The dream that Hillary Clinton would rescue the Democratic Party from almost certain disaster in 2024 if Joe Biden seeks reelection, or Kamala Harris tries to take his place, is, alas, a dream.
Clinton, the very sore loser to Donald Trump in 2016, announced that she will not run for president in 2024 yesterday, International Women’s Day.
With Biden’ favorable/unfavorable and job-approval ratings in the negative numbers, Democrats are desperate for a candidate who has at least a chance to win, particularly if Republicans shellac them, as anticipated even by Democrats, in this year’s midterms.
Alas and alack, Crooked Hillary won’t be The One.
Sorry Mika
Clinton announced the decision on MSNBC’s morning left-wing wake-up show, Morning Joe.
“Are you open to running for president again?” Mika Brzezinski asked.
“No,” Clinton replied:
Brzezinski: Oh, come on. Just —
Clinton: No, no.
Brzezinski: — just …
Clinton: No. But I — no. But, I am certainly going to be active in supporting women running for office and other candidates who I think should be reelected or elected, both women and men, because I think, you know, there’s a big debate going on, as you know so well, Mika, in our country, but in other countries as well, about the future of democracy, of economic opportunity, of climate change, of health and other important issues.
So, I will stay active in all of those doings.
Brzezinski: We need you. Madam Secretary, I thank you. It’s valuable to have your insight at a time like this.
The news is likely encouraging for Biden, Harris, and the other top Democrats mentioned as possible successors to Biden if he goes the way of all flesh or decides not to run.
Those candidates, the Washington Post reported in December, include Harris, of course, as well as Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, California Governor Gavin Newsom, failed Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacy Abrams, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Senators Cory Booker, Elizabeth Warren, and Amy Klochubar. Former New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu is another possibility.
Biden’s Low Ratings
Although Clinton sounded like a candidate when she spoke to New York Democrats at their convention in February, as the New York Post reported, a candidacy was extremely unlikely given her physical infirmity.
She was confined to a wheelchair for much of the campaign against Donald Trump, as The New American’s Selwyn Duke reported in February, and she was given to coughing fits. A dangerous fall in 2012 gave Clinton a concussion and blood clot.
Not that Democrats would have rejected her as a candidate, particularly considering what voters think of Biden and Harris.
The RealClearPolitics average of polls puts Biden’s favorable and job approval ratings in the toilet, at -9.3 and -9.6.
Just 42.7 percent of voters surveyed view Biden favorably; 52 percent don’t. Meanwhile, a mere 42.3 percent of voters approve of Biden’s job performance, versus 51.9 who disapprove.
Harris’ favorable/unfavorable score is 37.8 to 50.8 for a rating of -13.
Yet even if Clinton were to rescue Democrats from a Biden or Harris — or possibly, Warren, a fake Indian, or Buttigieg, who thinks he’s married to a man — she might not defeat a Republican.
Recall that the RCP averages had Clinton consistently ahead of Trump almost to election day. And though Trump had closed the margin to 2.1 points, 48.2 to 46.1, he defeated Clinton in the Electoral College vote 304-207.
While the RCP average accurately predicted the popular vote — Clinton won, 65.8 million to 63 million — it does not account for the electoral vote that can allow the popular loser to prevail.
That could happen again, and well might, given the rack and ruin to which Biden has brought the country. Today’s average gas price is $4.25 a gallon for regular, inflation is 7.5 percent, and the national debt is $30.3 trillion and rising.
Possible GOP candidates for 2024, the Post reported, included Donald Trump and his son, Donald Jr., along with former Vice President Mike Pence, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin, New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu, and Senator Ted Cruz of Texas. Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, former South Caroline Governor Nikki Hailey, and Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina are also possibilities.
H/T: Breitbart
