Biden's age is an enormous factor. I'd have more faith that he would hold the line against his own base if this was the Joe Biden of, say, 1994. Very old men tend to lose their moral courage. It takes persistent energy to stand against the tide.
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French kings Charles X (age 73) & Louis-Philippe (75) lost the spine to stand up to the Parisian mob. In the Sepoy Mutiny, the last Mughal, Bahadur Shah Zafar (82), was swept along w/the mob. Hindenburg (86) & Petain (84) got rolled by Hitler. FDR, sapped by illness, at Yalta.
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To an extent. Reagan had some great moments in his 2d term, & 2d terms are often rough. But he did get less hands-on (never a strength of his). And Biden would be older entering office than Reagan was leaving office.https://twitter.com/SeanGIndy/status/1305939624708239362 …
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Meanwhile - you could care less how far right Trump has taken us, you just think he’s an embarrassment to your beloved party.
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How far right has he taken us? I know he pays lip service, but can you give examples? Judges I'll give you, but I would argue following the text is not far right.
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My preference would be a president with known, strong moral positions and the intestinal fortitude to hold those positions & hold his underlings to that standard. Biden is being managed. Biden is not managing. There is no reason to think he will. His positions seem poll driven.
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OR it's straight partisan BS because it is useful political rhetoric, but it has no basis in reality
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Also, a lot of people have clued into the Dem strategy of positioning themselves as moderate for the election, but aligning themselves with more liberal factions afterward. Examples are too numerous to count but include Obama in ‘08.
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You left out "the constant drumbeat of the pro-Trump conservative commentariat."
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