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Checks and Balance: Biden or bust

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Evaluating Presidential Challenges and Polling Dynamics

The chapter explores Dean Phillips' candidacy and its potential effects on President Biden's reelection bid, focusing on Biden's vulnerabilities such as age and past record. It also discusses historical election trends, including Trump’s polling, and compares the current primary challenges to Lyndon Johnson's withdrawal in 1968.

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