{"id":1038100,"date":"2021-11-20T21:59:51","date_gmt":"2021-11-21T02:59:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1038100"},"modified":"2021-11-20T21:59:54","modified_gmt":"2021-11-21T02:59:54","slug":"democrats-scramble-as-rumors-cast-doubt-on-bidens-2024-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-scramble-as-rumors-cast-doubt-on-bidens-2024-run\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats Scramble as Rumors Cast Doubt on Biden&#039;s 2024 Run"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocrats-scramble-as-rumors-cast-doubt-on-bidens-2024-run%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1038100&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Biden-640x335-1.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">As Vice President Kamala Harris continues to flounder in the polls, Democrats are scrambling to dispel rumors that President Biden will not run in the 2024 election while maintaining a dose of healthy realism.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, former Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT), a longtime friend of the president, sparked a wave of speculation when he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/13\/former-sen-chris-dodd-suggests-longtime-friend-joe-biden-may-not-run-in-2024\/\">suggested to<\/a> the <em>New York Times<\/em> that Biden may not seek reelection.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m hoping the president runs for re-election,\u201d Dodd said. \u201cBut for whatever reason that might not be the case, it\u2019s hard to believe there would be a shortlist without Kamala\u2019s name on it. She\u2019s the vice president of the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As the days unfolded, the establishment media began to report about growing tensions between Joe Biden and Kamala Harris over her lack of defined roles in the administration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWorn out by what they see as&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/07\/02\/politics\/kamala-harris-office-dynamics\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">entrenched<\/a>&nbsp;dysfunction and lack of focus, key West Wing aides have largely&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2019\/01\/28\/us\/kamala-harris-fast-facts\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">thrown<\/a>&nbsp;up their hands at&nbsp;Vice President Kamala Harris&nbsp;and her staff \u2014 deciding there simply isn\u2019t time to deal with them right now,\u201d CNN&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/11\/14\/politics\/kamala-harris-frustrating-start-vice-president\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">began<\/a>&nbsp;its lengthy report on Sunday.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Inside the White House, reports indicate Team Harris has grown increasingly frustrated with Team Biden for essentially sidelining them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany in the vice president\u2019s circle fume that she\u2019s not being adequately prepared or positioned, and instead is being sidelined,\u201d noted CNN. \u201cThe vice president herself has told several confidants she feels constrained in what she\u2019s able to do politically.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Speaking with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/biden-reelection-2024\/2021\/11\/20\/0779469c-4947-11ec-95dc-5f2a96e00fa3_story.html\"><em>Washington Post<\/em><\/a>, Chis Dodd appeared to change his tune.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe only thing I\u2019ve heard him say is he\u2019s planning on running again,\u201d Dodd said. \u201cAnd I\u2019m glad he is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">President Biden, who will turn 79 this month, said he plans to run for reelection earlier this year.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cMy plan is to run for reelection. That\u2019s my expectation,\u201d&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/longtime-biden-friend-unsure-run-reelection\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">Biden said&nbsp;<\/a>in March.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI said, \u2018That is my expectation,\u2019\u201d he added. \u201cI\u2019m a great respecter of fate. I\u2019ve never been able to plan four-and-a-half, three-and-a-half years ahead for certain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden repeated his pledge to run in 2024 at a virtual fundraiser this month attended by several donors, according to the <em>Washington Post<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat he is saying publicly is what he firmly believes. There\u2019s no difference,\u201d said former Pennsylvania governor Ed Rendell, who attended the fundraising event. \u201cHe will not run if he feels he can\u2019t do the job physically or emotionally.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Other Democrat strategists and officials were more frank in private, admitting that the president will have to walk a tightrope between appearing as if he will run while not getting people\u2019s hopes up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat is his health going to be in the next three years?\u201d a Biden donor asked the outlet. \u201cAll you have to do is look at the mortality tables in America to understand what I\u2019m saying.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Vice President Kamala Harris continues to flounder in the polls, Democrats are scrambling to dispel rumors that President Biden will not run in the 2024 election while maintaining a &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1038100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1038100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1038100"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1038100\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1038100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1038100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1038100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}