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Now is a great time for if I were there hypotheticals, so here's mine.

Once it was decided to run Harris and push Biden out, they should have gone all the way and used the 25th amendment to let Harris become president. This would have effectively separated her from Biden while still allowing her to take credit for the good stuff. She could have instructed the DOJ to start investigating price gouging now, and campaigned on needing to win to keep it up.

The 100ish days wouldn't have been enough for wholesale replacement, but it could have created a concrete message of this is where I want to go. A campaign focused on already delivering is a positive message people could get behind as well.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You are naive if you think DNC doing more shady tricks would have worked out better for Harris' campaign.

Clearly nothing has been learned... again!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Sure a real primary would be better, but that wasn't a realistic scenario after the debate. Once you arrive at forcing out the incumbent president as a candidate, it's probably worth going all the way. It's a desperate move either way, and there are clearly downsides, but it could also help give the next candidate another boost.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Based on how the elections turned the issue is that Harris and DNC don't resonate with the American voter. They should figure why that it is.

If you really think about it... this started in 2016 and they are in denial about it.