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In It to Win It

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24. He might have won but

Thu Jul 3, 2025, 09:16 PM

Jul 2025

I think Joe Biden would have lost, and feel confident about that.

People blamed him for inflation, and I thought he wasn't going to escape that, and that's on top of people being concerned about his age. They successfully made his age an election issue.

Unfortunately for Joe Biden, he couldn't effectively use the bully pulpit he had as President to combat the things that were weighing him down. People think Presidents are magic and could stop wars with the snap of a finger, and that counted against Biden.

Inflation alone was enough for really believe we need a new candidate, but once Biden made his choice that he was going to run for re-election, I was willing to do whatever it took to get him re-elected, donating money and time... but I was terrified the whole time because I wasn't confident like I was in 2020.

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Ezra Klein Meets Zohran Mamdani: Abundance for working people blows away YIMBY. [View all] Celerity Jul 2025 OP

Ezra Klein spent most of last year attacking President Biden SocialDemocrat61 Jul 2025 #1

...well... he wasn't wrong IMO. In It to Win It Jul 2025 #5

So you think Biden was unfit? SocialDemocrat61 Jul 2025 #6

I think he shouldn't have ran again. In It to Win It Jul 2025 #8

Then you think he wss unfit? SocialDemocrat61 Jul 2025 #10

That's a false choice. Being unfit is a separate thing. He was the man for the moment in 2020 In It to Win It Jul 2025 #11

Simple yes or no question. SocialDemocrat61 Jul 2025 #12

Not a simple yes or no question, because it's not that simple In It to Win It Jul 2025 #13

It is very simple SocialDemocrat61 Jul 2025 #14

I literally just answered your question In It to Win It Jul 2025 #15

So then you don't think Klein was right? SocialDemocrat61 Jul 2025 #17

I think he was right that Biden should have been replaced In It to Win It Jul 2025 #18

So then you think Biden was unfit. SocialDemocrat61 Jul 2025 #19

Yes, you can because politics isn't rational. Just like Trump can be unfit and still win. In It to Win It Jul 2025 #20

So then Klein was wrong about Biden being unfit? SocialDemocrat61 Jul 2025 #21

Maybe so on fitness but he was right about Biden needing to be replaced as nominee In It to Win It Jul 2025 #22

How do you know he was right SocialDemocrat61 Jul 2025 #23

He might have won but In It to Win It Jul 2025 #24

Again no one knows SocialDemocrat61 Jul 2025 #26

I appreciate your optimism In It to Win It Jul 2025 #27

No optimism SocialDemocrat61 Jul 2025 #28

I appreciate your resilience and your position. KPN Jul 2025 #29

Ezra Klein can bite me. choie Jul 2025 #2

The Abundance Agenda is faux-populism designed to brainwash and silence the left Fiendish Thingy Jul 2025 #3

Are you telling me to 'get informed'? Celerity Jul 2025 #4

Clearly you are informed Fiendish Thingy Jul 2025 #7

all good! Celerity Jul 2025 #9

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