"It’s time to board a sinking ship— Joe Biden’s presidency.

The New York Times reported that its poll with Siena College finds 64% of Democrats, not even waiting for the midterm election results, want their candidate in 2024 to be someone other than the president. That famous Democratic youth vote? Under 30, they’re down on Joe at a 94% rate.

Below this thin ice is the measured sentiment that more than 7 in 10 Americans say the U.S. is headed in the wrong direction.

With the probably pointless caveat that things can change in politics, this means Mr. Biden is effectively a lame-duck president. If he runs, there will be a primary challenge, as there was in 1980 for Jimmy Carter.
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To be blunt: The reason most Americans don’t want Mr. Biden to run is that it’s clear by now that he has cognitive problems unacceptable in a person responsible for conducting the presidential office.

Since Inauguration Day, every public statement he has made to the American people, large or small, has been written by someone else for him to read by rote from a teleprompter. His off-the-cuff followups are painful.

Mr. Biden’s condition didn’t begin on Inauguration Day. Those around him knew there was a problem, but the needs of the party prevailed. Concerned that a progressive such as Bernie Sanders or Elizabeth Warren couldn’t win the general election, the Democrats fashioned a faux moderate candidacy out of Mr. Biden.

The ploy worked. A slim majority of the country preferred Mr. Biden over Donald Trump.
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Yes, blind ambition brought Mr. Biden into the presidency. But his inadequacies have little do with the new story line that he’s failing because he won’t “fight.” Which means he won’t bellow into a bullhorn on a street corner like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.. To his credit, Mr. Biden retains some vestige of respect for the dignity of his office. The party that is abandoning him should look in the mirror."

https://www.wsj.com/articles/joe-biden-sinking-presidency-nomination-2024-election-harris-policies-inflation-11657743904?mod=hp_opin_pos_2

On Thursday, July 14, 2022 at 7:23:38 PM UTC+8, ltlee1 wrote:
> "It’s time to board a sinking ship— Joe Biden’s presidency.
>
> The New York Times reported that its poll with Siena College finds 64% of Democrats, not even waiting for the midterm election results, want their candidate in 2024 to be someone other than the president. That famous Democratic youth vote? Under 30, they’re down on Joe at a 94% rate.
>
> Below this thin ice is the measured sentiment that more than 7 in 10 Americans say the U.S. is headed in the wrong direction.
>
> With the probably pointless caveat that things can change in politics, this means Mr. Biden is effectively a lame-duck president. If he runs, there will be a primary challenge, as there was in 1980 for Jimmy Carter.
> ...
> To be blunt: The reason most Americans don’t want Mr. Biden to run is that it’s clear by now that he has cognitive problems unacceptable in a person responsible for conducting the presidential office.
>
> Since Inauguration Day, every public statement he has made to the American people, large or small, has been written by someone else for him to read by rote from a teleprompter. His off-the-cuff followups are painful.
>
> Mr. Biden’s condition didn’t begin on Inauguration Day. Those around him knew there was a problem, but the needs of the party prevailed. Concerned that a progressive such as Bernie Sanders or Elizabeth Warren couldn’t win the general election, the Democrats fashioned a faux moderate candidacy out of Mr. Biden.
>
> The ploy worked. A slim majority of the country preferred Mr. Biden over Donald Trump.
> ...
> Yes, blind ambition brought Mr. Biden into the presidency. But his inadequacies have little do with the new story line that he’s failing because he won’t “fight.” Which means he won’t bellow into a bullhorn on a street corner like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. To his credit, Mr. Biden retains some vestige of respect for the dignity of his office. The party that is abandoning him should look in the mirror.."
>
> https://www.wsj.com/articles/joe-biden-sinking-presidency-nomination-2024-election-harris-policies-inflation-11657743904?mod=hp_opin_pos_2

One year ago, Biden said the inflation is temporary. But it has continued to rise. The US's CPI has now reached 9.1%. This is a first since 41 years ago. US inflation is now risen to 8 %. The Ukraine war started in February 24 this year continues to raise oil and gas price. Biden's sanctioned on Russia's gas and oil sales but not to themselves and its EU allies to buy them will continue to burden Biden's ability to control its CPI and inflation. The rising cost is likely to rise further unless he stops fooling himself that he is not the culprit in still fueling the Ukraine war with advanced heavy weapons that will continue to further raise the shortage of gas and oil for themselves and their EU allies.

Seriously, if US were to stop fueling the Ukraine war with advanced heavy weapons, the war between Russia and Ukraine will come to an end and stop. The US sanctioned on gas and oil supply by Russia will be withdrawn and can then be resumed. The US consumer price index or CPI will also come down. US inflation rate will also come down. The US gasoline price will also come down, too. If Biden continues to be blinded by his participation in supplying heavy weapons to Ukraine to fuel their war with Russia in the next few months, their CPI will likely to further go up.

If Russia did not oblige in selling gas and oil to them and not even to their contractors at their preset price to limit Russia's revenue to them, their CPI will likely shoot up to the unprecedented time 15 to 25 percent. This will further stress their consumers. It is likely consumers will ask for substantiate rise in their salary from their employer, too. If they are in business, they will raise their price to meet their increased costs. At the end of the day, it comes down to the ultimate US reduction in CPI and inflation rate will depend on Biden in understanding the mechanics of their direct contribution to their rise of CPI and inflation rate.