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karynnj

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14. Clan you find a Biden quote ever saying he was going to leave after one term?

Reply to exboyfil (Reply #4)

Thu May 21, 2026, 03:57 PM

9 hrs ago

I seriously don't think so. The closest, but not the same, was he would be a transition.

There was an interesting article end of year 2024, that made the speculation that the overall success of the mid terms vs historical precedent might have led to calculations be Biden and others that he should run again. Remember the context then was that especially given the small margins, he was very successful in passing things like the infrastructure bills.

Now imagine, we lost more in the midterms. I would bet he would have been pushed to announce he was going to continue fighting for American fairness as President and not seek a second term.

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We weren't the one harping about MustLoveBeagles 10 hrs ago #3

Indeed. I don't recall Kamala spending a lot of time on the culture war issues Redleg 2 hrs ago #26

The party and Biden should receive the majority of the criticism exboyfil 10 hrs ago #4

Much as I respect Biden, I can't disagree. sop 10 hrs ago #7

He flushed his legacy down the toilet Jose Garcia 10 hrs ago #8

Biden got very bad advice and should have made the Prevention of Trump's Return a top priority. dalton99a 9 hrs ago #10

Are we sure it was advice? Polybius 2 hrs ago #24

While not the biggest Biden fan compared to many here, I can't agree with that EdmondDantes_ 9 hrs ago #11

Clan you find a Biden quote ever saying he was going to leave after one term? karynnj 9 hrs ago #14

Here you go Sewa 7 hrs ago #15

That is others saying he won't run a second time karynnj 5 hrs ago #18

The bottomline is that Biden Sewa 2 hrs ago #25

Post removed Post removed 40 min ago #28

"Suggests" is not definitive Mad_Machine76 5 hrs ago #20

I could write a better "autopsy" in a few sentences. FascismIsDeath 10 hrs ago #5

+1. And the migrant surge shouldn't have been allowed. That was a huge gift to Trump. dalton99a 10 hrs ago #6

Message auto-removed Name removed 9 hrs ago #13

That's one I don't see many addressing fujiyamasan 6 hrs ago #17

But Schumer swore this would work! leftstreet 9 hrs ago #9

Sidestepping critical issues is not an autopsy. Incredible. Passages 9 hrs ago #12

Riiight. Let's all engage in more B.See 5 hrs ago #19

Republicans write off rural America, give them nothing but culture wars and sit back taking their vote for granted. betsuni 3 hrs ago #21

this shit is why we lost bigtree 3 hrs ago #22

I agree. hamsterjill 2 hrs ago #27

Glad it was released, but why not address this part: Polybius 3 hrs ago #23