按照传统，美国总统乔·拜登将在马萨诸塞州楠塔基特与家人共度感恩节，但今年餐桌上的话题可能会转向他的政治前途。
拜登在中期选举后告诉记者，他将在假期与家人协商，尽管他打算在2024年再次竞选，但他尚未做出最终决定。
“我非常尊重命运，”他说。“归根结底，这是一个家庭的决定。我想每个人都希望我参选，但是……我们会就此进行讨论。”
“我希望吉尔和我能有一点时间，在圣诞节和感恩节之间偷偷溜走一周，”他继续说道。“我的猜测是，我们将在明年初做出判断。”
白宫新闻秘书郭佳欣·让-皮埃尔周二在一次简报会上被问及拜登家庭感恩节是否会包括关于2024年的讨论时，守口如瓶。
“他将和家人进行一次私人谈话。我当然不会说出那次对话会是什么样子，或者可能会是什么样子，”她说。
拜登一家将在楠塔基特一直呆到周日，继续他们的感恩节传统可以追溯到1975年.
2020年，拜登的家人一起决定参加竞选，他的大孙女娜奥米召集了一次家庭会议，敦促他挑战时任总统唐纳德·特朗普。
拜登的前任已经宣布了他正在竞选共和党提名。一ABC新闻/华盛顿邮报民意调查从9月份开始，拜登和特朗普在假设的复赛中基本持平，48%的美国人支持拜登，46%支持特朗普。
民主党在中期选举中的表现好于预期，拜登因此受到提振。该党避免了共和党完全接管国会，设法保持对参议院的控制，并限制了他们在众议院的损失。
众议院议长南希·佩洛西，来自加利福尼亚州，在中期选举后表示，她认为拜登应该寻求第二个任期。
11月13日，她在美国广播公司新闻节目《本周》中对乔治·斯特凡诺普洛斯说:“他是一位伟大的总统，他有一个伟大的记录可以延续。”
副总统卡玛拉·哈里斯在访问菲律宾时被问及2024年的计划，他周二表示，如果拜登再次竞选，“我将与他一起竞选。”
哈里斯说:“我毫不怀疑我们在过去两年中所取得的成绩。
但是关于他年龄的问题也越来越多。拜登最近庆祝了他的80岁生日，这使他成为美国历史上第一位年过八旬的总司令。如果他寻求连任并获胜，那么在第二个任期结束时，他将86岁。
当拜登考虑他的下一步行动时，佩洛西和其他长期执政的民主党领导人已经宣布他们将辞去他们的职务。在众议院的告别演说中，82岁的佩洛西同意将火炬传递给冉冉升起的民主党新星。
佩洛西说:“对我来说，新一代人领导我非常尊重的民主党核心小组的时候到了。”。“我很感激有这么多人准备并愿意承担这一艰巨的责任。”
President Joe Biden talks with guests at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point in Havelock, N.C., Nov. 21, 2022, at a Thanksgiving dinner with members of the military and their families.
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在前往楠塔基特岛之前，拜登夫妇在华盛顿敲响了一年一度的感恩节火鸡赦免和白宫官方圣诞树的到来。
拜登总统和吉尔·拜登还在北卡罗来纳州切里波因特的海军陆战队航空站与军人及其家人分享了感恩节大餐。
“你们是真正的，而不是象征性的，最伟大的战斗力量，世界历史上最好的战斗力量，”拜登对服役人员说。“这并不夸张——在世界历史上。这不是玩笑。你们真是一群不可思议的男人和女人。我还要再次感谢他们的配偶，因为你们的服务，他们忍受了太多。”
Biden could discuss 2024 as first family keeps Thanksgiving tradition in Nantucket
President Joe Biden is spending Thanksgiving with his family in Nantucket, Massachusetts, as is their tradition, but the talk around the dinner table this year could turn to his political future.
Biden told reporters after the midterm elections he'd be conferring with his family over the holidays, and that while it's his intention to run again in 2024, he has yet to make a final decision.
"I'm a great respecter of fate," he said. "And this is, ultimately, a family decision. I think everybody wants me to run, but … we're going to have discussions about it."
"I hope Jill and I get a little time to actually sneak away for a week around -- between Christmas and Thanksgiving," he continued. "And my guess is it would be early next year when we make that judgment."
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was tight-lipped Tuesday when pressed during a briefing whether the Biden family Thanksgiving would include discussions about 2024.
"He's going to have a private conversation with his family. I am certainly not going to lay out what that conversation could look like or potentially be," she said.
The Bidens will be in Nantucket until Sunday, continuing their Thanksgiving tradition thatdates back to 1975.
In 2020 Biden's family decided together about his run, with his eldest granddaughter Naomi calling a family meeting to urge him to challenge then-President Donald Trump.
Biden's predecessorhas already announcedthat he is running for the Republican nomination. AnABC News/Washington Post pollfrom September found Biden and Trump to be essentially tied in a hypothetical rematch, with 48% of Americans backing Biden and 46% backing Trump.
Biden's been boosted after a better-than-expected performance by Democrats in the midterm elections. The party avoided a complete Republican takeover of Congress, managing to keep control of the Senate and limit their losses in the House.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said after the midterms showing that she believed Biden should seek a second term.
"He has been a great president and he has a great record to run on," she told ABC News' George Stephanopoulos on "This Week" on Nov. 13.
Vice President Kamala Harris, asked about 2024 plans while visiting the Philippines, said Tuesday that if Biden runs again, "I will be running with him."
"And I have no doubt about the strength that we have done over these past two years," Harris said.
But questions are also mounting about his age. Biden recently celebrated his 80th birthday, making him the first octogenarian to serve as commander in chief in the nation's history. If he were to seek reelection, and win, he would be 86 by the end of his second term.
As Biden considers his next move, Pelosi and other long-reigning Democratic leaders have announced they are stepping down from their roles. In her farewell speech on the House floor, Pelosi, 82, nodded to passing the torch to rising Democratic stars.
"For me, the hour has come for a new generation to lead the Democratic caucus that I so deeply respect," Pelosi said. "And I am grateful that so many are ready and willing to shoulder this awesome responsibility."
Before departing for Nantucket, the Bidens rang in some of the holiday cheer in Washington with the annual pardoning of Thanksgiving turkeys and the arrival of the official White House Christmas tree.
President Biden and Jill Biden also shared a Thanksgiving meal with military members and their families at Marine Corps Air Station, Cherry Point in North Carolina.
"You are literally, not figuratively, the greatest fighting force, the best fighting force in the history of the world," Biden told service members. "That's not hyperbole -- in the history of the world. It's not a joke. And you really are an incredible group of women and men. And again, I want to thank the spouses as well, because they put up with an awful lot because of your service."
