13. mars 2023 05:57 – Updated 13 March 2023 05:57
Now Democrats believe it is urgent to stop criticizing the vice president. Otherwise, it could cost Joe Biden the presidential election.
Last week, a poll conducted by Echelon Insights showed that Joe Biden (80) would win a hypothetical rematch in 2024 against former President Donald Trump (76). According to the survey, the incumbent president would get 47 percent of the vote, while Trump would only get 44 percent. The same poll also shows that popular Florida Governor Ron DeSantis would beat Biden if the two were the candidates. Then DeSantis would get 47 percent and Biden 44.
It is therefore even. A possible new term as president for Joe Biden will not come by itself. He needs all the help he can get, and so far he hasn’t gotten it from his vice president, who is struggling in the popularity polls.
“One heartbeat away from becoming president”
Many have been disappointed by Kamala Harris’ (58) efforts as the president’s second-in-command and reserve so far. At the same time, the vice-president has rarely been more important than now. By virtue of her office, she is known as “just a heartbeat away from becoming president”, an expression that becomes even closer to reality when this heart has been beating for 80 years, to borrow a photo from CNN’s Jasmine Wright and Edward-Isaac Dovere.
The criticism from the Republicans, who want to portray Harris as incompetent and inept, is expected and possibly manageable, but the criticism from their own ranks stings more.
Didn’t reply Warren in over a month
In particular, the answer from party veteran Elizabeth Warren (76) – who tried to become president herself, but resigned in March 2020 after weak primary election results, and since hoped to become vice president herself – to the question of whether Biden should keep Harris as his presidential partner, has created much worry and bad blood:
Senator Elizabeth Warren was unsure whether Joe Biden should keep Kamela Harris as his vice-presidential candidate for a possible election in 2024.
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– I really want to let it depend and be up to what is most comfortable for Biden in his team.
The words fell on a local radio broadcast in Boston late in January.
They did not go down well with Kamala Harris.
Warren has tried to apologize, and approached the vice president with an explanation of what she really meant, and that she messed it up with that wording. More than a month later, she is still waiting for an answer, according to the report CNN.
The circle around Harris has also reacted strongly to Warren’s statement.
– Reasonably offended, a source is quoted as saying.
– Burden or help
Now several Democrats are worried about what the increasingly widespread criticism of the vice-president could mean for the possibilities of a second term with a democratic presidency. Because Harris is unlikely to leave Biden, and he is unlikely to give her the fuck.
A weakened vice president will also weaken Biden’s chances of becoming president for another four years. Democrats need to rally around Harris, if only for Biden’s sake. And for the sake of the Democratic Party.
– People who demean her are exalting themselves, says Illinois Governor JB Pritzker.
Another shop steward at state level in the Democratic Party is quoted as saying the following by CNN:
– She will either be a burden or a help. And you should embrace her, because it’s not like she’s going to go away.
