Helping Out

Thanks but no thanks:

People close to the former president told the outlet that he met privately in February with the new Democratic National Committee (DNC) chairman, Ken Martin, and offered his help as polling shows the party’s popularity sinking. “So far, Biden’s overture seems to have fallen flat. Democrats find themselves adrift, casting about for a compelling messenger,” the report reads. “Whoever that is, it’s not Biden, many party activists and donors contend. He’s tethered to the 2024 defeat and, at 82, is a symbol more of the party’s past than its future, they argue.” A major Biden supporter who spoke to the outlet on condition of anonymity remarked: “Who’s going to want Joe Biden back in the game?” A person close to former first lady Jill Biden told the outlet she and her husband are settling into life in Delaware and that she is also prepared to campaign and raise funds for Democrats. Each of the Bidens has plans to write a book — Joe Biden is working on a theme for his memoir and “has been consulting former senior administration officials, including Secretary of State Antony Blinken, national security adviser Jake Sullivan and senior White House advisers Mike Donilon and Steve Ricchetti,” according to the report.

Stay away, Joe...