Biden Becomes Litmus Test for 2028 Contenders

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Biden Becomes Litmus Test for 2028 Contenders

May 16, 2025 at 5:55 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 33 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2025/05/16/biden-becomes-litmus-teat-for-2028-contenders/

Politico: “Joe Biden may have cost Democrats the White House in 2024. Their inability to admit it, some Democrats fear, could hobble them in 2028.”

“As a fresh reckoning in the party unfolds around the former president’s mental acuity, potential presidential contenders have mostly dodged questions about his condition while in office. They’ve also sidestepped whether the party should have more forcefully called on him to abandon his reelection bid earlier.”

Playbook: “On some basic level, this is about credibility and authenticity. Biden’s decline while in office was apparent to most voters; the public was upfront from very early on in the 2024 cycle with their doubts about his age and acuity. And so the ability to acknowledge what is plain in most voters’ eyes risks becoming a basic test of candor and honesty.”