He is obsessed with winning re-election. It's all about self-respect. It is whether he is going to be humiliated or not.
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Gergen discusses the President's motivations for holding events despite health risks, emphasizing the obsession with re-election.
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I think what we're seeing is the Aguero story just underscores how vital it is that we have a National Commission to investigate what happened on January 6th, and we cleared the air on it.
No, their problem is Anderson, he's got more support back in their districts in their states than they do and that gives him enormous -- it gives him enormous leverage against them.
I think the signs are just as Margaret says. They are saying that he is increasingly interested. Strikingly, Anderson, his interest seems to intensify when he sees Biden in trouble.
This represents a very professional, thoughtful, first set of steps by Joe Biden.





