“Denial” isn’t just a river which runs through Egypt — its banks also surround the Biden White House, submerging it in a pool of fantasy.
For the better part of two years, a number of people — myself included — have speculated that President Joe Biden shouldn’t be, or won’t be, the eventual Democratic nominee for president in November. Included in that number were prominent liberals and Democrats who felt that maybe Biden’s time had come and gone — David Axelrod and Ezra Klein being two.
Last November, Axelrod —a senior adviser to President Barack Obama and now an analyst for CNN — suggested that Biden may want to drop out of the race. Said Axelrod, in part, on X: “Only @JoeBiden can make this decision. If he continues to run, he will be the nominee of the Democratic Party. What he needs to decide is whether that is wise; whether it’s in HIS best interest or the country’s … there is a lot of leadership talent in the Democratic Party, poised to emerge.”
Over at the New York Times on Feb. 16, Klein — before taking it back after being subject to massive criticism from the left and after Biden’s State of the Union Address — released an audio opinion essay titled “Democrats Have a Better Option than Biden.” It’s a very logical and powerful piece. Klein was not speaking out because he dislikes Biden, but rather because he was trying to save the White House for the Democrats come November.
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