Itâs all about pressuring Biden in time before his nomination is locked in by the delegates. The moment that happens, this ends for better or worse.
If youâre going to pressure an incumbent into dropping out you canât lead with âweâll figure out who the nominee is who can beat Trump eventuallyâ. You come to the board with a game plan and evidence. Calling for him to step down is fucking sabotage without all of that.
I think youâre looking at this all wrong. All data points to an inevitable Biden loss. Once you accept that, then the question of the alternative almost doesnât matter.
The problem is that you cannot in good conscience say that an 81-year-old with THAT debate performance is truly the best Democrats have to muster. If true, then thatâs fucking sad.
Now, Iâve written many write-ups, and now data supports it, showing that any alternative including Harris would fair better. Win? Not necessarily. But have a better chance? Absofuckinglutely.
- A Harris path is better.
- An open convention is to me even better with solid reasons for why, if youâre interested.
Thereâs a Catch-22 here. Anyone who announces theyâre willing becomes persona non grata and nonviable, for stabbing the current candidate in the back before heâs stepped down. But why would he step down if he can only be pressured if viable candidates have announced against him?
Which is why Harris, unfortunately, is most likely to nab the nomination. Sheâs in just the right position to imply that sheâs ready to step up without saying anything that would lead to her being seen as ânot a team playerâ and troublesome for the party.
Anyone who announces theyâre willing becomes persona non grata and nonviable, for stabbing the current candidate in the back before heâs stepped down.
None of this should have been done in public. Democrats calling for Biden to step down 1 day after the debate are idiots. This is internal party politics and while it would have leaked, it wouldnât have been democrats blasting their own party leader in public. They should have figured out who was the most popular, got a backup, got their support, and then went to Bidenâs campaign with their evidence. Then if he refused to step down, they maybe could do so in public. Or just wait for the pundits to trash Biden on their own instead of adding to it.
Division this late is the game is damning. Also Democrats are fair-weather supporters to a T. 1 bad debate and they throw the sitting POTUS under the bus? Yeah he looked old and made mistakes. But he isnât a fucking fascist. Itâs just unbelievable when Trump has been shitting the bed 24/7 for years.
