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Hillary Clinton said voters need to accept the reality that President Joe Biden, 81, is old in a new interview with SiriusXM Progress host Zerlina Maxwell.

The former secretary of state and 2016 presidential nominee appeared on Mornings with Zerlina ahead of Super Tuesday and told listeners that former President Donald Trump, 78, is also old, yet more dangerous to the future of the country.

Listen to Clintons full interview with Maxwell on the SiriusXM app and web player now.

Ahead of a likely rematch of the 2020 Presidential Election, both Bidens and Trumps ages will be among the biggest issues of the 2024 campaign. Yet, so far, its been more a problem for Biden. Clinton pushed back against voters concerns though.

I would put Joe Bidens record up against anybodys Clinton said. He got a lot done, and were the better for it. If you are worried about that, listen to Donald Trump, who is ranting, making no sense, cant even remember who he is running against. He constantly talks about Barack Obama being his opponent. Last I checked that wasnt happening. So, if youre worried about a person not necessarily knowing whats going on, Id worry a lot more about Donald Trump.

In addition to addressing both Bidens and Trumps ages, Clinton also touched on why the 2024 Presidential Election is a choice of saving democracy, talked about Vice President Kamala Harris, discussed authoritarianism, and more.

So, really, pick between your two old ones and figure out how youre going to save our democracy, Clinton added. Because no matter where you stand on the political spectrum, you want to maintain freedom and the rule of law and protection for peoples fundamental rights, or at least I used to think so.

Clintons comments come ahead of the biggest voting day of the year, Super Tuesday, when voters in 16 states and one territory will cast their ballots. It also comes shortly after a New York Times/Siena College poll found that 61% of Bidens 2020 supporters now believe he is just too old to be an effective president.

Listen to around-the-clock updates about Super Tuesday, political analysis, exclusive interviews, and more from every political angle on SiriusXMs political channels.

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In an interview for a Sirius XM radio show on Tuesday, former US Secretary of State and 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton said that President Joe Biden is old, but [has] been an effective president and does not pose a threat to our democracy, while his competitor, ex-president Donald Trump, is old, barely makes sense when he talks, is dangerous,and threatens our democracy.

Pick between your two old ones, Clinton said, laughing, And figure out how youre going to save our democracy. Because no matter where you stand on the political spectrum, you want to maintain freedom, and the rule of law, and protection for peoples fundamental rights, or at least I used to think so.

The presidential election in November is on track to be a rematch between President Biden, who was elected in 2020 amid the coronavirus pandemic and exploding racial tensions and now sees his approval rating among the lowest in history, and Donald Trump, the lightning rod of controversy who, after four years as president himself, sought to overturn the results of that election, culminating in the riot at the US Capitol building on January 6, 2021.

The issue of President Bidens aging has been a major concern for voters and the media, with a recent New York Times poll finding that a majority of those who voted for Biden in 2020 say he is too old to be effective in a second term. Biden, who will turn 81 shortly after the election, is the oldest person ever to serve as US president beating the previous record of 74, set by former President Trump.

Both men have been accused of cognitive decline, and both deny that they have dulled.

Clinton, who lost to Trump in 2016, also addressed the Supreme Court decision this week that overturned Colorados disqualification of the ex-president to appear on their states ballot in November. The case hinges on an interpretation of the Thirteenth Amendment to the US Constitution, which prohibits those who have engaged in insurrection from holding federal office.

The justices disagreed on the reasoning behind their opinion, with the conservative members of the court making a larger claim about the enforcement of that amendment, while the liberal justices limited their decision to a narrower response to this particular case. The nine members of the court, however, were unanimous in their decision.

Clinton said that while she does believe Trump should be considered an insurrectionist, she is not surprised this court would make this decision, adding that ultimately, its up to the American people to prevent [Trump] from getting near the Oval Office again.

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At the World Economic Forum, the former presidential candidate highlights the potential upside of Bitcoin toward global financial stability.

The World Economic Forum, held annually in Davos, Switzerland, is a prestigious gathering that brings together leaders from across the globe, including political figures, business executives, and prominent intellectuals, to discuss pressing global issues.

In a statement at the forum, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton expressed her concerns about the impact of cryptocurrencies on global finance. Clintons words reflect a growing debate around the role and influence of digital currencies in the international economic landscape.

I hope nation states start to pay attention to the rise of cryptocurrencies because what looks very interesting and somewhat exotic effort to literally mine new coins in order to trade with them has the potential for undermining currencies, for undermining the role of the dollar as the reserve currency.

Clintons comments on cryptocurrencies touch upon a broader economic phenomenon called de-dollarization. De-dollarization refers to the process where countries reduce their reliance on the U.S. dollar in international trade and finance, often by switching to other currencies or assets for their transactions and reserves.

This would lead to the global economys further adoption of Bitcoin and crypto.

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A Columbia University student criticized former Secretary of State Hillary Clintons decision-making class for lacking depth and authenticity, saying she came across more as a politician while reading passages from her book.

Clintons class Inside the Situation Room, which she co-teaches alongside Dean Keren Yarhi-Milo, exposes students to foreign policy topics and is supposed to instruct students about how to make decisions at a national level. Fox News reported that the student, Laalitya Acharya, found the former secretary of state unrelatable, according to a TikTok video posted in December 2023.

I would have really, really hoped that she would bring in some more unique insights rather than her almost basically reciting passages from her book word-for-word during lecture, Acharya said in the video.

She went on to say the class felt like a one-sided speaking engagement, with Clinton failing to bring fresh perspectives on the classs topic, which Acharya said wasnt already expressed in Clintons book. Her assessment of Clintons teaching performance as uninspiringcontradicts the course description.

[The class] employs insights from diverse academic fields including political psychology, domestic politics, and international relations and the direct experience of high-level principals in the room to understand the key factors which underpin a nations most crucial decisions, according to the description.

Though Acharya said she did not regret taking the class, she had hoped Clinton would have been more candid.

I would have really, really hoped that she would bring in some more unique insights and more vulnerability and discussion on why she made the decisions that she did, what her insights were, what her thoughts were, Acharya continued in the video.

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Acharya is not the only student who has criticized Clinton for being a disingenuous professor. Yahoo News reported in December that another student, Cate Twining-Ward, who wrote a letter to HuffPost, was initially eager to take the course but described her experience as feeling like the audience on a late-night talk show.

I am also discouraged that neither Clinton nor the dean attended a single weekly discussion section, let alone read the assignments we poured hours of work into writing, Twining-Ward wrote.Instead, these duties were handed off to the teachers assigned to lead the discussion groups.

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OPINION:

Lets rewind back to October 2016. Hillary Clinton held a 12-point lead over then-candidate Donald Trump, according to traditional polling. Weeks from Election Day, she had cracked 50% support nationally in the polls, while Mr. Trump dwindled in the 30s.

No one in the political establishment expected Mr. Trump to put up much of a fight. Pundits were generally convinced he stood no chance, and the liberal media was ready to crown Mrs. Clinton.

Then Election Day came, and Hillary lost. The polls and the pundits were proved wrong again.

That the polls were dead wrong and Mrs. Clinton lost isnt as important, however, as why she lost. Within her own party, Mrs. Clinton could rely on plenty of rank-and-file zealots who were excited to elect the first female president. But she wasnt popular or likable beyond them.

Mrs. Clinton was so unpopular even among Democrats that a self-proclaimed democratic socialist from Vermont posed a credible challenge, and she was beset upon by lackluster support from within while relying too heavily on mercenary consultants. On the other side, voting against Hillary was an article of faith for Republicans. Mrs. Clinton lost because the middle the swing voters who ultimately decide elections just didnt like her.

Fast forward to January 2024, and if the polls are to be believed (they shouldnt be), Mr. Trump maintains a 30-point lead in the Republican primary cycle. Legacy polling sees Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley as little more than long shots. And Mr. Trump is neck and neck with President Biden in key battleground states again, according to traditional polls.

But should Republicans keep taking the polls at face value? Should we trust the polling that has Mr. Trump beating Mr. Biden in states like Michigan? Absolutely not.

If traditional polls have taught us anything in recent years, it is not to trust them or the paid consultants and fundraisers promoting polls, and the legacy media parroting them. The polls have been dead wrong since 2016, leading to Republican losses in 2018, 2020, 2022 and even 2023.

Traditional pollings failures start with the wrong, limited and arbitrarily defined data sets to decide whom to call, and it goes further off the rails by generally reaching and getting responses only from the most ardent political zealots those desperate to convince you (and themselves) their outsider views are right.

No amount of weighting applied by pollsters to fix their oversampling of extremes will work. It just makes the results more unreliable. Even polling averages dont help, since the average of all that junk is still junk.

The more accurate measure of U.S. public opinion is anti-polling, which monitors actual behavior of massively large populations over time what they say and what they do when theyre not aware of being monitored. Anti-polling uses observational analysis to strip away the biases and errors that make traditional polling unreliable.

After nearly two years of monitoring real data on the Trump, Biden and DeSantis dynamic, there is one constant: Mr. Trump cant win swing voters.

Mr. Trump is so unpopular even within his own party that his Napoleonic return is blunted by a serious challenger, and he is beset upon by lackluster support from within while relying too heavily on mercenary consultants. On the other side, voting against Mr. Trump remains an article of faith for Democrats. Above all, swing voters generally dont like Mr. Biden, but they loathe Mr. Trump.

Sound familiar?

Mr. Trump has experienced a constant series of post-indictment bumps among swing voters aggravated by the weaponization of government. They believe, rightly so, that he is being treated unfairly by the establishment. But the bumps always fade fast, and they are not enough to carry him through a general election.

Most swing voters oppose the Democrats legal chicanery and are generally negative on Bidenomics and this failing presidency. But that sentiment pales in intensity with their distaste for Mr. Trump. Opposing Biden Democrats is one thing; casting a vote for Donald Trump, however, is untenable.

Like Mrs. Clintons own loyalists, Trump voters dont represent a large enough voting bloc to cross the finish line. Third-party data from Eyesover confirms that, while there are almost always more social media posts about Mr. Trump, his supporters are more likely to post, and post more frequently.

Case in point: Since October, those making positive online posts about Mr. Trump have grown by 6%, while the volume of those posts has grown by 7%.

A separate eight-month study of nearly 20 million home IP addresses makes the Trump prison all too clear 17% to 22% of the electorate that doesnt grow, but from which his now-former supporters slowly get paroled.

So ask yourselves, Republicans: Do we want Mr. Trump to be our Hillary? Do we want to enter Election Day with the same supreme confidence, only to lose for the fifth time in a row?

Im sick of losing. It is time to start winning again, and this is coming from a two-time Trump voter.

Heading into the Iowa caucus, Donald Trump may appear to be the strongest Republican in the field, but that means nothing come November. By then, we could be looking at the next Hillary Clinton.

Dan Backer is a veteran campaign counsel, having served more than 100 candidates and political action committees, including the pro-DeSantis Ready to Win. He practices law as a member of Chalmers, Adams, Backer & Kaufman LLC.

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