We don't need a rule... we need an educated electorate and compelling options.
We also need to return to a time of full transparency in politics. Every dollar in support of every candidate should be visible. We should know who is buying what, and allow voters to consider their options.
Lastly... we need to educate about the process and the system. Too few people understand how government and elections work. What the debt ceiling is, and how tariffs work.
An informed, educated electorate would not have ended up here. We're the problem... and an age limit won't fix that.
We don't need a rule... we need an educated electorate and compelling options.
We also need to return to a time of full transparency in politics. Every dollar in support of every candidate should be visible. We should know who is buying what, and allow voters to consider their options.
Lastly... we need to educate about the process and the system. Too few people understand how government and elections work. What the debt ceiling is, and how tariffs work.
An informed, educated electorate would not have ended up here. We're the problem... and an age limit won't fix that.
A maximum age to run for Prez at 65?
if makes it two terms = 73. Sounds ok to me.
We don't need a rule... we need an educated electorate and compelling options.
We also need to return to a time of full transparency in politics. Every dollar in support of every candidate should be visible. We should know who is buying what, and allow voters to consider their options.
Lastly... we need to educate about the process and the system. Too few people understand how government and elections work. What the debt ceiling is, and how tariffs work.
An informed, educated electorate would not have ended up here. We're the problem... and an age limit won't fix that.
I'd be fine with amending the constitution to include a maximum age as well. Say, 65.
I think it makes sense. Maybe more sense than the minimum age. A younger person can gain experience but an older person is at risk of serious cognitive decline, even if they are competent when elected. These sorts of laws are kind of broad-brush but often necessary. There are people outside the range that would probably be good and effective as president, but it is important to avoid the disasters.
yup. there's already a minimum age right?
but come on, what where the insiders thinking when they propped the old man up to run again?
Reagan? Biden? Trump? Doesn't matter, the answer is money and power, see also Pelosi and McConnell....Thurman, Feinstein, Grassley, Rogers, Waters, Clyburn... Jesus, that's just off the top of my head.
How the White House Functioned With a Diminished Biden in Charge
Aides kept meetings short and controlled access, top advisers acted as go-betweens and public interactions became more scripted. The administration denied Biden has declined.
Dec. 19, 2024 5:00 am ET
During the 2020 presidential primary, Jill Biden campaigned so extensively across Iowa that she held events in more counties than her husbandâa fact her press secretary at the time, Michael LaRosa, touted to a local reporter.
His superior in the Biden campaign quickly chided him. As the three rode in a minivan through the stateâs cornfields, Anthony Bernal, then a deputy campaign manager and chief of staff to Jill Biden, pressed LaRosa to contact the reporter again and play down any comparison in campaign appearances between Joe Biden, then 77, and his wife, who is eight years his junior. Her energetic schedule only highlighted her husbandâs more plodding pace, LaRosa recalls being told.
The message from Bidenâs team was clear. âThe more you talk her up, the more you make him look bad,â LaRosa said.
To adapt the White House around the needs of a diminished leader, they told visitors to keep meetings focused. Interactions with senior Democratic lawmakers and some cabinet membersâincluding powerful secretaries such as Defenseâs Lloyd Austin and Treasuryâs Janet Yellenâwere infrequent or grew less frequent. Some legislative leaders had a hard time getting the presidentâs ear at key moments, including ahead of the U.S.âs disastrous pullout from Afghanistan.
Senior advisers were often put into roles that some administration officials and lawmakers thought Biden should occupy, with people such as National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan, senior counselor Steve Ricchetti and National Economic Council head Lael Brainard and her predecessor frequently in the position of being go-betweens for the president.
Press aides who compiled packages of news clips for Biden were told by senior staff to exclude negative stories about the president. The president wasnât talking to his own pollsters as surveys showed him trailing in the 2024 race.
Throughout his presidency, a small group of aides stuck close to Biden to assist him, especially when traveling or speaking to the public. âThey body him to such a high degree,â a person who witnessed it said, adding that the âhand holdingâ is unlike anything other recent presidents have had.
The presidentâs slide has been hard to overlook. While preparing last year for his interview with Robert K. Hur, the special counsel who investigated Bidenâs handling of classified documents, the president couldnât recall lines that his team discussed with him. At events, aides often repeated instructions to him, such as where to enter or exit a stage, that would be obvious to the average person. Bidenâs team tapped campaign co-chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg, a Hollywood mogul, to find a voice coach to improve the presidentâs fading warble.
How the White House Functioned With a Diminished Biden in Charge
Aides kept meetings short and controlled access, top advisers acted as go-betweens and public interactions became more scripted. The administration denied Biden has declined.
Dec. 19, 2024 5:00 am ET
During the 2020 presidential primary, Jill Biden campaigned so extensively across Iowa that she held events in more counties than her husbandâa fact her press secretary at the time, Michael LaRosa, touted to a local reporter.
His superior in the Biden campaign quickly chided him. As the three rode in a minivan through the stateâs cornfields, Anthony Bernal, then a deputy campaign manager and chief of staff to Jill Biden, pressed LaRosa to contact the reporter again and play down any comparison in campaign appearances between Joe Biden, then 77, and his wife, who is eight years his junior. Her energetic schedule only highlighted her husbandâs more plodding pace, LaRosa recalls being told.
The message from Bidenâs team was clear. âThe more you talk her up, the more you make him look bad,â LaRosa said.
To adapt the White House around the needs of a diminished leader, they told visitors to keep meetings focused. Interactions with senior Democratic lawmakers and some cabinet membersâincluding powerful secretaries such as Defenseâs Lloyd Austin and Treasuryâs Janet Yellenâwere infrequent or grew less frequent. Some legislative leaders had a hard time getting the presidentâs ear at key moments, including ahead of the U.S.âs disastrous pullout from Afghanistan.
Senior advisers were often put into roles that some administration officials and lawmakers thought Biden should occupy, with people such as National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan, senior counselor Steve Ricchetti and National Economic Council head Lael Brainard and her predecessor frequently in the position of being go-betweens for the president.
Press aides who compiled packages of news clips for Biden were told by senior staff to exclude negative stories about the president. The president wasnât talking to his own pollsters as surveys showed him trailing in the 2024 race.
Throughout his presidency, a small group of aides stuck close to Biden to assist him, especially when traveling or speaking to the public. âThey body him to such a high degree,â a person who witnessed it said, adding that the âhand holdingâ is unlike anything other recent presidents have had.
The presidentâs slide has been hard to overlook. While preparing last year for his interview with Robert K. Hur, the special counsel who investigated Bidenâs handling of classified documents, the president couldnât recall lines that his team discussed with him. At events, aides often repeated instructions to him, such as where to enter or exit a stage, that would be obvious to the average person. Bidenâs team tapped campaign co-chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg, a Hollywood mogul, to find a voice coach to improve the presidentâs fading warble.
