 and said i'm not going to run for a second term i'll just be a transitionary figure it's time for new voices in that time is now he could have decided that at the beginning of the year before the primaries he could have decided that before he had the dnc strong arm robert f kennedy junior out of the democratic primaries so he wouldn't face any challenges he could have decided that the day after the debate three-plus weeks ago when it was clear he wasn't the freshest of voices