked and did well in elections, especially against Mondale/Geraldine Ferraro in 1984.

    By the way, America not being anywhere near ready to consider a female vice president played a big part in Reagan winning 49 out of 50 states in 1984. Not all votes are "for" someone, a lot of votes are "against" someone.

    I think it had much, much more to do with Fritz Mondale being a horrible, milquetoast politician and a godawful campaigner. Plus, he looked like he came from the Island of Misfit Toys.

    Your harping on what made Reagan "special" is like asking what made Jim Morrison or Michael Jackson "special".

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    I think it had much, much more to do with Fritz Mondale being a horrible, milquetoast politician and a godawful campaigner. Plus, he looked like he came from the Island of Misfit Toys.

    Your harping on what made Reagan "special" is like asking what made Jim Morrison or Michael Jackson "special".

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    Charisma in front of a camera or an audience is something that thousands of people have. It's not a trait that is hard to find, even though not everyone has that trait. Writers, editors, directors, coaches, managers and publicists all play a significant behind the scenes role in just how charismatic someone appears when on camera or in front of an audience.

    Think of Reagan's or any president's greatest speeches. Someone wrote those speeches for them and teams of people coached them on how to deliver it. That's all part of the behind the scenes smoke and mirrors that make president's look grander in front of the camera or an audience than they actually are in the rest of their life.

    Politicians very much want to be the new rock stars, so the Jim Morrison and Michael Jackson references are appropos.

    The reason I'm harping this is because the cult of personality dynamic with our political leaders will be the ruin of our democracy if we don't snap out of it. It's not just Reagan that gets too much blind praise and adoration. It's all of them.
     
    I think it had much, much more to do with Fritz Mondale being a horrible, milquetoast politician and a godawful campaigner. Plus, he looked like he came from the Island of Misfit Toys.

    Your harping on what made Reagan "special" is like asking what made Jim Morrison or Michael Jackson "special".

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    Agree. Reagan had charisma. The ability to make people feel good about him and about themselves. It’s not a trivial trait and very few people have it.
     
    L.A. - it’s much more than being able to be coached, or sticking to a script. I disagree that many, many people have the charisma that Reagan had. Being president isn’t scripted, you have to interact with people.
     
    Charisma in front of a camera or an audience is something that thousands of people have. It's not a trait that is hard to find, even though not everyone has that trait. Writers, editors, directors, coaches, managers and publicists all play a significant behind the scenes role in just how charismatic someone appears when on camera or in front of an audience.

    Think of Reagan's or any president's greatest speeches. Someone wrote those speeches for them and teams of people coached them on how to deliver it. That's all part of the behind the scenes smoke and mirrors that make president's look grander in front of the camera or an audience than they actually are in the rest of their life.

    Politicians very much want to be the new rock stars, so the Jim Morrison and Michael Jackson references are appropos.

    The reason I'm harping this is because the cult of personality dynamic with our political leaders will be the ruin of our democracy if we don't snap out of it. It's not just Reagan that gets too much blind praise and adoration. It's all of them.

    If charisma could be artificially imparted, we'd be in the second term of Hillary Clinton's Administration.
     
    Guess this can go here
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    It was the most watched US TV broadcastsince the 1969 moon landing, an unrivaled platform for any politician – let alone one down in the polls and battling against an implacable foe like Donald Trump.

    Yet, last Sunday, Joe Biden turned down an interview ahead of American football’s showpiece, the Super Bowl, missing out on an audience of 123.4 million people. Instead the 81-year-old president joined TikTok, the social media platform of choice for teenagers, and posted a lighthearted video that praised the mother of player Travis Kelce – boyfriend of singer Taylor Swift – for her “great chocolate chip cookies”.

    It was a swerve that fueled criticism of Biden as the most media shy president of modern times. Since taking office he has done just 86 interviews, compared with 300 by Trump and 422 by Barack Obama at the same point in their presidencies, according to data collected by the nonpartisan White House Transition Project.


    Biden has also given fewer formal press conferences, abandoning the tradition of an end-of-year question and answer session and only inconsistently holding joint media events with visiting foreign leaders. Even German chancellor Olaf Scholz was not afforded a press conference during his recent visit to the White House.

    Although he does take off the cuff questions, the president’s bashfulness is naturally a source of frustration for the Washington press corps. But it is also causing alarm among Democrats heading into a tough reelection contest with polls showing that a majority of Americans think Biden is too old to serve another term.

    “It’s a bad mistake,” said Bill Galston, a former policy adviser to Bill Clinton, who at 77, is younger than Biden despite being president in the 1990s. “If he continues to recuse himself from interviews and other public media appearances that will only feed the public suspicion or fear that he’s ducking them because he’s no longer up to doing them.

    He added: “My consistent public advice is that the only way of blocking the charges of superannuation and its attendant incapacities is to be very public and very active on an almost daily basis from now until the general election. Making jokes doesn’t work. Angry denials won’t work. Surrogates will help but they’re no substitute. Joe Biden has to get out and show the American people he’s up to another term.”…….
     
    Agree. Reagan had charisma. The ability to make people feel good about him and about themselves. It’s not a trivial trait and very few people have it.
    Literally thousands of people have that trait. That doesn't make it a trivial trait, it just makes it a lot more common than "very few."

    Every singer, comedian, actor, news anchor, reporter, spokesperson, internet influencer, blogger, leader of a religious congregation, con artist and politician has it. That's literally thousands of people.

    It's a subjectively viewed trait, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. For example, Reagan didn't make everyone feel good about him or themselves. In fact, millions of people felt very badly about Reagan and about the country. Same is true of Obama, Clinton, both Bushes and Trump.

    The cult of personality mentality tells us that anyone who is famous and followed is famous and followed because they are special and exceptional people. It's like everyone convincing themselves the emperor was wearing really special new clothes.

    L.A. - it’s much more than being able to be coached, or sticking to a script.
    No, it's not. It's more that just being coached or able to deliver the words someone else wrote, but it's not much more than that.

    I disagree that many, many people have the charisma that Reagan had. Being president isn’t scripted, you have to interact with people.
    How many times does a president interact with people without preparation and a high degree of control over the interaction?

    When is the last time that any president wasn't reading from a teleprompter other than the brief moments they take questions? When they take those questions, how often do they answer questions that they don't know are coming?

    Presidents and politicians are very much insulated from the people in the street.

    Even when they meet with other politicians and world leaders, they do it with their team of advisors and their advisors do a lot of the speaking in those meetings, including for the other politicians and leaders.
     
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    If charisma could be artificially imparted, we'd be in the second term of Hillary Clinton's Administration.
    Nothing I have said argues that charisma can be artificially imparted and your stating a hypothetical speculation as if it were empirical fact.

    My point is that charisma is not as rare a trait as some people mistakenly think it is. It's as much a skill that can be improved as it is a trait.
     
    Guess this can go here
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    It was the most watched US TV broadcastsince the 1969 moon landing, an unrivaled platform for any politician – let alone one down in the polls and battling against an implacable foe like Donald Trump.

    Yet, last Sunday, Joe Biden turned down an interview ahead of American football’s showpiece, the Super Bowl, missing out on an audience of 123.4 million people. Instead the 81-year-old president joined TikTok, the social media platform of choice for teenagers, and posted a lighthearted video that praised the mother of player Travis Kelce – boyfriend of singer Taylor Swift – for her “great chocolate chip cookies”.

    It was a swerve that fueled criticism of Biden as the most media shy president of modern times. Since taking office he has done just 86 interviews, compared with 300 by Trump and 422 by Barack Obama at the same point in their presidencies, according to data collected by the nonpartisan White House Transition Project.


    Biden has also given fewer formal press conferences, abandoning the tradition of an end-of-year question and answer session and only inconsistently holding joint media events with visiting foreign leaders. Even German chancellor Olaf Scholz was not afforded a press conference during his recent visit to the White House.

    Although he does take off the cuff questions, the president’s bashfulness is naturally a source of frustration for the Washington press corps. But it is also causing alarm among Democrats heading into a tough reelection contest with polls showing that a majority of Americans think Biden is too old to serve another term.

    “It’s a bad mistake,” said Bill Galston, a former policy adviser to Bill Clinton, who at 77, is younger than Biden despite being president in the 1990s. “If he continues to recuse himself from interviews and other public media appearances that will only feed the public suspicion or fear that he’s ducking them because he’s no longer up to doing them.

    He added: “My consistent public advice is that the only way of blocking the charges of superannuation and its attendant incapacities is to be very public and very active on an almost daily basis from now until the general election. Making jokes doesn’t work. Angry denials won’t work. Surrogates will help but they’re no substitute. Joe Biden has to get out and show the American people he’s up to another term.”…….
    I saw this quip on Twitter and think there’s some truth to it.

     
    IMO, Biden has tried to hold Israel's feet to the fire. Do they believe a different President would do more? If Tlaib was smart about it instead of being herself, she would at least acknowledge the fact that Biden has openly criticized Netanyahu's actions and urge him to do more. From day one, she let her feelings be known and hasn't budged. There's is only ONE way for her and she isn't helping her constituents by fanning the flames, she's hurting them.
    Has he really? the "over the top" statement is the only thing I know of that he's said publicly. Everything else is at best hearsay because it's been supposedly said "in private."
     
    I saw this quip on Twitter and think there’s some truth to it.


    I think there's a lot of truth to it too, including that she's female as well.

    I think Trump's age and cognitive health hasn't been talked about much, because a lot of people in media are still holding out hope Trump won't be the Republican nominee. Everyone in the media has accepted Biden will be the Democratic nominee.

    I think questions about Trump's cognitive fitness will become more frequent once Trump wins the nomination and announces his running mate. Trump's running mate will probably be more objectionable to a lot more people than Harris is objectionable to. So once Trump secures the nomination and announces his VP pick, I think the media's gloves will finally come off in regards to Trump's cognitive fitness and age.
     
    Joe Biden has spent most of his presidency insisting to Americans that the economy is on the right track. Poll after poll has shown that most voters do not believe him. That may be changing.

    After months of resilient hiring, better-than-expected economic growth and a declining rate of inflation, new data shows that Americans are becoming upbeat about the US economy, potentially reversing the deep pessimism Biden has struggled to counter for much of the past three years.

    That trend could reshape campaigning ahead of November’s presidential election, in which Biden is expected to face off against Donald Trump, the frontrunner for the Republican nomination.

    Experts believe the president’s case for a second term will benefit from more optimistic views of the economy – but the hangover from the inflation wave that peaked a year and a half ago presents Republicans with a potent counterattack.

    “Over the last couple of years, people have been feeling the most pain on day-to-day spending, on things like groceries and gas prices and prescription drugs. And, fortunately, those prices are beginning to come down, which gives Democrats a stronger hand than we had just a few months ago,” said Adam Green, co-founder of advocacy group the Progressive Change Campaign Committee.

    “For a campaign that says that they want to finish the unfinished business of the Biden presidency, our polling shows that it’s perfectly OK to acknowledge that there has been pain, and there’s more business to do,” said Green.

    He added that the Biden campaign should “really focus the voters’ attention on the forward-looking agenda of one party wanting to help billionaires and corporations, and the Democratic party wanting to challenge corporate greed and bring down prices for consumers”.…….

     
    Ronald Reagan was a special person.
    He was elected to a second term because many democratic registered voters liked him and gave him their vote also.
    This is not something I'd say about Trump.
    also, in todays world, Reagan would be considered a RINO and get an F from the NRA, and woudn't make the top 5 of a Republican primary.
     
    guess I'll put this here

    The video of Tlaib was posted to the X account of “Listen to Michigan,” a group urging voters to vote uncommitted in the primary.

    Tlaib, who is Palestinian American, cited her dissatisfaction with the Biden administration's role in the war between Israel and Hamas as her reason for urging people to vote.

    “It is also important to create a voting bloc, something that is a bullhorn, to say, ‘Enough is enough. We don't want a country that supports wars and bombs and destruction. We want to support life. We want to support life. We want to stand up for every single life killed in Gaza,’” Tlaib said.

    She added, “This is the way you can raise our voices. Don't make us even more invisible. Right now, we feel completely neglected and just unseen by our government.”

    Here's the thing though, even if Biden didn't want to send them weapons, what is stopping Congress from doing so anyway? This country, for many reasons, will not turn its back on Israel and that is something that not going to change because the overwhelming majority of its citizens will not abide.

    I, for one, believe we should walk run away from the whole region! They hate each other and they want to destroy each other, I say we let them do their thing. When their land end up as a wasteland, they would only have themselves to blame.

    A large portion, maybe a majority, of this nations citizens support Israel in whatever they do because of religious reasons

    And it’s not just “when they destroy each other”. Israel has had a reign of apartheid and instituted ethnic cleaning of the Palestinian people since 1948 and now has committed genocide against the people of Gaza with the US supporting it fully with their weapons. If this country had any moral compass with regard to our foreign policy, we would've dumped Israel. But the US doesn't dominate the globe militarily to be a peacekeeper.

    It’s amusing that some still believe that. As always, it’s about money and power.
     
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