Thank fuck. This man can go down in history as the savior of the Republic if he fucks off and endorses someone else.

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    4 months ago

    I personally think Biden would have no choice to resign. How can go to the American people and say “I guess I can’t do this job anymore”, but still do it for a few more months?

    It would have been different had he come to that conclusion 12 months ago, and allowed a contested primary for his replacement, but he didn’t. The only firm conclusion to come out of the Primaries is that most democrats want the incumbant. So, give Harris the benefit of incumbency.

    It’s the simplest path to make the convention not a shitshow. And remember that they need to settle this before the convention, because of the registration deadlines in Ohio and other states. If they leave this to rhe convention, there a real chance the Democrat won’t be on the ballot in Ohio.

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      4 months ago

      He’s not saying he can’t do it for six more months. That’s kinda weird to imagine that, on top of everything.

      But hey, even if he got hit by a bus and Harris got sworn in, barring some superhuman politicking she’d have a floor fight.

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        4 months ago

        If Biden resigned, along with a direct endorsement of Harris, there will be no floor fight. The party will coalesce around the sitting President.

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          4 months ago

          I was gonna say “not gonna happen” but given the DNC’s track record that could be one of the many ways they could fumble this for a loss.

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            4 months ago

            Harris is not an automatic loss, as long as the electorate is not composed solely of Lemmy users.

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              4 months ago

              Automatic, no. There will be lots of garment-rending and gnashing of teeth. Nothing so banal as an automatic loss.