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Today is Monday, Nov. 3, the 307th day of 2025. There are 58 days left in the year. Daylight saving time ends today.

Ominous history for Biden: Incumbents trying to win over their parties often struggle to win again
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Ominous history for Biden: Incumbents trying to win over their parties often struggle to win again

  • By BILL BARROW Associated Press

Democratic Party leaders are publicly standing by President Joe Biden after a disjointed debate performance. But there's plenty of private worry about whether the 81-year-old president is up to the job itself or the task of defeating Republican former President Donald Trump. Presidential campaign history offers Democrats lessons to consult. But none offer reasons for optimism. Presidents who still had to shore up their own party support and enthusiasm in an election year invariably did not win second terms. George H.W. Bush, Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford all faced significant primary challenges and lost. Biden had no such challenge. But Lyndon Johnson faced falling popularity and opted in 1968 not to run. Democrats lost anyway.

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On June 23, 1972, President Richard Nixon signed into law Title IX, barring discrimination on the basis of sex for "any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance."

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In 1787, the Congress of the Confederation adopted the Northwest Ordinance, which established a government in the Northwest Territory, an area…

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In 1517, Martin Luther posted his 95 Theses on the door of the Wittenberg Palace church, marking the start of the Protestant Reformation in Germany.

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In 1757, forces of the East India Company led by Robert Clive won the Battle of Plassey, which effectively marked the beginning of British col…