Voters thought the faltering president was too old, but allies looked the other way, advisers defended his abilities and the Democratic Party boxed out other candidates

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  • danc4498@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    I just think the opposite. I think the people in charge knew he shouldn’t run because of his age. There was a report that Obama and George Clooney had serious concerns after some fund raiser which led to Clooney writing that op ed after the debate.

    If he gave Obama and Clooney concerns, I guarantee there were more people before that that had concerns.