re: With Biden most likely not running for office, what is their reason for holding back?

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1944 was the height of WWII so changing Presidents wasn't a viable option so that's not a good example.

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Really? It was only not a viable option for the democrats from an election standpoint. They knew that FDR would not make it through the end of the term and probably not the end of WW2 and that is why they replaced Henry A. Wallace who was VPOTUS in FDR's first 3 terms with Harry Truman. If it was about winning the war and not just about keeping the Presidency then there were plenty of people who could have stepped in and FDR's Secretary of State Cordell Hull.

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Reagan still looked great in '84 and was only 73, it was only very late in his Presidency when he was Trump's age now that he started to show signs.

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Reagan looked great in '84 but aides did start noticing signs of memory problems. He did not really start showing signs until late '86 but he was showing them in '84 as well.