History will be kind to President Biden - if we win this election

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4. History will be kind to him either way.

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I don't disagree with your predictions of a post-loss Democratic Party, but I think history will be kind to President Biden either way. Obviously, a win would be an indelible stamp on his legacy and probably go down as one of the most consequential political decisions in the history of the country.

LBJ chose not to run in 1968, and we lost that election to Nixon. While he was quite definitely a flawed individual and his time in office will always be mired by the specter of Vietnam, his decision not to run and the subsequent loss has not diminished the accomplishments of the administration in the eyes of history, many of them a part of the Great Society.

1963: Clean Air Act
1963: Higher Education Facilities Act
1963: Vocational Education Act
1964: Civil Rights Act
1964: Urban Mass Transportation Act
1964: Wilderness Act
1964: Nurse Training Act
1964: Food Stamp Act
1964: Economic Opportunity Act
1964: Housing Act
1965: Higher Education Act
1965: Older Americans Act
1965: Coinage Act
1965: Social Security Act
1965: Voting Rights Act
1965: Immigration and Nationality Services Act
1966: Animal Welfare Act
1966: Freedom of Information Act
1967: Age Discrimination in Employment Act
1967: Public Broadcasting Act
1968: Architectural Barriers Act
1968: Bilingual Education Act
1968: Civil Rights Act
1968: Gun Control Act

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyndon_B._Johnson#Legacy