Opinion | Joe Biden 2024: Why the US president’s re-election bid looks doomed already
- Gaffe-prone and uninspiring, Biden has the resume but not the ability to convince Americans nor win his party’s support for re-election
- And this time, his likely competitor is popular Florida governor Ron DeSantis
Without officially announcing it, US President Joe Biden has launched his new campaign to run in 2024. That few people seem to have noticed is indicative of why Biden’s bid for another term is a risk and likely to end in defeat.
These days, the State of the Union is a spectacle, with little meaning other than to generate clips and sound bites for donors and social media appearances. The pattern is usually the same: the president praises himself, names his opponents at home and abroad, and promises that with his help, everything will be much better next year, all while being frequently applauded and cheered on by his party.
But Biden’s speech was more than just that. It was a best-of compilation, his greatest hits all at once: his economic accomplishments and a jaunty review of everything he accomplished in his first two years in office. Particularly noteworthy: it almost exclusively focused on the American people.
Moreover, the middle class will be happy that inflated drug prices, especially for insulin, are finally descending while the economy and job market have been recovering.
