I am not addressing that question to J.D. Vance.Everyone calling on Joe Biden to *stop running* without also calling on him to resign the presidency is engaged in an absurd level of cynicism.
— JD Vance (@JDVance1) July 20, 2024
If you can't run, you can't serve.
He should resign now.
In fact, the skills needed for campaigning are very different from those of presiding over the government of a republic. That was part of the rationale for the Electoral College. See Hamilton’s remarks about “the low arts of popularity” in the Federalist.Ironically, Trump has never won the popular vote.
Makes me wonder what Trump would have called FDR if he’d been coming against him. “Crippled Frank”?
ReplyDeleteIn fact, the skills needed for campaigning are very different from those of presiding over the government of a republic. That was part of the rationale for the Electoral College. See Hamilton’s remarks about “the low arts of popularity” in the Federalist.