# Anything good that President Biden can do in the last two months? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [November 6, 2024, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anything-good-that-president-biden-can-do-in-the-last-two-months/1009756 "2024-11-06T04:47:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2024, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anything-good-that-president-biden-can-do-in-the-last-two-months/1009756/61 "2024-11-10T23:53:47Z")
No more in this thread of nuclear launching please. **Moderating:** ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2024, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anything-good-that-president-biden-can-do-in-the-last-two-months/1009756/62 "2024-11-11T10:57:19Z")
I know it’s kinda against the title of the thread, but one thing Biden _shouldn’t_ do is push Sotomayor to step down. There’s no way the GOP would allow him to nominate someone new. Why give them that gift? It’s a deeply stupid idea. ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2024, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anything-good-that-president-biden-can-do-in-the-last-two-months/1009756/63 "2024-11-11T12:52:48Z")
Theoretically, if Sotomayor were to step down immediately, Biden could nominate her replacement and he/she could be confirmed by the current Democratic majority in the Senate during the lame duck session. But I have no faith in the Democrats being able to actually pull this off. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2024, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anything-good-that-president-biden-can-do-in-the-last-two-months/1009756/64 "2024-11-11T13:14:28Z")
Stay healthy. That’s not a joke. It would be a mess if the VP had to take over for a few weeks. Biden could give Ukraine permission to strike military targets inside Russia with ATACMS. I would suggest limiting it to a short list of US approved targets. Russia is planning massive strikes on Ukraine’s energy grid with winter approaching. Reducing that long-range bombing capacity seems reasonable. It would have a strategic effect for at least much of 2025. That’s similar to Biden’s handling of [Israel striking Iran](https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/how-biden-pushed-israel-calibrate-its-strikes-iran-2024-10-27/). ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2024, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anything-good-that-president-biden-can-do-in-the-last-two-months/1009756/65 "2024-11-11T21:31:28Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > There’s no way the GOP would allow him to nominate someone new. How are they gonna stop him? The Dems currently control the Senate. > [@flurb](#): > > Theoretically, if Sotomayor were to step down immediately, Biden could nominate her replacement and he/she could be confirmed by the current Democratic majority in the Senate during the lame duck session. Right ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2024, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anything-good-that-president-biden-can-do-in-the-last-two-months/1009756/66 "2024-11-11T22:16:34Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > How are they gonna stop him? The Dems currently control the Senate. That’s true, I’d forgotten about it. But I think she’s doing a decent job. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anything-good-that-president-biden-can-do-in-the-last-two-months/1009756.md?page=3)