President Biden is facing scrutiny following a report by Special Counsel Robert Hur, leading to speculation about potential Democratic replacements for the 2024 election.
The top names being mentioned include California Gov. Gavin Newsom, Vice President Harris, former first lady Michelle Obama, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, and Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear.
“Mr. Biden would likely present himself to a jury, as he did during our interview of him, as a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory,” Hurt wrote.
Each candidate has been discussed in the context of their political ambitions, strengths, and potential to succeed Biden.
“Gavin Newsom wants to run for president in 2024, that much is clear. The California governor would not be campaigning for President Joe Biden in red states with 16 months until the presidential election if he wasn’t trying to prove his own political bona fides and build a future base of national support for himself,” former Clinton adviser Douglas Schoen wrote.
“The main obstacle stopping the Democratic Party is they have a Kamala Harris problem, which is to say that if they do sideline Biden, the natural person normally that would be the nominee could be the vice president of that same sitting president. But that vice president is unable, I think, to effectively carry forward that job,” Vivek Ramaswamy said.
“If race and gender are your basis for selecting someone for a job, and the identity of your party is tied to that temple of identity politics, then they will risk looking hypocritical if they sideline her after they sideline Biden. And I do think Michelle Obama offers them a convenient path out of that problem,” he said.
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