As President Joe Biden nears the formal announcement of his 2024 reelection bid, one of the most important developments of the campaign is something that hasn’t happened at all: No serious primary challenger has emerged.
After Democrats won more races than expected in the 2022 midterm elections, any energy to challenge Biden quickly dissipated. The left has stayed in line even as Biden has lately made more explicit appeals toward the center. And would-be rivals have stayed on the sidelines.
Maria Cardona, a Democratic National Committee member and party strategist, has been confounded by the doubts around Biden as the Democrats’ best bet, especially against a 76-year-old Trump, who remains the Republican front-runner. Prominent and ambitious governors, including Gavin Newsom of California and J.B. Pritzker of Illinois, made clear they would not contest Biden’s nomination, as did the runners-up from 2020. And many party insiders have soured on the political potential of the next-in-line option, Vice President Kamala Harris.Rep. Raúl Grijalva, a former co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, said the left was laser-focused on “the fight against the isms: fascism, racism, sexism.
One wealthy donor had considered circulating a letter this year to urge Biden not to run before the person was dissuaded by associates because it would have been for naught and have served to embarrass Biden, according to a person familiar with the episode who spoke on condition of anonymity to describe private conversations. Some contributors have described being in a state of suspended and suppressed angst: fully yet nervously behind Biden.
During his first two years, Biden built up considerable goodwill among progressives, embracing many of the left’s priorities, including canceling student loan debt, and keeping a far more open line of communication with the party’s left-most flank than the previous two Democratic administrations. He has signed landmark bills that have been progressive priorities, including climate provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act and a temporary child-tax credit.
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