Why is Biden still the President

What I want to know is why the Democratic party came to the conclusion that President Biden was cognitively impaired and should step down as the candidate but, leave him still in office.Right now the the ports shut down in the US economy is in peril. Internationally between Ukraine and the Middle East the world is as close to a nuclear war as we have ever been. It has been a long time since the US has needed such strong leadership IMHO.Why is a President with dementia still in office? If he left office VP Harris would become president unless I have a misunderstanding of your political system.Put it wherever you like.

Why then don't these politicians put on their big boy pants and get it done. The US is in crisis between the flood crisis and the ports being shut down, and the world is in crisis in the Middle east and the Ukraine and the rest of the world is likely to get drawn into this as well.

I'm not commenting on how well he is handling any of these issues, You may argue this, but Pelosi and company one way or another got him to pull his candidacy. If he wasn't fit to be a candidate, what makes him fit to be president now, particularly with all that is going on?

You're missing the point. Obviously the Democratic hierarchy believed that Harris was a better option to govern for the next 4 years. Based on that wouldn't she be a better person to be doing the job now?

Ya, they came to the conclusion that he couldn't win the election because he was clearly cognitively impaired. Did you even watch the debate?

Unfortunately this is what usually passes for debate on this forum and why I don't much bother with it anymore. It is all about labelling and name calling. Yes, I'm a Canadian but my wife is dual and votes in the states. One of my sons is an American and living there with his family. I have two grandsons who are police officers and another one who is a US Marine. I think I have reason to be concerned about what goes on south of the border.Then as usual because I have a different opinion than you, you label me as a liar and stupid. Then I'm a religious nutcase and have lost all pretext of reason.This is your idea of reasoned debate and how you respond to a question that I asked without trying to present any form of reasoned argument.Have a good day.

Same old name calling and labelling. Tell me, where have I been arrogant?
I asked a question and then you make assumptions. If Biden stepped down then Harris would be president.The question I asked has been asked by many. Here is a column on the left leaning network CNN.https://www.cnn.com/...ive-impairment-test-reiner/index.htmlThat is not evidence but simply someone else asking questions.

I don't know whether Biden is cognitively impaired or not which is the same for all of us. I gather that he won't get a current test for it. However, when has a healthy sitting president ever withdrawn from a campaign prior to election date previously and particularly when there is insufficient time to go through the normal process of selecting a new candidate?To deny that Biden's mental acuity wasn't an issue lacks any credibility. Here is a democratic leaning NBC report prior to Biden's withdrawal.
https://www.nbcnews.com/...ental-fitness-triggers-rcna137975So I do agree that the party thought they would do better with Harris but articles like this indicate that the reason that Harris would do better is that Biden's mental state was under question even in the Democratic party. I'm not sure what you are getting at here. I'm simply pointing out that if Biden steps down Harris is the President. I don't know, but I would guess that if anything it would improve her chances of winning the election and you wouldn't have a president who is mentally impaired. (Yes, that is on the assumption that he is but I 'm confident that the majority of Americans feel that way. It was a big question mark when Biden was still the candidate but nobody much seems to worry about it much now with all that is going on in the country and in the world right now/ Prior to him stepping down that were many in the Democratic party that questioned his mental fitness as evidenced in thew link above and that link isn't an outlier. So, the question still stands.

Obviously the Democratic party, like any political party is not one voice. We can see where a number of democrats questioned it prior to him stepping down but not anymore. We can all form our own opinion about whether that was a majority belief or not. I have been here long enough to know how common that is. Many times I, or others, have posted either a belief or an opinion and have been labelled a liar as opposed to just calling us wrong. Go back and look at the posts. Even the post trying to defend an earlier post called me arrogant but failed to give an example.I, tried to post the question in such a way as to try and be as non-partisan as I could without suggesting whether Trump or Harris is the better choice in the election. If there are questions raised about the mental decline of a sitting US President don't you think that it should be verified one way or the other?

Maybe his campaign was going poorly because his gognitive impairment was becoming obvious. I'm still not clear what you are referring to. I only made the point that if Biden is cognitive impaired and left office then Harris becomes president. Again, assuming Biden is cognitively impaired wouldn't it be preferable to have Harris as president who is not cognately impaired. I have no problem admitting if I'm wrong and if I am then I'm sorry. I hope that my statement above explains the problem.

The point again is that I would argue that he was doing badly in the polls because many people saw him as being cognitively impaired. Neither one of us know and we are both expressing our opinion.

Good point. The Democratic membership had no say in it but it was a decision taken by those who hold power in the Democratic party. I agree. I conflated the two terms and I shouldn't have. My own unevidenced belief is that Biden isn't really calling the shots now anyway. I'm guessing that it is people like Obama and Pelosi. As I said, I was wrong to do that.

I have no idea what you are specifically referring to in that thread. Religious belief is based on the conclusions we come to based on what we experience and what we understand about our existence and what it means to us. My point with that thread is that what is important is not the name that we apply to a deity, or the faith that we adhere to but the nature of that deity, (even if one is secular following personal beliefs), and how we are to apply it to our lives. The thread, as usual got drawn off track. However the American public is able to measure for themselves how they feel about Trump's failings but Biden was elected as a president when ho one was questioning his mental state. Now he is still president and people are questioning his mental state and he is refusing to be tested.

I'm just a year younger that Biden and I have volunteered with a music program for seniors for 45 years. I too have witnessed cognitive decline in thousands of people over the years first in Montreal, Toronto and now out here on Vancouver Island. (Being a year younger than Biden I am still considered to be part of the youth movement in this area. )Bottom line is though why is Biden not agreeing to an assessment in order to put concerns to rest.

I'd venture to say that not all the news reports say the same thing. Sure that's the position of the democratic party. Don't you think it's a bit odd that he didn't come out and make a formal announcement but through a post on twitter just hours after announcing that he was definitely staying in the race.? Pres. Biden withdrawalHere is a quote from that wiki page.

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These concerns increased after the first 2024 presidential debate, between Biden and Republican Party candidate Donald Trump on June 27, 2024. Biden's performance was widely criticized, with commentators noting he frequently lost his train of thought and gave meandering answers, had a faltering appearance, spoke with a hoarse voice, and failed to recall statistics or coherently express his opinion on several occasions.[2] Biden subsequently faced calls to withdraw from the race from fellow Democrats[3] and from the editorial boards of major news outlets.[4][5] By July 19, 2024, more than 30 senior Democrats had called for him to withdraw

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Well, we have od idea what pressure they put on him.