{"id":2262007,"date":"2024-06-07T07:29:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-07T11:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-only-option-for-shaking-age-concerns-is-something-he-rarely-does\/"},"modified":"2024-06-07T07:32:47","modified_gmt":"2024-06-07T11:32:47","slug":"bidens-only-option-for-shaking-age-concerns-is-something-he-rarely-does","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-only-option-for-shaking-age-concerns-is-something-he-rarely-does\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden&#8217;s best bet for dispelling age concerns is a rarity"},"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\">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%2Fbidens-only-option-for-shaking-age-concerns-is-something-he-rarely-does%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=2262007&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--><p>President Joe Biden faces age concerns affecting his presidency and\u200c potential re-election in 2024. Experts suggest increased public\u2064 engagement to counter doubts about his capability. Polls\u2064 indicate public skepticism\u200b due to his age, contrasting with Donald Trump&#8217;s more active public presence. Strategic public appearances \u200bmay be crucial for \u2064dispelling \u2063doubts regarding\u2062 Biden&#8217;s fitness for office. President\u2064 Joe Biden&#8217;s presidency and potential re-election in 2024 are shadowed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ron-desantis-says-father-time-is-undefeated-in-attack-against-trumps-age\/\" title=\"Ron DeSantis says 'father time is undefeated' in attack against Trump's age\">age-related \u200cconcerns<\/a>. To address doubts about his \u2063capabilities, experts recommend boosting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/prince-philip-dies-at-99-after-an-exemplary-life-of-duty-and-service-to-both-his-country-and-his-wife-queen-elizabeth-ii\/\" title=\"Prince Philip Dies At 99, After An Exemplary Life Of Duty And Service To Both His Country And His Wife, Queen Elizabeth II\">public engagement<\/a>.\u200b Recent polls highlight public skepticism,\u200d especially regarding his age\u2062 in comparison\u2064 to \u2063Donald Trump&#8217;s\u2064 vigorous public appearances. Strategic public\u200c outreach could be key in dispelling\u2063 uncertainties about Biden&#8217;s fitness \u2063for office.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Concerns about his age have hampered President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a> for years, and pollsters, political experts, and other Democratic strategists believe that the best way for the president to potentially shake that narrative ahead of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>2024<\/a> general election is something he generally avoids: getting out in public.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2839529\/bidens-age-major-concern-for-over-half-of-democratic-voters\/\">slew of polls<\/a> conducted this spring show that a majority of voters believe Biden, who at 81 years old is the oldest person to ever hold the office of the president, is physically and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3029516\/biden-allies-overdrive-dispel-wall-street-journal-report-too-old\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"mentally incapable\">mentally incapable<\/a> of effectively governing.<\/p>\n<p>Former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a>, the likely Republican presidential nominee, is just roughly 3 1\/2 years younger than Biden. Voters do voice some concerns about Trump\u2019s cognitive abilities but at a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/some-amazing-side-effects-of-eating-raspberries\/\" title=\"Some Amazing Side Effects of Eating Raspberries\">significantly lower rate<\/a> than they do about Biden, which DePauw University professor of political and media communication Jeff McCall argues comes down to Trump\u2019s willingness to mix it up in public.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn this regard, Trump seems to have the optics advantage for now. Biden\u2019s handlers will just have to put him out in public more often to counter the concerns that the president is just not robust enough for another term. A basement strategy can\u2019t work this year since there is no COVID excuse to hide behind,\u201d he told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. \u201cAnd if the Biden team is afraid to expose the president to the perils of public engagement, they will be rhetorically acknowledging that Biden just really isn\u2019t up to the task of four more years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe only way for both Biden and Trump to manage the question of whether they are up to handling the job of president for the next four years is to prove it in public view. No amount of press releases or endorsements from allies about how fit the respective candidates are will suffice for the citizens, who will want real proof in front of their eyes,\u201d McCall added. \u201cThe candidates will just have to put themselves in the public arena, engaging audiences, doing interviews, and generally moving about.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Neil Newhouse, however, told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> that simply putting Biden in public more often is a risky strategy for Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>Newhouse, a leading Republican <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2839529\/bidens-age-major-concern-for-over-half-of-democratic-voters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>pollster<\/a> and co-founder of Public Opinion Strategies, said in an interview that \u201cif the White House had confidence in his ability to perform on the stump or in kind of like out in Hastings, they would have done that already.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think there\u2019s a concern that his performance would be uneven and kind of hit or miss. I think they are probably unwilling to put them out there. I think that\u2019s a very risky strategy,\u201d he claimed. \u201cThe challenge of putting Biden out there in the public is that the press will cover it, and they\u2019ll see him walking and talking and shuffling, and he looks old. He appears old. He seems old and aged and infirm, and that\u2019s just not a good look. So that\u2019s why that strategy is extraordinarily risky.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Newhouse did say he thought that relying on the debates \u201cis probably a little bit better for simply because they can rest him ahead of time\u201d and that the president \u201ccould perform for probably a couple of hours.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The White House, Biden\u2019s campaign, and his political allies all frequently discount questions about his age and faculties, and when asked by the <em>Washington Examiner <\/em>on Wednesday if the campaign plans to ramp up Biden\u2019s retail politicking in the coming months, Biden campaign spokesperson Kevin Munoz responded simply, \u201cAre you sure you didn\u2019t mean to send this to the Trump campaign?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Karoline Leavitt, Trump\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-white-house-press-secretary-kayleigh-mcenany-gets-fox-news-gig\/\" title=\"Former White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany Gets Fox News Gig\">campaign press secretary<\/a>, claimed that, despite Trump\u2019s own age, he remains \u201cas sharp as a tack as evidenced by his hourlong off-script rally speeches, near-daily interactions with the hostile news media, and incomparable memory recall.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMeanwhile, Crooked Joe Biden is severely cognitively declined, shuffles around like he\u2019s brain-dead zombie, and everyone with eyes can see it,\u201d she said in a statement. <\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s mental acuity was thrust back into the spotlight Wednesday morning after the <em>Wall Street Journal<\/em> published a lengthy investigation claiming that Biden is showing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3029516\/biden-allies-overdrive-dispel-wall-street-journal-report-too-old\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>clear signs of decline<\/a> behind closed doors.<\/p>\n<p>The paper interviewed dozens of administration officials and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle who claimed that the president is forced to read off of notes, mumbles, and appears distracted during meetings and briefings.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3029516\/biden-allies-overdrive-dispel-wall-street-journal-report-too-old\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Congressional Democrats<\/a> responded forcefully, attacking the <em>Wall Street Journal<\/em> for relying on anonymous sources for their report and claiming to have witnessed first-hand that Biden remains \u201con top of his game.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A number of Democratic campaign operatives familiar with the Biden team chided that report when speaking to the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> on Thursday, with one strategist citing it as a \u201cclear sign of editorial bias,\u201d as the paper\u2019s owner, Rupert Murdoch, has a lengthy history of supporting Trump and other Republican politicians.<\/p>\n<p>Still, four of those Democratic operatives conceded that Biden\u2019s age will likely play an outsize role in the election.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Biden and Donald Trump are effectively the same age, but the two men\u2019s demeanors couldn\u2019t be more different,\u201d one strategist explained, claiming that difference accounts for voters\u2019 perceptions of Biden. \u201cThe president is quiet and calm. He\u2019s a career politician who\u2019s seen more than his fair share of personal tragedy and actually thinks before he speaks. Trump is an egomaniacal blowhard, but just because he\u2019s willing to act crazy in public doesn\u2019t make him any younger.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe country might be concerned about President Biden\u2019s age now, but they won\u2019t be once he mops the floor with Trump at the debates,\u201d a second operative declared.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConcerns about the president\u2019s age are justified, but age is just one factor in determining fitness for office,\u201d a third strategist stated. \u201cAll voters need to do is take a look at the character of these two men, let alone their policies, and the choice should be made for them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McCall similarly agreed that \u201cvigor\u201d and \u201ccognitive capabilities\u201d should matter more than age alone to not only voters weighing their options, but also media covering the election.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCertainly, there are plenty of senior citizens as old or older than Biden and Trump who are fully active and mentally sharp.\u00a0News stories that focus only on age without sufficient discussion of capability come off as ageist,\u201d he told the <em>Washington Examiner. <\/em>\u201cThe media generally overlooked obvious signs of Biden\u2019s difficulties during the 2020 campaign, as he ran his basement election strategy.\u00a0And the press has been quite silent on this subject through most of the Biden presidency.\u00a0It seems the press has suddenly become interested now that polling indicates the public is concerned about the stamina and cognitive health of the president.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Polls consistently show Biden\u2019s age to be a significant sticking point for voters ahead of November.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A survey conducted by NBC News in February found that a majority of Democratic voters, 54%, had major or moderate concerns about the president\u2019s general fitness for office, while 64% of all respondents voiced \u201cmajor\u201d concerns about Biden\u2019s age and health.<\/p>\n<p>An ABC poll conducted that same month found an even larger number, 86%, outright stating that Biden is too old to serve a second term as president. Of that group, 59% said both Biden and Trump were too old to run the country.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden has long battled age concerns. To address this, experts suggest he needs to engage more publicly. Despite his avoidance, stepping into the limelight could help reshape the narrative before the 2024 election. 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