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Welp, we’re fucked.
No. We're "un-fucked".
We cant win with Biden.
We CAN win without him.
Finally the dense mother fuckers who have been denying Biden's inadequacy have been dragged, kicking and screaming, into reality.
We'll have a brokered convention (like all conventions before 1970's), we'll get "generic corporate democrat", and they'll be instantly polling in the low to mid 50's and we'll actually have a fucking chance.
Biden has had no chance at winning this election at any point in his candidacy. Ever. Look at the polling. Look at the data. He's never stood a chance and plenty of people here and elsewhere have been trying to get this through some extremely thick skulls that have basically been insisting that we need to run an un-electable candidate.
Well the goose is cooked. The rat is out of the bag. Here comes the moose or whatever. He's done. Adios Biden, don't let the door hit you on the way out. You did fine on some stuff but wow you fucked up on Gaza/Israel.
Minutes after that debate Newsom was on MSNBC. We're gonna get Newsom, or maybe Inslee; a way smarter choice would be Witmer or Andy Beshear.
And guess what? Litterally ANY GENERIC CANDIDATE PUTS 10 POINTS BACK ON THE BOARD.
Bam. Switch candidates and Democrats are instantaneously back in this race.
Not only switch candidates, but have Biden have the humility to back that person. Do it in the name of Democracy, you know: this election is too important and I realize we need a stronger candidate than I can be. That would sell well, and that's what's needed for better or worse: a good narrative
There isn't another candidate. Nobody else can build a coalition of volunteers in 50 states between now and election day.
The logical name is Harris, but she's less popular among progressives than Biden, and she needs progressives to balance the racists and misogynists who will never vote for her.
But if Biden steps aside for literally anyone else, it will be a floor fight for the nomination. Harris has been carrying water for four years, and will want a shot at the big chair.
The time for Biden to step aside was two years ago. He should have given President Harris a chance to establish herself as a legitimate identity before she takes on Trump. Then, if she lost in the primary to a better candidate because she was a deeply unpopular president, she would have nobody to blame but herself.
It's too late now. We are stuck with Biden. We cannot change horses after the race has begun. This isn't Cars 3. Biden needs whatever mythical drugs Trump thinks they give him to go appear to be energetic and competent for the remainder of the campaign.
^ Some one who was lying to themselves and others.
Yeah, it takes a lot of chutzpah to say, "Look, I tried, but I can't do it. This guy can do it, and I'm giving him my full support, you should too".
I think just about anyone who has the confidence to run for President is narcissistic enough to think they are the only person who can do the job, so Biden, or Trump, stepping down willingly is not going to happen.
Oh, nothing about our culture would permit someone to do that. I don't expect him to. It's just a nice fantasy
This probably doesn't work, and it's probably not as good idea as anyone hopes (genuinely or not). It might happen anyway, but no matter what, we're coasting toward a second Trump presidency, just like all the Russian agitprops here wanted all along.
If Biden is polling down 10 points or worse at the convention, they could drag someone else onto the stage, but my suspicion is that no one else outperforms him on short notice, even after his abysmal performance in the debate.
A few reasons:
Bro Newsom was on MSNBC 15 seconds after the debate ended. Newsom is 100% gunning for the job.
This is a real issue that I think you are right to bring up. Harris can basically put the brakes on/ gatekeep whomever the nominee is going to be.
Yeah you are just wildly off base here. Biden was at between a 5-20% chance of winning the election prior to this debate (not polling, but probability). He'll be in the 3-10% range after this. Did you watch the post debate coverage? CNN's only topic of conversation was that we need to replace Biden. This is CNN! They are the party insiders. He's cooked.
Good luck with Project 2025, because that's what third party voters are voting for.
We need to get rid of FPTP voting before a 2 party system can be derailed.
Are you like, actually touched?
We're talking about the Democratic nominee right now. Not any third party candidate.
Biden is the Democratic nominee. Sure it's not official until August 19-22 but unless he resigns, dies, or is otherwise fully incapacitated before then, he is the candidate who will be on the ballots in November. None of those possibilities seem likely.
Without ranked choice voting a third party vote is throwing away a vote.
Correct. And almost always a vote that would go to a Democrat candidate.
LOL. A lot of flowery language there but not much substance. The Dems can't switch now. Trump can instantly snatch on to that and attack whoever replaces Biden as an inferior desperate backup. Trump will say you Democrats have no idea what they're doing and they can't even stand behind their incumbent. This isn't only about 2024 but also about the midterms. Who would vote for a party that backstabs their incumbent?
Yeah your just wrong.
You obviously don't know the rules for the DNC or how primary's work, or have any kind of meaningful political acumen. You are your archetypes have been spouting this plainly wrong "political wisdom" both here and across cable news for months, years even. And reality has now bucked your claims.
Bidens not the nominee. He lost that last night. And it's a good thing. He's losing dramatically to Trump right now.
Such confidence in statements that will be proven wrong in a matter of days. LOL. You'll forget these comments by then though.
I'll eat my hat and comment here if Biden doesn't gets his nomination. I didn't say Biden is the nominee. I didn't even use the word "nominee". Its you who keeps attacking the straw man. But you know what? I'm 100% sure the DNC will nominate Biden. That debate performance was bad but he ain't losing his presumptive nomination. Don't confuse reality with what you want to happen.
Show me a picture of the hat.
@[email protected] 55 days
Biden had beaten him before. And many people will vote for a shit stain against trump.
He's not winning. Pull your head out of your ass. He's losing by every metric.
Did I say he was winning? Where? Show me!
@[email protected] 5 months
@Lifecoach5000 Here is your reminder!
@Lifecoach5000 Ok, I will remind you on Wednesday Nov 27, 2024 at 9:42 PM PST.
The DNC convention is in August, not November.
Welp that doesn’t quite matter now does it? Lol
Well I had the call right. We swapped out the candidate and we instantly got ten points back in the board. More even at the midpoint of the convention.
Had it been Biden EC would have gone 400 to Trump. At least that's what his internal polling at the time of this comment had him at.
The four people you mentioned would all make great candidates in a primary, and I would enjoy watching them debate.
But there isn't time for that. You can't just throw together a slapdash presidential campaign overnight, and you aren't going to get the DNC to agree to a coronation for anyone but Harris. The primaries are already mostly over, and Biden is the only viable candidate in the field. If you think the Democrats are going to pluck your favorite candidate from relative obscurity and nominate them, you're as delusional as the guy who goes to football games thinking he'll be pulled from the stands to play quarterback because coach saw him throwing the ball with his buddies in the parking lot.
Nah. You're just wrong.
Every name I mentioned is leading Biden right now. They can win. Biden can't.
Leading in what? Delegates? State polling? Do any of them even have independent state polling? Or field offices? Any lawyers to get them on the ballot in each state? Do any of them have a fundraising apparatus? Campaign staff? None of them have any meaningful name recognition outside of their home states. Newsom is the only one getting national press coverage, and that's because the right wing likes to burn him in effigy.
Like I said, I would love to see all of them in an open-field primary next time around. I'd much prefer a better candidate than Biden. But you're dreaming if you think someone else can step in now and actually win. If Biden is alive, he's on the ballot. If he happens to die, the DNC will make sure it's Harris.