Stop The Presses!

It is official as of yesterday…..Biden has dropped out!

President Biden on Sunday dropped his bid for reelection, as more members of his party called on him to leave the race in light of his disastrous debate performance against Republican Donald Trump. “I believe it is in the best interest of my party and the country for me to stand down and to focus solely on fulfilling my duties as President for the reminder of my term,” the statement says, per the Washington Post. A short time later, Biden separately announced on X his “full support and endorsement” of Vice President Kamala Harris to become the Democratic nominee.

Biden’s decision ends one political crisis and brings another, per the New York Times. It’s not clear who might replace Biden and whether the party will close ranks around Harris or begin a brief process to select someone else as nominee. It also concludes a political career covering a half-century, beginning when Biden was elected to the Senate in 1972 as one of its youngest members ever and ending with him as the oldest president ever at 82. “It has been the greatest honor of my life to serve as your president,” he wrote Sunday. “Democrats—it’s time to come together and beat Trump,” he said. “Let’s do this.”

The warning signs for Democrats had included Biden’s declining fortunes in polls and a withdrawal of support by big donors. One of them, Gideon Stein, on Sunday called Biden “a true American hero” and predicted the decision will lead to Democratic victory in the November election. Daniella Ballou-Aares, leader of a group organizing business executives pressuring Biden to withdraw, likened his decision Sunday to George Washington’s relinquishment of power, saying it’s “a historic precedent for selfless leadership.” Biden’s letter to the nation can be read here.

Sorry Dems but I do not think Harris is the answer.

Time is drawing close….time for us to cast our vote…..so I thought I would look at the news around the campaigns…..

Donald Trump went back on the campaign trail Saturday, in his first rally since the attempt on his life in Pennsylvania. The Michigan event also marked his first appearance outside the Republican National Convention with JD Vance, the running mate crowned by the delegates this week in Milwaukee. Trump mocked the opposition party’s chaos over whether President Biden will stay on the Democratic ticket, the Washington Post reports, asking the Grand Rapids crowd its choice for his opponent: Vice President Kamala Harris, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, or the incumbent. Biden won the voice vote. Other campaign developments involve:

Wound update: Earlier in the day, Trump posted a letter on Truth Social platform from his former doctor providing new information about the injury sustained when a gunman shot at the former president last Saturday. Rep. Ronny Jackson said Trump suffered a bullet wound at the top of his right ear that was two centimeters wide, saying the shot was “less than a quarter of an inch from entering his head,” per the AP. There’s no longer any swelling, Jackson said, adding that the injury “is beginning to granulate and heal properly.” The memo said Trump still needs to wear a bandage because of intermittent bleeding. At the rally, where Trump talked about the shooting, the white bandage of earlier in the week was replaced by a smaller, tan one.

Project 2025: Trump upped the rhetoric in putting distance between himself and Project 2025, in which allies lay out a presidential agenda for him, per the Post. He told the rally that the Heritage Foundation’s plan comes from the “severe right” and is “seriously extreme.”  (Do you truly believe he would bad mouth Heritage….I do not)

Democrats: Campaign spokesperson Michael Tyler told reporters on Saturday that details of Biden’s return to campaigning will be released “as soon as we have the green light,” per the AP. Biden is isolating in Delaware, and his doctor provided an update Saturday on the president’s COVID bout. Vice President Kamala Harris was in Provincetown, Massachusetts, where organizers reported that a fundraiser netted more than $2 million, per CNN. “We are going to win,” Harris told supporters. “It’s not going to be easy.” The Postreports that big donors are paying for an independent, early-stage vetting process for potential vice-presidential nominees, should Biden leave the ticket and Harris assume the top spot.

Biden is hold up in Delaware…..his COVID news….

President Biden still has a loose cough and hoarseness as he deals with COVID-19, his doctor reported Saturday, though the symptoms are easing. The president has now had six doses of Paxlovid, Dr. Kevin O’Connor wrote in a letter he released. He said tests showed that Biden contracted the KP.2.3 variant of COVID. About 13% of new COVID cases involve that strain, the Washington Post reports, and KP variants overall cause more than 80% of recent infections. The new variants don’t appear to be leading to more serious illnesses, experts say.

Now what about all the calls for him to step aside….how is that going?

(Apparently he saw the handwriting on the wall and took a powder)

This part of the post is a moot point….go to top and read the intro.

President Biden is recovering from COVID at his beach house in Rehoboth, Delaware, and there’s likely some fist-shaking going on in the general direction of top Democrats. Using terms like “fuming” and “increasingly resentful,” the Times paints a picture of a sitting president in an unprecedented situation: Facing a quietly orchestrated mutiny from party leaders including his old boss, Barack Obama, as well as Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, and Hakeem Jeffries, with less than a month until the Democratic National Convention.

Biden particularly blames Pelosi for the efforts to get him to step aside, reports the Times, citing sources close to Biden, but is also increasingly bitter toward Obama, who he sees as quietly pulling strings in the background and not doing anything to help his campaign. But while Biden has staunchly maintained that he’s sticking the course, in private, sources say he’s discussing how and when to bow out.

One factor in the timing of any decision is a Wednesday visit by Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu to address Congress. Without a ceasefire in place in Gaza, Netanyahu “will humiliate Biden,” Barbara Slavin, a fellow at think tank Stimson Center, tells DW. “It is an act of incredible chutzpah—nerve for him to show his face in Washington.” For now, Biden campaign chair Jen O’Malley Dillon tells Business Insider in a statement: “You have heard from the President directly time and again: He is in this race to win, and he is our nominee, and he’s going to be our President for a second term.”

Pelosi needs to shut-up….if there is any one person that does not need to point to age it is her….she has been milking the Congressional gravy train for decades…..time for her to go away.

Time is running out….a choice must be made……now the question should be is Harris capable of beating Trump in November?

I am sure there are lots of thoughts on this election…..then let’em fly!

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