81 Candles

Plus: Army Recruiting Soldiers Who Refused COVID Shot

81 Candles

Today is President Biden’s 81st birthday and the Democratic Party is quietly grappling with concerns about his age. Politico reported that some donors are urging a more proactive strategy to address voters’ fears. While Biden's team emphasizes his experience and accomplishments, critics argue not enough is being done to highlight Donald Trump's age (77). Despite attempts to downplay concerns, polls show significant doubts about Biden’s age affecting voter perception.

More from Politico:

Seventy percent of likely voters in six battleground states said Biden is “too old to be an effective president,” according to The New York Times-Siena College poll released earlier this month. Only 39 percent of those battleground voters said Trump was too old. That’s virtually unchanged from April, when a Reuters/Ipsos pollfound 73 percent of adults believed Biden is too old to be in office.

Even those in Biden’s inner circle, including family members, worry about the optics of age. Those close allies believe that Biden is mentally up for the job, but some acknowledge that the president can at times appear frail, according to two people involved in the conversations but not authorized to speak publicly about internal deliberations.
…

Some Democrats argue that Biden’s team has been too dismissive of the idea that the president’s age could hurt him in the election. They have pushed for a more offensive strategy, nudging Biden aides to showcase his younger, diverse cabinet.

Another Biden donor said they recently raised concerns about the president’s age with DNC officials, but “they just refused to even acknowledge it was a problem.”

“I think the strategy is not to even address it, to consider questions like that stupid or silly,” said the donor. “Literally everyone is talking about it, even amongst donors. But the response is always: ‘What are you going to do?’”

In Today’s BRIGHT

More Weekend Reads
TX Gov. Abbott Endorses Trump
Army Asks Soldiers Who Refused COVID Shot to Come Back
Study: Nature Makes Us More Productive
A Case of the Mondays