I don’t understand how anyone thinks an 81 year old person should be leader of a nation. And will they ever produce good stuff instead of what they’ve been trying and failing to do for so many years and it hurts the people.
When will they help the citizens instead of funding the military and fancy projects that waste money, cutting taxes for billionaires and raising them for the poor, cut social security, cut medicare, cut this, cut that, more money to the military.
So messed up.
I don’t know good places to find accurate news.
There’s two big reasons Biden is going to be the candidate:
Biden has already won an election (3 if you count his time as VP). He’s been tried and tested and won. The system will always prefer the candidate who has proven they can win over someone who is untested. Thus, without some extreme circumstances, incumbents always have a huge advantage over newcomers.
Biden is an extremely experienced politician. He has more experience than most people in Washington, and is an expert at reaching across the isles and cooperating with other politicians. He knows the game like nobody else and he’s damn good at it. A good president has to work with those they agree with and those they disagree with, and Biden can do that.
The age question isn’t as serious as you think it is. The president is the leader and the face of the Executive Branch, but he isn’t the one doing all the work. There are tons of people around him who share the workload of the actual business of the Office of the President. It’s not a one man job.
As to your “when” question, the answer is when they can. We’re skating by on razor-thin margins right now, and have been for a long time. When our lawmaking body is split 51 vs 49, and you need 66 or more to pass any meaningful legislation, you need someone who is really good at reaching across the isle. And you also need lawmakers who are willing to compromise. What that means is that voting out the bad fanatics and voting in reasonable people of conscience is as important as ever. While one half of Congress is filled with fundamentalists, nothing will ever get done no matter who is president.
Just to put this in perspective over half of his much-vaunted experience predates the freaking internet. most of it is in a world that is fundamentally different than the world as it exists today.
You’re not wrong, but does that invalidate his experience? Most of the people he’s striking deals with are in that same boat. And as president, he surrounds himself with capable people who understand today’s world and help him navigate it. That’s what an intelligent, experienced person does.
I’m not saying it does.
Relevancy matters, though. And as far as what everyone else is doing, that’s their business.
As for him having people help out with things- that’s almost certainly what he’s doing - what makes you think a younger canidate can’t get the same kind of help in dealing with older politicians? (In fact, there’s a small army of people assisting Biden- or any president- with that, too.)
A younger candidate doesn’t have the decades of experience that Biden does.
Look, I’m not stumping for Biden here. I’m just answering OP’s question as to why he’s the candidate, and trying to alleviate some of the concerns that people have about his age.