Deja vu all over again: Like Biden today, Jimmy Carter faced calls from some Democrats to abandon his bid for re-election in 1980
As Democrats continue to quarrel over whether President Biden should step down from the ticket, we look back at a comparable moment in recent history. On today’s episode of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Politically Georgia podcast, hosts Bill Nigut and Tia Mitchell look back to 1980 when Maryland Democratic congressman Michael Barnes was among those who worked to replace President Jimmy Carter because they believed Carter, struggling with low appproval ratings and a myriad of national and international crises, could not beat Ronald Reagan. Barnes joins the podcast to discuss the 1980…
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