Six lessons learned from Biden’s high-stakes interview

In an attempt to defy the calls to go home during the election, Biden sat for a TV interview on ABC’s George Stephanopoulos on Friday evening. Did it work?

Jul 06, 2024 07:00 AM

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Democrats are stricken with fear about Biden’s chance of winning and his potential to face Donald Trump since Biden’s dismal performance during the debate last week.

To lessen the fear, Biden sat for an interview on TV on behalf of the ABC network inside the ABC studio of George Stephanopoulos on Friday evening.

Did it work? It will be more clear in future. Here are the six things you can take away in the course of this interview

1. Biden performed better than the debate however, Biden’s advancing age is becoming apparent.

Biden could have eased some of the tensions among his political friends and colleagues by the interview. But he didn’t show an order and clarity Democrats would like to have seen. His thoughts were, at times scattered and sometimes unclear.

“I just had a bad night,” Biden admitted regarding this debate. “I don’t know what caused it. “

He said he’d been travelling for a couple of months and had been suffering an illness called a cold. He was even tested for COVID test.

Are Democratic officials and, most importantly, convincing the public that Biden is in good health to serve another two years of presidency? Biden says he’s ready to take on the job but his age clearly shows more than he has in the last one or two years and in the wrong time. As the debate started, the expectations were very small. All Biden was expected to show was some enthusiasm and enthusiasm. Biden didn’t show it. Now, the bar is rising. Every public gathering, speech and debate (if there’s one at all) will be intensified.

2. Biden demonstrated his unwavering determination to win, be it for good or bad reasons.

Biden has reiterated that he’s not planning to quit the race. He added that virtually no one else can do the job as well as he has and become an even more successful contender than Trump.

Biden is attempting to minimize doubts about his political standing and questioned regarding his leadership capabilities or the ability to defeat Trump. “I’ve seen it from the press.” “I don’t think the vast majority are there.” “I don’t believe that’s my approval rating. “

He was trying to justify and evade the shortcomings in his character as well as weaknesses and weaknesses, but one of the best ways to grasp the reasons Biden remains the same is to know his political views and the core of his character as a person. Biden has had to confront a variety of difficulties both personally and politically, and these challenges have formed how he views himself. Biden can get used to hearing people say that he shouldn’t, or shouldn’t, and thinks that people who claim that he shouldn’t are wrong.

The challenges are different from those he currently faces, as Father Time is undefeated.

The historian Douglas Brinkley once said about the former president George W. Bush, “Stubbornness is a great quality of leadership by a president if you’re honest on the things you’re adamant about. “

The same can be said about Biden and any other president.

3. It’s only one of the ways that “Lord Almighty” could force Biden to quit the race or at least to withdraw from his closest allies in that Democratic orientation.

“If the Lord Almighty came down and said, ‘Joe, get out of the race,’ I’d get out of the race,” Biden said. “The Lord Almighty’s not going to come down. “

A second opportunity to ask Biden to leave the country isn’t likely, however Biden seemed to have kept the option open to go if his top congressional ally wanted it, such as House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Rep. Jim Clyburn and Senate leader Chuck Schumer.

To be more precise There has been no one who has ever called for Biden to step down. However, Pelosi changed her mind and said that it’s an appropriate issue to ask if Biden’s speech is the sort of “episode” or a “condition. “

“If you are told reliably from your allies, from your friends and supporters in the Democratic Party in the House and Senate, that they’re concerned you’re going to lose the House and the Senate if you stay in, what will you do?” Stephanopoulos asked Biden.

“I’m not going to answer that question,” Biden declared. “It’s not going to occur. “

Biden’s possible participation in this race isn’t the sole concern.

4. There’s the issue as to whether Biden believes Vice President Harris can perform the same task.

“I don’t think anybody’s more qualified to be president or win this race than me,” Biden declared.

He then inquired in awe of who has the “reach” he has with allies and whether anyone else could manage foreign policy with the same efficiency as he does but he’s certainly not as effective than he was few years ago.

Perhaps even his vice president? Stephanopoulos did not respond to the issue however, it’s an interesting. Anyone seeking post would believe that there’s no one else that is more capable than them. Yet, just how close Biden was to Harris recently, even raising her arms in her participation in the Fourth of July event as like if she had just had a win in a boxing contest, and the constant questions about his age, it is reasonable to ask if there’s an assumption behind Biden’s response that he doesn’t have the faith in Harris to do the job and even be successful?

5. This is an important time for voting.

We are now in week two of this controversy. It generally takes a few weeks for public’s opinions to be settled. Recent polls have shown Biden being affected by this debate, however how much is an issue of debate.

So, this is an important time to determine whether Biden is able to survive the storm and if he will be able to survive it. There are Democrats who are in the camp of Biden completely. However, some, but certainly but not every one, is licking their lips and eager to see what polls show.

If he remains at the same position that he was prior to this debate, it could help him gain his backing. If he moves further to the right of Trump There will be many more Democrats who will be asking for him to resign.

6. The entire episode shows the stark contrast between parties, the Democratic and Republican parties.

In the event that Democrats have posed the same questions as Biden in the past Biden’s future will show the vast contrast between the two major parties.

One party, the GOP doesn’t seem to think about the fact that 2 dozen women have accused their candidate of assault on a sexual nature. They don’t even think about it if he was director of a false foundation or a false “university,” don’t care that he made a donation to a notorious porn star do not worry about whether you’ve heard him repeatedly lie and don’t fret about his name being dismissed twice or found guilty of committing more than three dozen crimes.

It’s The Democratic Party, on the contrary, that is concerned with… his age Biden however, not his personality or the policies of the country.

This has irritated many, not least John Fetterman, the brusque Pennsylvania senator.

“Democrats need to get a spine or grow a set–one or the other,” senator said on his”X. “Joe Biden has been our hero. “