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Btw, Caryn, your news that Vance’s wife just quit her prestigious job gives me Stepford Wives chills. It’s creepy! I mean, Jill Biden kept her day job even as she became First Lady!

Though I am not childless and I have bad cat allergies, I am tempted to adopt a kitty (but a little chihuahua just gave me the stink eye).

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Maria Shriver just posted this:

President @joebiden ’s speech was beautiful, moving, and inspiring. Now he leaves it up to the people to take it from here. He reminds us that our country is bigger than all of us and leaves us with a challenge: What do we do with this moment? How are we going to behave? He puts the challenge in our laps. He leaves it up to us to decide which direction we want to take. He is asking us what we still believe America is, what it can be , and what matters to us now as we move forward? It’s worth noting how different men with power behave. President Biden has all the power in the world and here he is giving it up. He’s passing it on for what he believes is in the best interest of the country. He’s reminding us what strong, brave men do. #abovethenoise

Exbrnxgrl, I looked back to find this comment I made on the thread July 19: “Bring your positivity if you want! Bring your gloom and doom if you want! This thread moves pretty quickly. We have a ways to go before election day and anything can happen (italics added). Let’s see what we can do with all of it.” Two days before Biden’s announcement! And here we are! I feel happy that your heart has been buoyed! Mine, too, and no doubt all Democrats!

I agree, Biden’s decision was made after a great deal of behind the scenes calculating. I was thinking he might withdraw and worried it might be too late. Remember when Bernie Sanders waited till the last minute to concede to Hillary at the DNC? Many of his followers were crushed and I think it cost votes. I was thinking, “What is it with these white guys clinging to power?” But now I see that Biden had a game plan in the works. He just put on his poker face. Haha! Go Joe!

I’ve been following politics closely since only around 2012. Biden’s presidency is when I’ve really come to see how the many cabinet members work to arrive at what’s best for our country, and how the party works as a whole. Most of the elected Dems in D.C. experienced Jan 6. They know what’s at stake. I’m so impressed how they’ve gone about rallying for our nation’s future.

Btw, I cannot remember how I ever found this thread. But it’s been a lifeline!