This is CBSI in the world. I'm John Batch with my colleague, Mary Kisel, executive vice president

Stephens Incorporated, former senior advisor to the Secretary of State. Many years for

the Wall Street Journal in Hong Kong, now a crushed city by the predation of the Chinese

Communist Party. Mary, the Washington Post ABC poll roast most recently surprised everyone

in both parties and all parties, independence as well. The American people have made it

very clear that they want someone besides President Biden to enjoy the nomination of the

Democratic Party for 2025. Very clear. What we have now is a quandary. What is to be done?

However, I wanted your measure. We're used to surprise by that poll because we're looking

for leadership, not just at home, but also abroad. It would appear that Joe Biden, after

50 years, serving the American people, it's time to retire.

Well, I think it's very natural in democracies to tire of national leaders and to want renewal

and more vigor after a time. I recall John Howard's long tenure in Australia. When he went

up for his last reelect campaign, it wasn't that he was doing a bad job. It was just the Australian

voters retired of him. He was getting up there in age and they wanted to change. Joe Biden

built himself as a transitional president. He himself prepared the American voter for

him to serve one term and then to hand the baton off to a younger, more vigorous Democratic

colleague. Now he's decided not to do that. On the other side of politics, Donald Trump

is no spring chicken either, although he had quite a successful presidency policy wise.

There is a clamor in the party, I think, for younger talents that could potentially serve

not just one, but maybe two terms. But then again, both Biden and Trump have their core

support in both parties because they represent parts of the Democrat and the Republican base

that have quite a lot of vigor and energy themselves. I mean, I'll be the majority of

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