“Remember, in the CNN poll of the polls, I think 75 percent of Democrats say they’d like to see another Democratic nominee for president in 2024, you know, and we’ve seen that in businesses that, you know, ‘Thank you much for your service. Here is the gold watch. Enjoy your retirement,” Wallace said on “At This Hour” Monday morning. The former Fox News host, who was hired by CNN last year to join the since-shuttered streaming service, acknowledged Biden’s recent legislative victories “after a lot of gridlock” and dismal approval ratings. Those victories on climate change, health care and tax reform will “change the narrative” around his presidency, Wallace said. “Either a large percentage of that 75 percent, three-quarters of Democrats, are going to say, ‘You know what? I’m excited by the idea of a guy who next Inauguration Day will be 82 years old running for office, and again, I’m not so sure about that,” Wallace said. Olivia Newton-John dead at 73, husband says Petraeus points to 20 years of ‘significant mistakes’ in Afghanistan as US withdrawal anniversary approaches Wallace’s comments come days after columnist Maureen Dowd’s New York Times op-ed suggested Biden should ride “the hill of success” into a political retirement without a second term. “The country really needs to avoid the return of Trump or the rise of the despicable Ron DeSandis. There is a growing sense in the Democratic Party and in America that this will require new blood,” Dowd wrote. “If the president made his plans clear now, it would give Democrats a chance to sort out their field and allow time for a new, inspired candidate to emerge.” White House officials have said Biden plans to run for president again in 2024, but several Democratic allies have declined to say publicly whether he should.
