Democrats’ identity politics rules leave them stuck with Biden

Published June 12, 2024 12:39pm ET



President Joe Biden made a mistake back in 2020 when he picked Vice President Kamala Harris as his running mate. Beyond her extremist and intolerant record on social matters, she is simply a bad politician who does not instill confidence in voters. People have trouble imagining her as president.

That exacerbates one of the Democrats’ main problems in 2024: Biden is too old to be president, and he will certainly be too old by January 2029, when he will be 86 years old.

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