{"id":25827,"date":"2020-03-04T11:54:06","date_gmt":"2020-03-04T18:54:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/?p=25827"},"modified":"2020-03-04T12:01:32","modified_gmt":"2020-03-04T19:01:32","slug":"wednesday-bag-o-joementum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/?p=25827","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday bag o’ Joementum"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"biden<\/a>Final results of the Super Tuesday primaries won’t be in for a while, but it’s clear Biden came out on top. Momentum is a real thing. Will it carry Joe all the way to the convention and the Democratic nomination? I won’t say it’s inevitable, but it seems far more likely than not.<\/p>\n

In some photos and video clips Biden appears vigorous and healthy; in others, shockingly old, with papery skin and a bewildered expression. I expect those come closer to revealing the actual man, and I worry he won’t last out a single term in office, let alone two.<\/p>\n

I’m sorry Kamala Harris quit running, far too early in my opinion. I hoped Elizabeth Warren would get more support than she did. I won’t lose a minute’s sleep over the others, but I’m happy they’re endorsing Biden rather than Sanders. Bernie, I expect, will continue to be a disruptive presence in the race, maybe right up to the convention, and his die-hard supporters’ ugliness and hostility on social media leads me to worry they’ll sit out the election if Bernie’s not on the ballot … but that problem is down the road and there’s plenty of time to work on it.<\/p>\n

For now, I’m more concerned over Biden’s choice of running mate, because I think he has a good shot at becoming our next president, and that maybe sooner rather than later his VP will have to take over. I’m rooting for Harris, then Warren … although I think Warren will be able to do more good for the country in a cabinet position.<\/p>\n

But what do I know? Reagan left office at 78, the same age Biden is now. His dementia was well advanced during his second term, but I don’t recall him making the slightest effort to prepare George H.W. Bush to take over. Nor Roosevelt, Truman. Maybe presidents are incapable of thinking that way, but I have to hope Biden has considered the possibility and that he’ll choose a young and worthy successor.<\/p>\n

I feel, if it’s Biden versus Trump, the election will be a referendum on values and morality. It’ll be interesting to see whether America wants that in a president or not. Values and morality are core issues with me, but I have practical policy concerns as well, and single-payer health care is right at the top of my list. I can see it happening under a Democratic presidency (no matter who the actual president is, no matter whether that president is failing and actual decisions are being made by administration officials); I cannot see it ever happening under a Republican one.<\/p>\n

Such are my post-Super Tuesday Wednesday thoughts. To paraphrase one of my favorite bloggers<\/a>, hurry up and tell me who I’m voting for in November, already!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I feel, if it’s Biden versus Trump, the election will be a referendum on values and morality. It’ll be interesting to see whether America wants that in a president or not.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,8,827],"tags":[3020],"class_list":["post-25827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-events","category-politics","category-social-media","tag-biden"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25827"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25827\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25839,"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25827\/revisions\/25839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}