This is Molly Hemingway, encouraging you to listen to my favorite podcast, issues, etc.

Every day you get in-depth interviews with host Todd Wilkin asking expert guests,

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on all of the important news and issues of our day.

The expert guests are in culture, law, ethics, philosophy, theology, and apologetics.

Expert guests, expansive topics, always extoling Christ, issues, etc. You know in recent weeks has become clear to me I need to unite my party in this critical endeavor. I believe my record as president, my leadership

in the world, my vision for America's future, married in a second term, but nothing, nothing can come

in the way of saving our democracy.

That includes personal ambition. So I've decided the best way forward is

to pass the torch to a new generation. That's the best way to unite our nation.

That's President Joe Biden speaking. It's the best way to unite our nation.

That's President Joe Biden speaking Wednesday night from the Oval Office.

Did he give a reason for stepping aside, not from the office at this present time but from his plan for a second term as the US president

Welcome back to issues etc. I'm Todd Wilkin

joining us for an update on the 2024 U.S. presidential race, Mark

Hemingway, he's senior writer for real clear investigations. Mark, welcome back.

Glad to be back. What are your thoughts on President Biden's address from the Oval Office last night?

I mean it was perfunctory to be perfectly honest. I mean if you put a gun in my head right now I

couldn't remember much of anything that was said you know other than the than the sort of, you know, what Biden was saying

directionally about his time to move on or whatever and protecting democracy and some other things

along those lines that have been pretty standard Biden, Redrick.

It was reported a week or two ago

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