Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan made the case in brutal and stark terms on Friday for why President Joe Biden should step aside and let another Democrat run against Donald Trump in 2024. Noonan, a former speech writer for President Ronald Reagan and veteran columnist, went point by point dispelling all the various rationalizations Democrats are telling themselves for why they are “resigned” to sticking with Biden.
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Almost halfway through her column, she takes on the notion that replacing Biden is “too big a gamble.”
“Backing Mr. Biden is a gamble. Bookmakers give him a nearly 70% chance of losing,” she writes, moving on to knock down two other rationalizations:
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