The withdrawal letter of the US president, delivered to the nation via social media, was not a shock given wide concerns about the President’s health condition
President Biden Endorses Kamala Harris
Strategic Demands Editor: Here we are together, how will we do? As the U.S. president steps away from his nomination and the U.S. vice president steps forward as candidate for president, there are those asking of the future of the Republic. Larger questions rise to the forefront. Is the ‘U.S. experiment’, democracy, a constitutional republic in danger? Claims are being made that democratic institutions are under assault. Examples are being given. Angst, anger, violence, an attempted assassination, chaos, foreign government influence, online dis/misformation, daily, hourly present challenges to the U.S. government and its policies. How will be the future of U.S. governance look after 2024?
These questions are real, the decisions about to be made in a national election weeks away will shape the future. The stark differences between the competing visions cannot be wished away or pushed into force without push back.
The “Project 2025” being circulated by Republicans projects extreme changes. The changes projected can be seen, with specifics, they cannot credibly be denied away. Former President Trump has now begun harsh, personal campaign attacks on ‘the Veep’. The vice president, a former prosecutor, known in her home state of California as ‘tough on criminals’, can be expected to be much different than Joe Biden in going about her campaign against the former president.
Without doubt, the 2024 campaign is shaping up to be a ‘game changer’ however harsh the exchanges and whatever the outcome. Democratic institutions, in fact, are on the ballot in the November election. ‘Election denial’ forces continuing from the 2020 election are arraying to challenge elections across the country and some are already talking again of denying voting results and preventing the peaceful transfer of power.
A shadow of the last election’s January 6th insurrection looms large. The January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol to prevent the election results from legal, Congressional certification hovers in the background. Blocking actions are threatening to come into the foreground.
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Amid all the questions, one theme has run strong yesterday and today, that President Biden, recognizing his health limitations, has chosen to do what’s for the best. What remains are the results.
Some 28 days before the Democratic Party convention in Chicago, the President has passed a torch… It can be said now that, strategically, it’s a new race to election day …. cards have been shuffled, wild cards yet to be seen, odds have shifted, polls are changing, eyes are on swing states, swing districts. Deep pocket players are pushing in hoping for payoffs and average Americans, “small donors”, are dealing with online asks. Neighbors and families, preachers and preached to, businesses and every niche in America is being asked. This is time to decide where you stand.
Tuesday, November 5, 2024, is election Day in the United States of America. The Tuesday following the first Monday in November, is weeks away.
The continuing story of a nation, the United States, an epic story, is about to become next chapter reality with consequences across lives and resounding far into the future.
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Biden Letter / July 21, 2024
“My Fellow Americans,
“Over the past three and a half years, we have made great progress as a Nation.
“Today, America has the strongest economy in the world. We’ve made historic investments in rebuilding our Nation, in lowering prescription drug costs for seniors, and in expanding affordable health care to a record number of Americans. We’ve provided critically needed care to a million veterans exposed to toxic substances. Passed the first gun safety law in 30 years.
Appointed the first African American woman to the Supreme Court. And passed the most significant climate legislation in the history of the world. America has never been better positioned to lead than we are today.
“I know none of this could have been done without you, the American people. Together, we overcame a once in a century pandemic and the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. We’ve protected and preserved our Democracy. And we’ve revitalized and strengthened our alliances around the world.
“It has been the greatest honor of my life to serve as your President. And while it has been my intention to seek reelection, I believe it is in the best interest of my party and the country for me to stand down and to focus solely on fulfilling my duties as President for the remainder of my term.
“I will speak to the Nation later this week in more detail about my decision.
“For now, let me express my deepest gratitude to all those who have worked so hard to see me reelected. I want to thank Vice President Kamala Harris for being an extraordinary partner in all this work. And let me express my heartfelt appreciation to the American people for the faith and trust you have placed in me.
“I believe today what I always have: that there is nothing America can’t do—when we do it together. We just have to remember we are the United States of America.”
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Comment / “Letter from an American” / Posted July 22, 2024
“Joe Biden voluntarily turned away from reelection in order to give the people a better shot at preserving our democracy.”
— Heather Cox Richardson
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/july-21-2024
