Biden is dropping out!
83) I'm calling it now! President Biden will announce that he's dropping his bid for re-election at his press conference tonight (July 11, 2024)
Why is President Biden pushing back his press-conference from 5pm EST to 6:30pm EST?
Is it so his speech writers have additional time to make a monumental announcement?
There is no path for Biden to defeat Trump. The electoral college has historically had its thumb on the scale where it favors Republicans over Democrats.
“If the Electoral College/popular vote gap looks anything like it did in 2016 or 2020, you’d expect Biden to be in deep trouble if the popular vote is roughly tied. So if we’re being honest, pundits who obsess over whether Biden is 1 point ahead or behind in national polls are kind of missing the point. Because national polls being tied don’t make for a toss-up race — but instead one where Trump has a material advantage in the Electoral College. In fact, the race looks a lot like 2012 in reverse, when national polls were often close but the swing state polls consistently favored Obama and gave him the far more robust map.” - Nate Silver
After-all, in the last three Presidential Elections where it was an open race with no incumbent, the Democrats won the popular vote all three times, yet lost the electoral college and the Presidency twice. (Prior to the year 2000, it only happened 3x before in America’s history).
Weekend at Biden’s Aside, the hemorrhaging in Biden’s campaign will only stop once he drops out.
My feeling here is, with NATO as his main guests, now is as good of a time as any for Biden to announce that he won’t be seeking re-election for office during tonight’s press-conference. It’s the noble thing to do, and President Biden is a noble man.
I trust he will do the right thing. I hope it is tonight. It’s a week before the GOP Convention, it will throw the Republicans off balance, and make them recalibrate. If Biden waits until the week of the GOP Convention, there will just be more and more bad news for him, and more panic within the Democratic Party.
I believe Joe is a true Patriot and tonight will be an unprecedented night. Thank you for your services Mr. President, and good night!
-JPJ
PS - If you missed the last two stories by Josh off the Press, this 2024 Presidential Election, check it out right here!
It needs to happen. Looking on from the sidelines over here in New Zealand we are thinking 'come on US, is this seriously the best two candidates you can find right now out of 300 million people?!'