As of now, the Republican Party seems ready to retake at least some congressional seats in 2022. They have almost no lead in the House of Representatives, and they must rely on Kamala Harris to break any tie in the Senate. Since their legislative proposals continue to receive no support from Republicans or the public, you can almost tell from their behavior that they have accepted it.
At the same time, Biden’s agenda is also dead, because his own party is unwilling to get support from across the aisle. By continuing to talk about reconciliation and blaming Republicans for all problems, Democrats are basically telling Americans that the 2020 term of the Biden administration is over.
Naturally, it raises the question of whether Biden, who continues to struggle with poor mental stamina in public appearances, will run for election again in 2024. The Democrats may think they have a substitute, but Vice President Kamala Harris has proven the black hole of being a vice president, behaving so badly in her own public interviews and her job duties that she has almost 90% of them. Time is hiding. American people have also noticed.
As the new polls show Harris’ popularity is officially underwater, Democrats are said to panic behind the scenes, because their 2020 victory looks more and more like a fluke that they won’t be able to repeat in the near future.
Choosing Harris as Biden’s running mate has theoretical significance before the election. With the spread of COVID-19, people began to notice Biden’s struggles with talking points (and general terms). Harris has a history of tracking Trump as a prosecutor and can be a strong Black women and Democrats frame it as racist and misogynist.
But like her own presidential campaign, Harris is shaky on this responsibility and is basically a non-entity in the election. The only moment she was notable was the dismissive roll of her eyes and awkward giggles. This did not make her loved by the American public.
Therefore, we are sitting in the second half of 2021, which is Biden’s first full year as president, and his vice president has once again become a non-entity. She is the least popular vice president since the 1970s. She mishandled the interview with Leicester Holt during the immigration process. She has basically been in hiding for a few months. The American people either don’t know her or don’t like her.
This is a very, very bad sign for the Democrats, they need something If they want to try to ease the upcoming midterm exams. Continuing the harp on January 6, 2021 did not help. Making everything about Trump did not help. The American people are focused on the here and now. COVID-19 has soared again, the requirement to wear masks has returned, and the economy has not recovered as quickly as it should have been. These are all issues that the Democratic Party must resolve.
If this doesn’t look good for the Democrats by 2024, Biden may have no choice but to quit for health reasons and leave it to Harris, who should be his natural successor. But her pride does not allow her to carry his torch or the torch of anyone other than herself, and other Democrats will see that she cannot win, which will split the Democratic vote (it’s finally the age of Bernie Sanders) ?!).
The top leaders of the Democratic Party are keenly aware of this. According to what we are seeing now, they don’t know how to solve this problem. It turns out that for the Biden team, she was a very tactical mistake, and now they are trapped by her. They cannot fire her, nor can they pick others to fight alongside him in 2024. They are too afraid of accusations of sexism and racism that their base may make against them. So if he decides to escape, they will be trapped by her. If he doesn’t do this, it may be worse.
