Biden Heightens Reelection Rhetoric Despite Democratic Disarray – By Susan Milligan (US News) / Feb 6, 2023
The president is sounding more like a candidate every day, but Democrats are having a hard time communicating his successes and even settling on a calendar of their own.
President Joe Biden has yet to make a formal announcement he is running for reelection. He’s starting to campaign for reelection anyway – and with daunting challenges facing him.
Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, in a rare public appearance Friday, delivered what sounded almost like campaign kickoff speeches to an enthusiastic Democratic National Committee audience in Philadelphia, with Biden ticking off his accomplishments and slamming Republicans for threatening Social Security and advocating tax cuts for the wealthy.
“So let me ask you a simple question: Are you with me?” Biden said as DNC winter meeting attendees screamed “four more years! Four more years!”
He stopped short of asking for an official backing of a 2024 run, but his schedule and rhetoric are that of a man determined to keep his job for four years past its first expiration date. After delivering the State of the Union address Tuesday night, Biden and members of his Cabinet are going on the road to tout his record.
