Biden-successor chatter grows and Harris isn’t scaring off anyone
/There’s been an unusual amount of 2024 talk for a president who says he’s running again. It hasn’t been uniformly positive for his vice president.
Vice President Kamala Harris’ role has given her proximity to the president but also placed her political future in the backseat as she toes the administration line. | Samuel Corum/Getty Images
President Joe Biden says he intends to run for reelection in 2024. But not all Democrats believe him. Nor are they convinced his No. 2 would be the clear heir if he did choose to opt out.
As Vice President Kamala Harris grapples with a portfolio of seemingly intractable issues and responsibilities that have drawn her away from the older women fun national spotlight – she Zoomed into the infrastructure Cabinet meeting from Paris on Friday – other Democrats have raised their own national profiles.
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is the point person on implementing much of the popular bipartisan infrastructure deal. Read more about Biden-successor chatter grows and Harris isn’t scaring off anyone …