In 2024 Americans cast their ballots in favor of the democrat POTUS Biden to be their presidential candidate during the primary elections despite many having concerns about his age. But because POTUS Biden flopped in the recent presidential debate against the GOP MAGA ex-president, the professional political punditry class like Mark Leibovich of the Atlantic, have been regurgitating concerns about his ageism issues again like they did in 2022. What they don’t seem to get, is that in a democracy, the voters have the last say. Millions of voters have spoken by choosing to give POTUS Biden a shot, despite knowing his ageism issues.

As per the October 20, 2023 article by Media Matters, “since President Joe Biden announced his 2024 campaign, 5 major US papers have mentioned Biden’s age in 332 articles and Trump’s in just 158.”

All the media attention being devoted to spotlighting POTUS Biden’s signs of aging at every occasion could cost democrat POTUS Biden, the presidency. The result means no less than the subjugation of Americans to autocratic minority rule based on the recent Supreme Court’s (Trump v. United States) ruling that vastly expands US presidential powers and the Project 2025 900-page blueprint by the conservative Heritage Foundation on how to govern as a minority coalition modeling the far-right revolution designed to reshape how the US government functions. The coup d’état against US democracy would be the election of a wannabe autocratic Fascist leader at the helm who as a professional TV reality star performs better on the debate stage than POTUS Joe Biden.

Yes, the media is complicit in helping the ex-president with a possible win because at this time in US history, our democracy is about to be set on fire, while the punditry class becomes even more preoccupied with POTUS Biden’s age. They’re not even noticing that there’s a fire growing and threatening to burn down our US democracy including many freedoms that we’ve come to take for granted.

Americans are scared. For example, they worry if we will be able to exert power by having our votes counted fairly and securely; to criticize and protest peacefully against those in power without serious repercussions; to marry the person they love of the same sex; to have equal access to life-saving healthcare and a quality education on a par with other wealthy developed countries, etc.?

With our democracy under serious threat, it’s maddening to watch the punditry class with mob-like vigor overly obsessing on the president’s age issues.

As for me, absent this single-minded media spotlight on POTUS Biden’s ageism issues, I want to know if these professional prognosticators can produce easily verified evidence that he can’t possibly win in November 2024, and that a win would be much more likely with another democrat party nominee.

And then there’s reality…The chances of POTUS Biden dropping out of the race and not endorsing his VP Kamala Harris, are zilch.  If he did anything else, he’d invite a competitive primary fight and encourage other Democrats to get into the race after it’s too late to meet the filing deadlines. At this point, anyone who gets in the race would have to obligate voters to write in the candidates’ names on the ballot.

Instead, Dems should be marching in lock step towards firing their ire in every way possible against the extremely flawed TV reality star GOP MAGA ex-president who’s a wannabe dictator and a real threat to US democracy. While the professional prognosticators may not mind wasting hundreds of millions of dollars on a chaotic presidential primary skirmish, with another nominee not gaining consensus until late August, and with no proof of producing better results, I do.

Then don’t forget that POTUS Biden’s strongest constituency consists of Black voters, the majority of whom are still encouraging him to stay in the presidential race. As per an AP report, “Antjuan Seawright, a Black Democratic consultant who is close to House Rep. Jim Clyburn, a Biden ally, put it plainly. “Joe Biden isn’t going anywhere. But if he does, “anyone other than Kamala would be malpractice — and it would tear the party apart.”

As for me, I’d be ecstatic over a Vice President Kamala Harris-US Senator Bernie Sanders democratic party presidential ticket.

Both support POTUS Joe Biden. US Senator Bernie Sanders provides direction by reminding Dems that voters aren’t concerned about who’ll win a Grammy Award contest for best singer. They know Biden is old. He’s not as articulate as he once was:

“What we have got to focus on is policy, whose policies have and will benefit the vast majority of the people in this country, who has the guts to take on corporate America, who is talking about expanding Medicare so we cover dental, hearing and vision, who’s talking about raising the cap on the taxes that people pay into Social Security so we can raise social security benefits and extend the life of Social Security for 75 years, who’s talking about a permanent child tax credit to cut childhood poverty in America by 50%.”

But in the midst of all the doomsday Biden rhetoric, there’s a bright spot. “Never-Trumper” Stuart Stevens penned a recent Atlantic article, pushing back on the “Dump-Biden” pundits.

Stuart Steven has been one of the most successful Republican Party campaign operatives in a generation, helping Republican candidates win elections at every level for decades. He’s now a “Never Trumper” and the co-founder of the Lincoln Project.

As per the July 3, 2024 Atlantic article by Stuart Stevens The Antidemocratic Uprising Against Joe Biden:”

Excerpts:

“I worked in five presidential campaigns for Republicans and helped elect Republican senators and governors in more than half of the country. For decades, I made ads attacking the Democratic Party. But in all those years, I never saw anything as ridiculous as the push, in the aftermath of last week’s debate, to replace Joe Biden as the Democratic nominee. For many in the party, the event raised genuine concerns about the incumbent’s fitness for a new term. But a president’s record makes a better basis for judgment than a 90-minute broadcast does. Biden has a capable vice president, should he truly become unable to serve. The standard for passing over Democratic voters’ preferred nominee should be extraordinarily high.”

“The fundamental danger of Donald Trump is that he’s an autocrat who refuses to accept the will of the voters. So, the proper response is to throw out millions of votes, dump the overwhelming choice, and replace him with someone selected by a handful of insiders? What will the message be: “Our usurper is better than your usurper”?

“What is it about the Democratic Party that engenders this kind of self-doubt and fear? At a moment when Democrats’ instinct should mirror what Biden declared in a rally the day after the debate—“When you are knocked down, you get back up”—some in the party are seized by the urge to run, not fight. Think about how this would look: Hey, I guess Donald Trump is right; our guy isn’t fit to be president. We’ll give it another shot. Trust us, we’ll get it right eventually.”

“Madness.”

“After decades of losing the image wars as Republicans positioned themselves as the “party of strength,” Democrats are on the verge of a historic self-redefinition. When Biden traveled to Ukraine, he became the first president to visit an allied war zone not controlled by U.S. troops. A Democratic speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, defied China and visited Taiwan. A Republican Party that was once defined by Ronald Reagan demanding “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall” is now the beating heart of the pro–Vladimir Putin movement, led by a former president elected with the Russian dictator’s help.”

“For generations, Republicans succeeded in labeling Democrats the “blame America first” party. Today, it’s the Republican nominee who calls America a “third-world nation.”  Republicans used to describe Democrats as “victim shoppers” who always hold others at fault instead of accepting personal responsibility. Donald Trump sees America as a nation of victims, with powerful forces taking advantage of our weakness. As president, Trump labeled Canada a national-security threat. Really?

“Given a huge opportunity to project more self-assurance than Trump’s Republicans, these Dump Biden Democrats would ensure that their party once again slips back into the quicksand of doubt and second-guessing. No major American political party has thrown a presidential nominee overboard, so leave it up to some geniuses in the Democratic Party to hatch a scheme to make history.”

“What makes them believe that replacing Biden increases the chances of defeating Trump? How many times have candidates with impressive state-level records crashed and burned in a presidential race? The last time a party held on to the White House without the benefits of incumbency was 36 years ago. Recent polls show none of the fantasy replacement Democrats beating Trump. There are polls showing Biden defeating Trump. Say what you will about the Biden campaign’s organization, but four years ago it defeated an incumbent president—no easy thing.”

“Clearly, something was off inside the Biden campaign that allowed this debate debacle to occur, starting with the choice even to debate Trump. The Biden team easily could have insisted, as a precondition for a debate, that Trump first publicly acknowledge that he is running against a legally elected president who won a fair vote. Also, why did Biden look like an undertaker had done his makeup? But those breakdowns do not negate the substantial evidence that the Biden campaign knows how to defeat Trump. Do Democrats really want to throw that aside and reconstruct a campaign from scratch months before an existential election?”

“Trump is the candidate of chaos, uncertainty, and erratic behavior. Democrats can win a race against him by offering Americans the opposite: steady, calm, and confident leadership. Joe Biden has provided that. His record is arguably the most impressive of any first-term president since World War II. My advice to Democrats: Run on that record; don’t run from one bad debate. Show a little swagger, not timidity. Forget all this Dump Biden nonsense and seize the day.”