By Mark Antonio Wright
Thursday, June 27, 2024
There’s only one thing to say about Thursday night’s
debate: Joe Biden’s selfishness, stubbornness, ambition, and pride have made it
very likely that Donald Trump will be the next president of the United States.
Anyone with eyes to see knew two years ago that
Biden’s advanced age was his fundamental liability in this election. But Joe
Biden insisted on seeking reelection for a second term that would end when he
would be 86 years old. A supermajority of Americans and a majority of
self-described Democrats don’t think that Biden is up for the job, and a debate
performance that bordered on elder abuse has now carved that opinion into
immutable granite. This debate was fatal for Biden’s campaign.
There are plenty of younger, moderate, winsome Democrats
who could have challenged Trump and who probably could have run a winning
campaign — Democrats whose politics are not my politics but who could
have appealed to a majority of Americans sick and tired of the Trump chaos and
the Biden sclerosis. But Joe Biden refused to step aside to allow an open
Democratic primary that could have produced a politician with the talent and appeal
to win.
In 2020, Joe Biden promised to be a bridge to the next
generation of Democrats. Now, Joe Biden will be remembered by the Democratic
Party that he yearned for decades to lead as the man who put Trump back in the
Oval Office.
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