{"id":2091859,"date":"2023-11-06T13:51:02","date_gmt":"2023-11-06T18:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ex-obama-official-warns-biden-its-time-to-decide-stakes-too-dramatic-to-ignore\/"},"modified":"2023-11-06T13:52:52","modified_gmt":"2023-11-06T18:52:52","slug":"ex-obama-official-warns-biden-its-time-to-decide-stakes-too-dramatic-to-ignore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ex-obama-official-warns-biden-its-time-to-decide-stakes-too-dramatic-to-ignore\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Obama official urges Biden to make a decision, emphasizing the high stakes."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/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%2Fex-obama-official-warns-biden-its-time-to-decide-stakes-too-dramatic-to-ignore%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=2091859&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--><h2>Ex-Obama Official Warns Biden It&#8217;s Time to Decide:\u200c &#8216;Stakes&#8230;Too Dramatic\u2063 to Ignore&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p>David \u200bAxelrod,\u200c a \u200bone-time rousted adviser to former \u2062President Barack Obama, hinted that it \u2064might be\u200b time for President Joe Biden to step aside and let another candidate take his party\u2019s\u2064 nomination.<\/p>\n<p>Axelrod shared new polling from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2023\/11\/06\/us\/elections\/times-siena-battlegrounds-registered-voters.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The\u2062 New York Times<\/a> on\u2063 the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-new-acting-attorney-general-jeff-rosen-recently-wrote-an-essay-on-foreign-influence-in-us-elections-this-tells-us-a-little-about-his-knowledge-of-whats-going-on-today\/\" title=\"The New Acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen Recently Wrote an Essay on Foreign Influence in US Elections \u2013 This Tells Us A Little About His Knowledge of What\u2019s Going On Today\">social media platform<\/a> X that purports to show Biden is way behind former President Donald Trump in \u200ca\u200c number of crucial battleground\u2063 states a\u2064 year before \u200bthe 2024 presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>The polling shows Biden trailing \u2062Trump \u2064by nine points in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-trump-rivals-say-nevada-republicans-new-rules-big-win-45\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nevada<\/a>, five in Arizona,\u200d four in Pennsylvania, six\u200b in Georgia\u200c and five in Michigan.<\/p>\n<p>The same\u2063 poll showed Biden up by only two points in\u200b Wisconsin.<\/p>\n<p>Axelrod is probably best known as a driving force \u200cbehind\u2064 Obama\u2019s 2008 presidential campaign. He had\u200c an \u200doffice in the Obama White House before he was replaced in 2011 by the then-president who was already\u200c preparing for his 2012 campaign, according to a Chicago Magazine \u2064report about \u201cThe Message: The Reselling of \u2062Barack \u200cObama,\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/The-Message-Reselling-President-Obama\/dp\/1455581569\/ref=tmm_hrd_title_0?ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1379979593&#038;sr=1-1-fkmr1#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> a book about<\/a> the \u200c2012 \u200crace by MSNBC commentator and Richard Wolffe.<\/p>\n<p>Axelrod, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/obama-insider-david-axelrod-calls-bidens-flip-flop-flip-questions-campaign\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">previous Biden critic<\/a>, did \u200bnot call on Biden to drop out of the race but\u200c he did\u2063 strongly suggest \u200dit is \u200csomething <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-white-house-full-blown-crisis-growing-race-problem-becomes-undeniable-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the embattled president<\/a> should \u200cconsider.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">It\u2019s very late to change horses;\u200c a\u2064 lot will \u200bhappen in the next year that no one can\u2062 predict &#038;\u2063 Biden\u2019s team\u2063 says his \u2064resolve\u200b to run is firm.<br \/>\nHe\u2019s defied\u2062 CW before but \u200cthis will send tremors of doubt thru the party\u2013not \u200c\u201cbed-wetting,\u201d but legitimate \u200dconcern. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/g6zeWF0T87\">https:\/\/t.co\/g6zeWF0T87<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davidaxelrod\/status\/1721187586268389858?\">November 5, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In three \u200dfollow-up tweets, Axelrod, a CNN contributor, called \u2064out Biden\u2019s age and also lashed\u2064 out at\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-leads-biden-significant-margin-crucial-swing-states\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe\u200c greatest concern is that his biggest liability is the one thing\u2063 he can\u2019t change,\u201d\u2063 Alexrod \u2062tweeted.\u2064 \u201cAmong all the unpredictables there is one thing \u200cthat \u2064is sure: the age\u200d arrow only points in one \u2064direction.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The greatest concern is that his biggest liability is the one \u200cthing he can\u2019t change. Among\u2064 all the unpredictables there\u200c is one thing that is sure: the age arrow only points in one direction.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 David\u2064 Axelrod\u200c (@davidaxelrod) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davidaxelrod\/status\/1721187789071409279?\">November\u2064 5, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>He also wrote, \u201cThe @POTUS is justly proud of his accomplishments. \u200cTrump is a dangerous, unhinged demagogue \u2064whose brazen disdain for the rules,\u200b norms, laws and institutions or \u200cdemocracy should be disqualifying. But the\u200b stakes\u2064 of miscalculation here are too dramatic to\u2063 ignore.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a final post on the matter,\u2063 Axelrod concluded, \u200d\u201cOnly @JoeBiden can make this decision. If he continues\u200d to run, he will be \u200cthe nominee of the Democratic Party. What he needs to decide is \u2062whether that is wise; whether it\u2019s\u200b in HIS best interest or the country\u2019s?\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Only <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeBiden?\">@JoeBiden<\/a> can\u2064 make this decision. If he continues to run, he will \u200cbe the nominee\u2064 of the Democratic Party.\u2063 What \u2062he needs to decide is whether\u2063 that is wise; whether it\u2019s in HIS best interest or the\u200b country\u2019s?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davidaxelrod\/status\/1721189538880516252?\">November\u2063 5, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The New York Times, in a collaboration with Siena College, \u200balso found in\u2063 the poll cited by\u2062 Axelrod that 67 percent of\u200c registered voters believe the country is on the wrong track.<\/p>\n<p>Only seven percent of respondents said they were not at all likely to vote in\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-jr-2024-presidential-candidate-democrat-plant\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the 2024 election<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Trump was\u2064 ahead 48-44 percent among \u200call \u200dregistered voters, who were asked which candidate\u2064 they would vote for between Biden and the \u200cformer president.<\/p>\n<p>The poll surveyed 3,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ex-obama-official-warns-biden-its-time-to-decide-stakes-too-dramatic-to-ignore\/\" title=\"Former Obama official urges Biden to make a decision, emphasizing the high stakes.\">662 registered swing\u2062 state voters<\/a> from Oct. 22 to \u200cNov. \u200b3 and \u2062reported a \u2062margin of error at +\/- 1.8 percent.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ex-obama-official-warns-biden-time-decide-stakes-dramatic-ignore\/\">Ex-Obama Official Warns Biden It&#8217;s Time to Decide: &#8216;Stakes&#8230;Too Dramatic to Ignore&#8217;<\/a> appeared first on\u2064 <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The\u2062 Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What is David Axelrod&#8217;s suggestion regarding President Biden&#8217;s candidacy and why is his\u2063 opinion worth considering?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Agogue without a shred of decency\u2064&#8211;; but the key question is who has the energy\u2062 and skill\u200c set\u200c to engage the future with the intensity it demands?\u200b That will \u200bbe a governing requirement in \u200b2024 and beyond\u201d (Axelrod,\u200c \u200d@davidaxelrod).<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-poll-shows-drive-to-recall-gov-newsom-gained-traction-in-past-2-weeks\/\" title=\"New Poll Shows Drive To Recall Gov. Newsom Gained Traction In Past 2 Weeks\">poll results released<\/a> by The New York Times are undoubtedly concerning for President Biden and \u200chis \u2062supporters. The numbers reflect a potential uphill \u2062battle for the Democrats in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-state-republicans-lead-democrats-by-six-points-on-generic-ballot\/\" title=\"Poll: State Republicans Lead Democrats by Six Points on Generic Ballot\">crucial battleground states<\/a>. While it is important \u200cto note that the election \u200dis still a\u2064 year away and a lot can \u2062change \u200bin that time, the current standings \u2062should\u2062 not be taken\u200b lightly. <\/p>\n<p>David\u2064 Axelrod&#8217;s suggestion that President Biden should consider stepping \u2063aside\u2064 and allowing another candidate to take the party&#8217;s nomination is a thought-provoking one. Axelrod, being a\u2063 former close adviser to President \u2064Obama,\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/european-regulator-to-lift-boeing-737-max-grounding-in-january\/\" title=\"European regulator to lift Boeing 737 MAX grounding in January\">carries significant weight<\/a>\u200c in the realm of Democratic \u2064politics. \u2064His insight\u200b into the\u200b party&#8217;s inner \u2062workings and his understanding of grassroots campaigning make\u200c his opinion worth considering.<\/p>\n<p>Axelrod, however, did not explicitly call on Biden to drop out of the race. He merely hinted\u200d at the \u2063possibility, urging the president to weigh the stakes carefully. Axelrod highlighted the president&#8217;s \u200dage as his biggest liability, \u200bpointing out that it \u200cis the one\u2062 thing\u2064 he \u2063cannot change.\u2063 Age has been a topic of discussion when it\u2063 comes to Biden&#8217;s presidency, and it \u2064is reasonable to question how it \u200bmay affect\u200b his ability to govern effectively in the future.<\/p>\n<p>The political landscape in the United States \u200dis volatile and constantly evolving. The upcoming 2024 \u200bpresidential election will \u2063have momentous consequences for the\u200b country. \u200cThe Democratic Party needs\u200b a \u2062candidate who can energize and lead the \u2062party forward with the necessary skills \u200band intensity. Axelrod&#8217;s\u200b warning serves as a wake-up call for President\u2062 Biden and the Democratic establishment \u2063to evaluate their options and ensure they have the strongest \u2063candidate to face \u200coff against\u200b Donald\u200b Trump or any \u200bother Republican contender.<\/p>\n<p>It is important to \u200crecognize\u200b that \u2062Axelrod&#8217;s opinion is not the\u2062 definitive verdict on President Biden&#8217;s candidacy. Ultimately, the decision lies with the president himself\u200d and those \u2064within his inner circle. However, \u2063Axelrod&#8217;s insights and concerns should not be brushed\u200b aside. They should\u200c be taken \u2063as a call to action for the Democratic\u200b Party to carefully assess their \u2064position and consider\u2063 all possibilities for the\u2062 upcoming election.<\/p>\n<p>As the 2024 presidential race \u2062unfolds, it will be crucial for Democrats to critically evaluate their chances of success and their ability to address the needs and concerns\u200b of the American people. The stakes are high, and the consequences are too dramatic to ignore. President Biden and his team must carefully weigh their options,\u200b ensuring they have the strongest candidate to lead\u200c their party in the upcoming\u200c election. Only by doing so can they hope to \u2062secure \u200cvictory and steer the country towards a better future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David Axelrod, once an advisor to Barack Obama, suggested it&#8217;s time for Joe Biden to step aside and allow another candidate to secure the party&#8217;s nomination. 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