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Polybius

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29. No she doesn't immediately appoint a VP

Reply to honest.abe (Reply #23)

Wed Nov 2, 2022, 12:48 AM

Nov 2022

They must be confirmed by the House and Senate. Good luck with that if they win.

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Biden quietly but clearly prepares a potential reelection bid [View all] brooklynite Nov 2022 OP

If he runs, I think he makes it official by February Polybius Nov 2022 #1

Biden will definitely run in 2024. Just A Box Of Rain Nov 2022 #2

Exactly right, we need him to chart us through these 'interesting' times. Demsrule86 Nov 2022 #7

I hate to bring this up GenXer47 Nov 2022 #3

What are you trying to say And I doubt very much we lose the House anyway. Demsrule86 Nov 2022 #5

How do you still doubt the House is lost? Polybius Nov 2022 #28

It is not just optimism...and you paint a very dark picture...but you are not stupid so you have to Demsrule86 Nov 2022 #35

With regards to Kansas, I just believe that was too soon after Dobbs Polybius Nov 2022 #46

If Joe dies in office, Kamala become President and she immediately appoints a VP. honest.abe Nov 2022 #23

No she doesn't immediately appoint a VP Polybius Nov 2022 #29

I did not know that. honest.abe Nov 2022 #34

It doesn't matter. Biden has a much better chance of winning the presidency as an incumbent. Demsrule86 Nov 2022 #36

Yes, I was only commenting on the process Polybius Nov 2022 #44

I can't imagine anything moving forward until after the midterms. Baggies Nov 2022 #4

They better not. First of all, they will lose. Secondly, there will be no second chances for them as Demsrule86 Nov 2022 #6

Agreed. Anyone who would run against Biden--a sitting president--would toast their own Just A Box Of Rain Nov 2022 #8

Unlikely Baggies Nov 2022 #9

It's not clear that's going to happen Mad_Machine76 Nov 2022 #10

Nothing is clear until it happens. Baggies Nov 2022 #11

He won't receive a serious challenge, and if he does, as others have pointed out... W_HAMILTON Nov 2022 #12

That's not how things work. Baggies Nov 2022 #14

What was it Bruno Mars said? W_HAMILTON Nov 2022 #19

If you completely take party and person out of it, and Laura PourMeADrink Nov 2022 #22

It's not even respect and loyalty. W_HAMILTON Nov 2022 #24

Wow that's pretty heavy. There is no one we like more than Laura PourMeADrink Nov 2022 #26

+1 betsuni Nov 2022 #30

Reagan got his ass handed to him in the '82 midterms, then won re-election bullwinkle428 Nov 2022 #25

Yes he was. Especially since he cost Carter his re-election. Hekate Nov 2022 #13

So Ted Kennedy was branded as disloyal? Baggies Nov 2022 #15

He was blamed for it for years and years afterward. Decades, even. Hekate Nov 2022 #16

That's the way I remember it too. It was brought up Raine Nov 2022 #33

You are correct. Just A Box Of Rain Nov 2022 #17

They certainly appear to be misremembering Hekate Nov 2022 #18

I'm among those who considered Ted Kennedy the "Lion of the Senate," Just A Box Of Rain Nov 2022 #20

I really loved the guy too... Hekate Nov 2022 #27

Yes he was. He was blamed for the loss...sure he was a senator...but he could never run for Demsrule86 Nov 2022 #37

Post WW II incumbent presidents have not had a great record. former9thward Nov 2022 #31

And the ones who were re-elected had good favorability ratings iemanja Nov 2022 #32

Truman did run and win an election as an incumbent. Demsrule86 Nov 2022 #38

So did Johnson. former9thward Nov 2022 #43

Ford was never elected...and that is all BS... Demsrule86 Nov 2022 #39

Of course they will. Might be different story if above Laura PourMeADrink Nov 2022 #21

If Biden runs and is primaryed, we will likely loose the election and I personally will never Demsrule86 Nov 2022 #40

Agree. If things get that bad, we likely would lose. Laura PourMeADrink Nov 2022 #41

I feel that if the republicans take over the House Mr.Bill Nov 2022 #42

Good. I hope he runs again. Sogo Nov 2022 #45