Yeah idgi either. There's nobody willing to cause the stink of an incumbent primary challenge, and even if there were, I doubt Democratic primary voters are going to suddenly become discerning enough not to just blindly vote incumbent. If Bernie (lol) really wanted to run again he'd have a better shot trying to win in the Republican primaries.
Biden will be 81 in 2024 and his brain is already leaking out of his ears. There's a good chance he doesn't run again.
If he bites it or steps down before then, we'll get President Harris running as an incumbent and -- no matter how bad the situation -- it's pretty damn difficult to primary an incumbent president. Running in an open primary against the outgoing VP is not as difficult.
You can, it usually just makes you a pariah in your own party and I don't know if a primary challenger has ever won against an incumbent president. But there was a Republican primary this year, for instance; the incumbent doesn't just automatically get the nomination.
wait why would anybody get primaried in 2024?
Yeah idgi either. There's nobody willing to cause the stink of an incumbent primary challenge, and even if there were, I doubt Democratic primary voters are going to suddenly become discerning enough not to just blindly vote incumbent. If Bernie (lol) really wanted to run again he'd have a better shot trying to win in the Republican primaries.
Biden will be 81 in 2024 and his brain is already leaking out of his ears. There's a good chance he doesn't run again.
If he bites it or steps down before then, we'll get President Harris running as an incumbent and -- no matter how bad the situation -- it's pretty damn difficult to primary an incumbent president. Running in an open primary against the outgoing VP is not as difficult.
no but what does it even mean to "primary" her?
She'd literally be president. You can't primary the president, they're the president.
You can, it usually just makes you a pariah in your own party and I don't know if a primary challenger has ever won against an incumbent president. But there was a Republican primary this year, for instance; the incumbent doesn't just automatically get the nomination.