Should Biden seek re-election?

Why and why not?

I'm not American. I think that anyone is better than Trump though I'm not sure what the 'average' US voter thinks. If Biden's USP was that he was the most electable, then does that apply anymore?

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Graylight · 51-55, F

The general attitude around me is that he was the decent and necessary choice for America, but he's seen as an interim leader, a bridge from the absolute lunacy that was Trump to a more normalized atmosphere.

There are only two problems with this. 1, The Democrats haven't got anyone in their stables who's ready for the gig and 2, no one counted on conservatives growing even more ignorant; too many of them are already winning primaries, so it looks as if the US, in all its juvenile glory, will trap-door itself into a 2nd Dark Ages.

Ynotisay · M

@Graylight Solid take. But to offer up someone who I personally think is ready for it, both politically and from a place of handling the duties, is Gavin Newsom. As a Californian I think he's the real deal and there's some noise starting to gather around him.
Some will dismiss him out of hand because of where he's from but he can push back on that with some of the realities of his positions and successes. Budget, abortion, environmental, guns, diversity and a lot of the issues that are more important to many than ever before. He's also got big stones in calling out the GOP for what it is. We'll see.

Graylight · 51-55, F

@Ynotisay I like him, too, but I'd have to learn more. 300+ million citizens. You'd think there's be one person...

Ynotisay · M

@Graylight Yeah. I think it's getting harder to find that one person. The litmus test for Democrats is different than Republicans. More of a purity test. There's a lot of grievance collectors out there. One of the reasons, in my opinion, we had a President Trump.