Kamala chameleon or still flop of 2020?
It is only because of an epic and farcical misjudgment by the Democratic machine – by Joe Biden, his family, White House aides and party leaders – that Kamala Harris is now where she is.
Joe Biden
‘I’m not Donald’ won’t be enough
Kamala Harris needs to persuade Americans to accept her in a little over 100 days. She can only pull that off by revealing a strength and charisma she has never so far displayed.
Veteran calls time for sake of party and people
In the White House and Senate, Joe Biden was a key protagonist in a half-century of wars, diplomacy and political battles during one of the longest and most consequential careers in modern American politics.
Qualified backing for Harris’s tilt at top job
Kamala Harris has better claims politically and legally to the hundreds of millions of dollars of campaign funds the Biden-Harris team has raised. She also polls betters than other candidates.
Albanese, Starmer lead tribute charge
As global leaders praised the diplomacy of Joe Biden; Russia and Japan were careful to avoid endorsing future leaders, instead ‘monitoring’ changes abroad.
Long-term legacy sidelined in unprecedented turmoil
By stepping down from the presidential race, Joe Biden has finally done the right thing by America. But Democrats must now pick a replacement in a panic, throwing politics into flux.
Dems’ last-ditch gamble worth taking, but will it work?
Joe Biden’s decision means the Democrats will go from having almost no chance of defeating Donald Trump with Mr Biden to having a new candidate with an unknown chance of winning.
‘The greatest honour’: Biden’s letter ending his campaign in full
Read President Joe Biden in his own words as he uses this extraordinary letter to become the first US head of state to drop out of an election race since Lyndon B. Johnson in 1968.
Tributes for ‘friend of Australia’
Anthony Albanese says US President Joe Biden’s withdrawal from the upcoming election race shows that he was putting America first.
Trump cries fraud as he faces new opponent
With the stroke of Joe Biden’s pen, the former president and the Republican Party have lost their underlying political case for Donald Trump’s bid to take back the White House.
Aussies shares fall on US chaos, mining slump
The fallout from the CrowdStrike global tech outage and US President Joe Biden’s decision not to run again have helped push down the Australian sharemarket on Monday.
Biden drops out, the dangers of a lame-duck president emerge
As Americans focus on the campaign, the world asks what the United States’ global role will be for the next six months.
How the bet on an 81-year-old Joe Biden turned into an epic miscalculation
Voters thought the faltering president was too old, but allies looked the other way, advisers defended his abilities and the Democratic Party boxed out other candidates.
Biden’s decision in the nation’s interests, even if it was begrudging
By rights the Democrats should pay some electoral price for their complicity in covering for Joe Biden’s growing infirmity.
Albo’s surprise call on Biden bow-out
Anthony Albanese has made a surprise call about the state of Australian politics following US President Joe Biden’s shock withdrawal from the election race.
What happens next now that Biden has dropped out?
Democratic delegates who pledged to vote for him now become ‘uncommitted’. The President backs Kamala Harris, but that doesn’t guarantee she’ll secure the nomination.
How a ‘seething’ Biden accepted reality and made a historic call
By the time the summer sun set on Washington on Sunday (Monday AEST), a political tempest had engulfed the capital. It was clear that everything about this election had changed.
ASX hit by US weakness, profit fears
The sharemarket has closed in the red for a third day, hurt by US losses and profit fears. Woodside snaps up Tellurian. NZ retail chain The Warehouse buyout potentially on horizon. Iress jumps on updated guidance. South32 smashed on $500m-plus impairment.
Democrats’ shameless abuse of justice has made messiah Trump
I do not like Donald Trump. He presents as a clown, yet is seriously dangerous. But I really detest is the Democrats harnessing the law as a weapon against its No. 1 enemy.
Age: the only tragedy Biden couldn’t overcome
Once considered too young, now unequivocally too old, Joe Biden’s career of tragedy and triumph ends in an admission of defeat to his own infirmity.
Netanyahu seeks bipartisan support during ‘very important’ US trip
The Israeli Prime Minister thanked US President Joe Biden for his decades of support for Israel, while emphasising the focus of his visit to Washington, which comes at a time of strained relations between the two allies over the war in Gaza.
Donald is ‘Laffin’ at Kamala while Joe looks doomed
Joe Biden, who is still in Covid isolation, is said to be ‘seething’ about being betrayed by senior Democrat leaders, especially party elder Nancy Pelosi and ex-president Barack Obama.
Warren makes case for ‘a ready to step up’ Harris
Senator Elizabeth Warren has made a case for Vice President Kamala Harris to become the presidential nominee should Joe Biden step aside.
‘I took a bullet for democracy’: Trump in first rally after shooting
Donald Trump addresses supporters at Michigan, his first campaign rally appearance since surviving an assassination attempt, while Joe Biden is at home with Covid, resisting unprecedented Democratic pressure to step aside.
CrowdStrike disruptions to linger for up to two weeks: O’Neil
Home Affairs Minister warns of ongoing disruptions associated with global IT outage, as Texas-based cybersecurity specialist readies to roll out automatic fix to a faulty software update.
Trump unites Republicans but divided Democrats yet to have their say
No US presidential race in the past four decades has carried this much uncertainty at this point. The prospect of Joe Biden’s withdrawal is throwing both parties off their footing.
Twelve more Democrats call on Biden to exit race
One day after Republican convention, Democrats intensify calls for President to step aside while Vice-President Harris huddled with donors.
Biden releases statement refusing to stand down
US President insists he will be back on the campaign trail next week to ‘continue exposing the threat of Donald Trump’, as calls grow for him to be replaced.
‘Hang up the phone’: Chilling scam alert in wake of outage
Cybersecurity Minister Clare O’Neil warns Australians ‘to be really cautious’, saying some people have already been the target of unknown contacts pretending to be from CrowdStrike or Microsoft.
Democrats show their ruthless side
The President won’t stay in power through 2028. It’s more honest if Vice-President Harris faces voters now.
Original URL: https://www.theaustralian.com.au/topics/joe-biden/page/10