THE CURRENT → THE ROSE REPORT Issue 940 · December 14, 2022

Here’s Proof Biden Will Run Again

I surmise Biden has a more personal reason for this radical shake-up of party tradition

Here’s Proof Biden Will Run Again
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It sends a strong signal that he intends to run for a second term.

Since the 1970s, voters in Iowa and New Hampshire have cast the first presidential primary ballots for both Democrats and Republicans. While American tradition has been downgraded by the woke generation, Democrats do have a point that these two states, with their snow-white populations, are not that representative of the average 21st-century Democratic voter. South Carolina, along with Georgia and Michigan, who all would vote before Iowa and New Hampshire under the new plan, have sizable minority populations and many more convention delegates, who ultimately determine who gets the party’s nod.

But I surmise Biden has a more personal reason for this radical shake-up of party tradition.

South Carolina is the state that launched Joe Biden into the White House. Biden got trounced in 2020’s first three presidential sweepstakes races in Iowa, New Hampshire, and Nevada. The pundits, including this one, were writing him off. Then came South Carolina’s February 29 primary. Thanks to a strong endorsement by the popular Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-SC), Biden scored a convincing victory, flipping the momentum in his favor. Three days later, on Super Tuesday, a rejuvenated Biden won 11 more states to emerge as the clear frontrunner.

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