Handwringing over Harris masks worries aging Biden isn't up for second term

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“No one has ever gotten up in the morning and said, ‘I wonder what Kamala Harris is doing,’” said a former state Democratic Party chair. “If people are concerned about her being in charge because [Biden is] aging, they’ve had five years to sing that song.”

The concern masks worries about octogenarian Biden, who would turn 86 at the end of a second term if reelected, said a former swing state Democratic Party chair.

Questions over Harris’s political acumen spilled into public last month when Sen. Elizabeth Warren held back from a full endorsement when asked whether Harris should remain Biden’s 2024 running mate. Gov. Ron DeSantis has seized on these concerns, charging on the campaign trail last year that Harris was Biden’s “insurance” policy against being removed from office.

In a recent Quinnipiac University poll, former President Donald Trump leads DeSantis 42%-36% among Republican voters in a crowded field of 14. But in a four-person primary, the field is a virtual dead heat.

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