According to a New York Times article that quoted prominent people’s opinion of whether President Biden should run for office again, one responsive theme was, “The President has a great record to run on,” implying that he can establish another great record.  It was evident in the recent debate and subsequent interview that he has started the “aging process.” The length, severity, and timing of the process varies among individuals.  But he will not be able to function as well now as his previous period in which he had major accomplishments.  
  The office of Presidency is an extremely demanding position for important unscheduled policy decisions and confrontations with world leaders’ actions.  As President Truman said, “the buck stops here.”  The world is not static, it is constantly changing and adjusting to a variety of issues that must be addressed.  
Biden should be recognized as one of the world’s leaders who took decisive action to begin to lower man-made global temperatures.  He devised ways and means to curtail the use of carbon products that contribute to rising temperatures.  It took Herculean efforts to implement the legislation while Trump sat on the sidelines shouting climate change is a “hoax.” 
Biden’s response to the question of how he would feel if he lost to Trump was disturbing. He responded that if he gave the campaign “his all,” he would be at peace.  This thought seemed unmindful of the millions of supporters who would be left to the whims of an autocrat.
Gerry Snyder
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