Joe Biden is encouraged to replace Kamala Harris with a blast from the past to improve his faltering re-election chances.
Biden, who has struggled in polls nationally and in key states, has left Democrats wondering whether a major change is needed to beat Donald Trump in November.
There are questions and doubts about the health and ability to do the job of Biden, 81, the oldest president in US history.
Harris, the first woman and first Black vice president in U.S. history, has also struggled, and poll numbers say most Americans don’t think she would make a good president.
Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Kathleen Parker wrote Tuesday that Democrats should look to their recent past for a new vice president.
A columnist for the liberal Washington Post wrote that Joe Biden should consider replacing Kamala Harris on the ballot, with a blast from the past joining him as his potential vice president.
Washington Post columnist Kathleen Parker wrote Tuesday in the Jeff Bezos-owned newspaper that Democrats should look to their recent past for a new vice president.
Only about a third of Americans believe Vice President Kamala Harris would win the presidential election, according to a new poll released last week.
in his roomHe wondered why no one has proposed Hillary Clinton as a possible running mate.
Clinton, of course, was First Lady, Secretary of State, and United States Senator before losing to Donald Trump in 2016.
Parker maintains that Harris lacks “competence,” a deterrent to voters who see Biden’s “steady decline over the years” and that Clinton could provide reassurance, despite being 76 herself.
“If Biden needs to resign, even those who didn’t vote for Clinton would have confidence in his ability to keep the country on the right path,” Parker wrote.
She also believes that Clinton’s 2016 loss, which she has spent the last eight years playing the blame game over, still rankles her and leaves her with unfinished business.
“At 76, she may not want to be a part of this, but it’s hard to retire when you feel like your job isn’t done,” he wrote, citing Clinton endorsing a candidate in a New York congressional district to unseat the ‘Squad’ member Jamaal Bowman. .
Parker, a Pulitzer Prize winner, called Biden’s “stumbles,” his searching for words, his occasional blank stare, “impossible to ignore.”
Parker wrote that Democrats should look to Hillary Clinton for a new vice president.
Parker maintains that Harris lacks “competence,” a deterrent to voters who see Biden’s “steady decline over the years” and that Clinton could provide reassurance, despite being 76 herself.
“It’s just an idea, but worse ideas have had dismal success,” he wrote of Clinton.
He admits his plan has “risky” drawbacks, including alienating black voters, but says Democrats must do so if they want to “promote a worldview consistent with their values.”
Parker said Biden should appease Harris and her supporters by naming the vice president his new attorney general.
A Politico/Morning Consult poll sample that only 34 percent believe Harris would likely win a presidential election if she were the candidate. Fifty-seven percent of voters think it is unlikely.
The number of skeptics includes 31 percent of Democrats and 62 percent of independents.
The numbers indicate that Harris, Biden’s second-in-command, would struggle if she were to replace the president as the Democratic nominee.
Harris also faces skepticism from voters about whether she would be a good president. Only 40 percent believe she would be a good president, while 51 percent do not. Nine percent did not know or had no opinion.
Fifty-one percent of independents believe she would not be a good president and even sixteen percent of Democrats have doubts about a successful Harris presidency.
A Politico/Morning Consult poll shows that only 34 percent believe Harris would likely win an election for president if she were the nominee. Fifty-seven percent of voters believe it is unlikely
Harris’ problems in the polls show that Biden may have chosen the wrong Democrat to be his vice president, as more than half of Americans do not believe she would be a good president.
But voters in the survey seem a little more conflicted when asked whether Biden should replace Harris on the ticket.
36 percent of voters believe Biden should replace her with another Democrat, while 39 percent said Biden should not replace her. Twenty-six percent did not know or had no opinion.
Harris continues to suffer from low approval numbers, currently at 42 percent, slightly up from previous polls.
A Redfield & Wilton Strategies poll in May showed her with just a 37 percent approval rating.
US Vice President Kamala Harris introduces US President Joe Biden during a campaign
Her failed 2020 presidential campaign and performance as vice president have left the country divided over her political skills.
52 percent of voters in the survey believe Harris is smart, 47 percent believe she is sensible and 45 percent believe she is prepared. Only 44 percent described her as honest.
Despite her low poll numbers, Harris’ strong identification with Democrats gives her a significant lead among other potential 2028 presidential candidates.
Among Democrats, 41 percent chose Harris as the hypothetical candidate in 2028. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg came in second with 15 percent, closely followed by California Governor Gavin Newsom with a 14 percent.
The rest of the potential 2028 Democratic presidential candidates stayed in single digits with the Democrats. Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer at 5 percent, Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly at 4 percent and Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro at 2 percent.
Seventeen percent of Democrats didn’t know or had no opinion.
The Politico/Morning Consult poll surveyed 3,996 registered voters May 28-29 and has a margin of error of 2 percentage points.