UJoe Biden uyalele iKomidi Likazwelonke LeDemocratic Alliance ukuthi lehlise ubungozi abathuthukayo abangase bamphosele inselelo kuma-primaries kamongameli wango-2024. Lokho kuwumgomo wakhe oyinhloko imiyalelo ku-DNC ngesonto eledlule, lapho uBiden ephikelela ekuxosheni iNew Hampshire - okuyisifunda sokuqala esisezweni lapho athola khona amavoti angama-8% futhi waqeda endaweni yesihlanu ku-2020 Democratic primary. Akumangalisi ukuthi uBiden ufuna ukufaka iNew Hampshire esikhundleni saseNingizimu Carolina, lapho ayengumnqobi omkhulu.
I-White House kanye nezintatheli ezijwayelekile zithethelele ukuthi uBiden ngeke abhekane nenselelo enkulu yokuqokwa kabusha uma ephinda egijima. Kepha ukungena kwakhe obala ohlelweni lwe-DNC lokubeka ikhalenda eliyinhloko kuwuphawu lokukhathazeka mayelana nezithiyo ezingaba khona ekunqobeni ukuqokwa kabusha.
Ngokungafani nazo zonke ezinye izifundazwe ezicatshangelwa ama-primaries okuqala, iNingizimu Carolina injalohhayi isimo senkundla yempi. Wonke umuntu uyazi ukuthi ithikithi leDemocratic Alliance ngeke lisondele ekunqobeni eSouth Carolina ebomvu ngo-2024. Kodwa leso sifundazwe - uBiden ngokusobala asibona sibalulekile ekuqokweni kwakhe esikhundleni - sineqembu elibuswa ngabakwaBiden. umlingani onamandla webhizinisi, uKhongolose uJames Clyburn.
Uhlelo lweBiden lokuhlela kabusha uhlelo luka-2024 "luhlanganisa icebo elicashile kodwa elisebenzayo lokunciphisa amathuba okuthi abhekane nembangi yesokunxele kuma-primaries uma umongameli oneminyaka engama-80, njengoba bekulindelekile, efuna ihlandla lesibili," u-centrist Walter Shapiro wabhala ngokusemthethweni e-New Republic. "Ngaphezu kwalokho, uBiden udale isifanekiso ngale kuka-2024 ukuze kwehliswe amathuba okuthi izinguqulo zesikhathi esizayo zikaBernie Sanders zizophuma kuma-primaries okuqala eDemocratic Alliance."
Kodwa ukuxoxisana komphakathi okujulile okuvela kwabangenele ukhetho abanemibono ehlukene kudingekile kakhulu ohlelweni lokukhetha ozoqokwa njengomongameli. Kusukela ekunakekelweni kwezempilo, ukungalingani kwezomnotho okwedlulele, amalungelo abasebenzi kanye nobulungiswa bezinhlanga kuya ekusetshenzisweni kwezempi, inqubomgomo yangaphandle kanye nesimo esiphuthumayo sezulu, abavoti kumaprimaries eDemocratic Alliance badinga ukuzwa izindaba ezibalulekile okuxoxiswana ngazo.
Izimo zengqondo ezikhona manje zibuyela emuva. Ngenkathi osopolitiki beDemocratic Alliance kanye nama-pundits bebheka ukuthi ngabe uJoe Biden kufanele aphinde angenele umongameli, abavoti beqembu lakhe kucatshangwa ukuthi bangaphezu kwababukeli. Kepha isinqumo sokuthi uBiden uzoqokwa yini ngo-2024 akufanele kube ngesakhe yedwa. Iqembu ebeligcizelela ukubaluleka kwentando yeningi akumele lilangazelele ukulifinyeza ohlelweni lokuqoka umengameli.
Ambalwa kakhulu amaDemocrat eCongress azimisele ngokuphuma esidlangalaleni emgqeni weqembu ukuthi iBiden izoba umphathi osezingeni eliphezulu. Amazwi ambalwa aphikisanayo phakathi kwabo ngokuvamile awasho lutho. I-New York Times kubika Ngemuva kokhetho lwamaphakathi nonyaka lapho i-House Democrat - ekhuluma "ngesimo sokungaziwa ukugwema ukuphikisa i-White House" - yathi "izinombolo zikaBiden 'bezidonsa kakhulu' kwabangenele ukhetho lweDemocratic Alliance, abaphumelele yize umongameli engabonganga kuye. .”
Ukwesaba ukuphikisa i-White House kuvale abanikazi bamahhovisi eDemokhrasi ngaphakathi kwebhamuza elibasusa emazingeni aphansi eqembu. Lokhu kuwa kwaqala nge iningi labavoti beDemokhrasi ngingafuni uBiden ukuthi aqokwe eqenjini ngokuzayo. Ngisho naphakathi kwe-post-midterm euphoria phakathi kwamaDemocrats, manje ukuhlukana ngokulinganayo embuzweni. Kepha amaDemocrat eCapitol Hill kanye nabanye abaholi beqembu basalokhu beqhwakele endaweni, abavamile ukungabaza ngobuhlakani bokwetha kabusha lo mongameli.
Ukunqanyulwa kwesisekelo seqembu kuhambisana nokwenqaba ukuvuma amaqiniso akhombisa ukuthi i-Biden phezulu kwethikithi izoba yi-albatross ezintanyeni zabaqokelwe iDemocratic Alliance ngo-2024. Ngenkathi abavoti behlukene ngokulinganayo phakathi kwamaqembu amabili amakhulu, i-Biden's ukushoda kwemvume yomphakathi seludlule amaphesenti ayishumi cishe wonke lonyaka. Abantu abadala abayisishiyagalolunye kwabayi-10 - ithimba elibalulekile lamathemba eDemocratic Alliance - abafuni ukuthi angenele ukhetho kabusha. Maphakathi nonyaka phuma ekuvoteni, izingxenye ezimbili kwezintathu zabavoti zathi azifuni ukuthi iBiden ingenele. Nokho, lapho ebuzwa ngaleyo miphumela yocwaningo, umongameli wenqaba "ngibuke" ubuqhawe.
Sitshelwa ukuthi amagumbi agcwele intuthu yinto yesikhathi esidlule kwezombusazwe kazwelonke. Kodwa uma umongameli efuna ukungenela ukhetho kabusha, imodi elindelweyo ayibi ngcono kakhulu. Uma sibheka phambili, okuwukuphela kwendlela yokufaka intando yeningi yokubamba iqhaza ohlelweni lokuqoka amaDemocrats ngo-2024 ukugcizelela ukuthi ukuqokwa kufanele kuzuzwe nabavoti beqembu, hhayi ukunikezwa okuvela phezulu.
Uma uMongameli uBiden ethatha isinqumo sokufuna ukuqokwa kweDemocratic Alliance, njengoba manje sekubonakala kungenzeka, abaphonseli inselelo abakhulu abathembekile bangenza inqubo enzima, bayenze ibe namandla esikhundleni sokuqhuma. Imithelela eyonakalisayo yokuqagela okumile kufanele igcinwe kuze kubulawe amagciwane emisebeni yelanga. Imibono emisha kufanele kuxoxwe ngayo kunokuba icindezelwe.
Ubuhlakani obujwayelekile bugcizelela ukuthi umongameli unelungelo lezepolitiki laphezulu lokuqokelwa iqembu ihlandla lesibili. Kodwa umongameli akayona inkosi yeqembu, futhi akanalo ilungelo elizenzakalelayo lokuqokwa esikhundleni.
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UNorman Solomon ungumqondisi kazwelonke we-RootsAction.org kanye nomqondisi omkhulu we-Institute for Public Accuracy. Ungumbhali wezincwadi eziyishumi nambili kuhlanganisa Impi Yenziwe Yalula. Incwadi yakhe, Impi Yenziwe Ingabonakali: IMelika Ifihla Kanjani Ukukhokhiswa Kwabantu Ngomshini Wayo Wezempi, yanyatheliswa ngo-Spring 2023 yi-New Press.
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