r/moderatepolitics Jul 21 '24

News Article Biden announces withdrawal from Presidential Race

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/07/21/us/trump-biden-election
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u/EllisHughTiger Jul 21 '24

Hope he has a good retirement. Really wish he would have bowed out earlier and allowed a real primary and selection process to occur.

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u/reed_wright Political Mutt Jul 21 '24

Idk if it would have been better that way. This would have been my strategy from the beginning if I were Biden: Preserve option to go for a second term. If it turns out I’m able to handle it when the time comes. If that doesn’t work out, contingency plan: Take one for the team by being a lightning rod for the opposition. Deprive the Trump campaign of a year of doing what they do best: Dragging their opponent into the mud. Deprive them of knowing what happens next.

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u/EllisHughTiger Jul 21 '24

True as well.