Earlier in January, President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris crossed the halfway point in their first term leading the country without much fanfare to observe their administration’s two-year mark. It also started the clock on the second half of their time in office leading into the 2024 elections – in which President Biden still hasn’t announced whether he’ll seek a second term. That situation puts Vice President Harris in a tricky position, waiting to find out whether she’s going to be hitting the campaign trail for Biden or for herself as a presumptive candidate should Biden step aside.
Democrats aren’t necessarily confident in the latter scenario, and they weren’t shy about sharing their worries about a retread of Harris’ 2020 campaign when asked about 2024 by The Washington Post, although some requested anonymity to speak more “candidly” about Harris’s weaknesses. Read more…