{"id":512656,"date":"2022-11-19T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-19T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/biden-turns-80-as-election-talk-swirls\/"},"modified":"2022-11-19T23:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-11-19T20:00:00","slug":"biden-turns-80-as-election-talk-swirls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/biden-turns-80-as-election-talk-swirls\/","title":{"rendered":"#Biden turns 80 as election talk swirls"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a291bd0c92ee\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a291bd0c92ee\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/biden-turns-80-as-election-talk-swirls\/#Biden_turns_80_as_election_talk_swirls\" >Biden turns 80 as election talk swirls<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Biden_turns_80_as_election_talk_swirls\"><\/span>Biden turns 80 as election talk swirls<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/bidenjoe_110922gn9_w.jpg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Questions about Joe Biden\u2019s age have loomed over his presidency ever since he entered the White House.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, Biden will reach a major milestone when he is expected to spend his 80th birthday quietly with his family, many of whom will be at the White House to mark another occasion: His granddaughter Naomi\u2019s wedding.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Biden allies say they know the day will be used by his rivals, who want to cast the president as lacking the energy and mental acuity needed for the job.<\/p>\n<p>The question is increasingly relevant, critics say, as Biden considers reelection, though the president\u2019s supports say the age-based attacks are markedly unfair.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m sure Republicans will use the day to remind everyone that he\u2019s some out-of-it octogenarian, which couldn\u2019t be farther from the truth,\u201d one Biden ally said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Michael Eric Dyson, the renowned scholar who met with Biden last year as part of a small group of historians, said this of the GOP criticism: \u201cJoe Biden has proven time and again that it\u2019s, as he would call it, malarky.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we see LeBron James and Tom Brady performing 20 years into their careers, that\u2019s the indication that 80 may be the new 60, and I\u2019m all for it,\u201d Dyson said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe reason he can fall off his bicycle is because he was on it in the first damn place,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>During a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> conference last week, when he was asked about whether he had it in him to run for reelection, Biden replied \u201cWatch me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said on Friday that the Biden family typically celebrates the president\u2019s birthday on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. This year, however, the family will celebrate it on Biden\u2019s real birthday, since his family already will be together in Washington.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u201cThe first lady is going to be having a brunch on Sunday for the president, to celebrate the president\u2019s birthday \u2026 with his family,\u201d Jean-Pierre said.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Both the birthday brunch and wedding will be closed to the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>, so any images or information from either event will come from the White House after the fact.<\/p>\n<p>Biden had a very busy lead-up to the big family weekend.<\/p>\n<p>He saw Democrats glide to a stronger-than-expected finish to the midterm elections, as the party held the Senate and kept the GOP to a slim majority in the House.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr4_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>The Senate victory in particular is important to Biden, as it ensures Democrats will have control of the chamber for his nominees. They hope to add a 51st vote in Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) if he can win a runoff election next month.<\/p>\n<p>There is also change coming for the party with the departure of Speaker Nancy Pelosi (Calif.), who announced on Thursday that she will not seek another term as a Democratic leader, even though she will remain in Congress. It means Biden is likely to work with a younger generation of party leaders in the House.<\/p>\n<p>Biden also just returned from a foreign <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a> that included stops for the Group of 20 meetings in Indonesia, as well as stops in Cambodia and Egypt.<\/p>\n<p>Some say Biden should celebrate the birthday and a successful November.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn the heels of holding the Senate, a White House wedding and success at the G-20, no particular media strategy matters for the Big 8-0,\u201d said Bruce Mehlman, a former assistant secretary at the Commerce Department under former President George W. Bush.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor crying out loud, the President\u2019s age is no secret. Go ahead and celebrate!\u201d said former Rep. Chris Carney (D-Pa.), a Biden ally. \u201cDoes being 80 make a person unable to govern? I don\u2019t know, let\u2019s ask Chuck Grassley.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The remark is a nod by the Democrat to other aging politicians who continue to exert power.<\/p>\n<p>While Biden takes flack for his age from the GOP, former President Trump is only four years younger and has announced a bid for reelection. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), mentioned by Carney, is 89.<\/p>\n<p>Julian Zelizer, a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University, said former President Reagan also dealt with criticism about his age during his reelection campaign against his rival, Democrat Walter Mondale.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr5_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>But Reagan, who was 69 years old when he was sworn into his first term, \u201cused it to his advantage, didn\u2019t hide from it but embraced it.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>During one of the presidential debates with Mondale, Reagan said \u201cI am not going to exploit, for political purposes, my opponent\u2019s youth and inexperience.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While Zelizer said Biden has tried to handle it by \u201cignoring frenzies over gaffes, focusing on governing and output and sticking it to his political opponents \u2026 there might be room for a Reagan moment\u201d to use the question of age to his advantage.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut overall, his age is what it is,\u201d Zelizer said. \u201cHe can\u2019t change that. So the best strategy is not to double down and define himself through that.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr6_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>When Biden met with the group of historians at the White House last year, he \u201cengaged in extensive questioning, reflection and curiosity,\u201d for nearly three hours, Dyson said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis energy, his insight, his capacity and his mental acuity were all unquestioned,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Biden said he will formally announce if he plans to run for another term in the new year, after months of insisting that he intends to run. He has characterized it as a family decision, largely between one he\u2019ll make with his spouse.<\/p>\n<p>Allies though say that if he is up for the job, even at 80, he will do it.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr7_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cI have every confidence that if President Biden deemed his age is an impediment to serving, he would not seek reelection,\u201d said Carney.\n<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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