# President Joe Biden and the runup to the 2024 election

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-joe-biden-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/954384>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [November 15, 2021, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-joe-biden-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/954384 "2021-11-15T14:54:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Showing post:** 186

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2023, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-joe-biden-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/954384/186 "2023-10-17T20:12:08Z")

</div>

Rather than post a hijack in this thread:

> [@The Great Ongoing Revolving Speakership of the 118th Congress {Mike Johnson is new speaker as of 2023-10-25}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-revolving-speakership-of-the-118th-congress/991432):
>
> Continuing the discussion from Hi folks - After consulting with the Mods the consensus is to retire the “McCarthy’s ouster” thread I started ten whole days ago. My, what an eternity in politics. Is it a coincidence that this is exactly one Scaramucci? I think not. That thread, along with McCarthy himself, is over. We can pick up here with Is it Scalise or Jordan or ???

I decided to link and post here instead.

So the above is the shit show the country watches, while Joe Biden puts his political agenda and his personal safety at risk to conduct the most high wire act of diplomacy attempted in recent history in Israel and Gaza. I am personally sickened at the state of what we’ve become as a nation full of spectators.

Even sane Republicans are saying Biden has been pitch perfect in this ghastly conflict.

He rarely receives due credit for the many, many difficult challenges his administration has faced to date. I just wanted to draw some attention to how Biden is handling this one.

Gift link:

> **[For Hezbollah and Israel, the Stakes in Any Broader War Are High](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/17/world/middleeast/hezbollah-lebanon-israel-gaza.html?unlocked_article_code=21X4lwqwAO4vHazUXQxUrSZd8Un7uUsbPmDlR9z0EvwAd_M80GwT0ZyIgiUrsdmIafEy8XZem7ctSV_8M8yrcbRbFEcp_PULNYxg5az-K9tazRrFPAQJMOmh3_4S6USQ_f48tDYTKcIr_Gnw3SE8tfHyY9gDiCXT6-HVoQFRJ5AfcOTPRsmr50OMAKyPz2ZThjm4oB-F4SJTEYKy_58lwSphPbp6tlUVLqjYNZFGzHJVkJbinzZk-D1jQZrQ7Bv8n7QHbSZPjdRmTH7jjRox96MuWUoqcM8nK6IdaGomzfyBcd2qosPpUlbjlePidvjVpKdFbsci_TPPzHB7S6BMS_W230nQVL8AgqYg6Sykz8p_&smid=url-share)**
>
> The fighting between Israel and Hamas has raised fears that the violence will spill into Lebanon as a wider conflict with Hezbollah. Such a war would be dangerous for all involved.

He may not succeed. But I do feel we’re in the most capable hands available under the circumstances. I try not to think about how this would be going with Trump running amok in the Oval Office.

---

_[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-joe-biden-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/954384)._