By any honest measure, Joe Biden’s presidency has been a paradox — part achievement, part erosion. For a time, it seemed he might steady the ship of state, navigate the fallout of Trumpism, and restore a degree of dignity to the Oval Office. But behind the headlines, a quieter reckoning had taken root — one not just with Biden himself, but with the institutional soul of the Democratic Party.
Biden’s problem wasn’t merely age, though the optics were damning. Nor was it only about Hunter’s legal troubles, Jill’s control or classified documents stashed in a garage. The real issue was the slow, deliberate calcification of a party that once championed transparency, accountability, and truth. This wasn’t about gaffes or gait — it was and is about trust. And increasingly, the Democrats are asking for it without earning it.
There were warnings — inside the party, within the press, from voters themselves — that Biden might not be the standard-bearer for a new generation. But the apparatus insisted otherwise, operating more like a fortress than a forum. The same party that once demanded Nixon resign for lesser concealments shrugged off questions about cognitive fitness, and dismissed internal dissent as disloyalty.
We bore witness to the corrosion of institutional credibility.
Democrats can no longer rely on “we’re not them” as a governing philosophy. If democracy is on the ballot, then so is the integrity of those who claim to defend it.
(In a world of would’ve, could’ve, should’ve, maybe he should just shut up. https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/biden-2024-reelection-bid-no-regrets/”