Ubik
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Wasn't this debate crazily early in the cycle? What was the point of that, if not to check if Biden was up to it in time for a replacement before the convention?
Wasn't this debate crazily early in the cycle? What was the point of that, if not to check if Biden was up to it in time for a replacement before the convention?
Are YOU serious? No person with the slightest knowledge of US politics would suggest it is better for the US and the world with Trump (or any other Republican in their extremist format of today) than Biden (or any other Democrat for that matter!)
Who cares if Biden is a "walking corpse"? He's got a competent admin full of experienced people around him. Biden himself might be shit, but his admin has been quite successful over the past 3.5 years. I'd rather take than the complete clown show Trump would bring - and that's not even getting into SCOTUS, Project 2025, abortion etc but you wouldn't know anything about those issues would you? You know as well as I do that Trump will bring a gaggle of people who are not qualified for anything if he gets back in.
You're honestly coming off as a closet Trump fan who fakes being "concerned" because of Biden's age. Biden's age and state of mind is fecking irrelevant when Trump/MAGA GOP is on the other side of the table. How can you not get that?
Like I said, you're either an ultra conservative who backs Trump or you are utterly clueless and naive about US affairs. You've produced 1363 posts since 2001(!) and now all of a sudden you're giving it large in here about how it would be better for the US with a maniac like Trump instead of Biden. Laughable.
Don't feed the Troll. Can't you see the similarities in the posts here to the ones in the Israel/Palestinian threads? Just posts repetitive and argumentative posts then ignores replies that counter with facts. Rinse and repeat. Honestly, don't waste your time.
You are in principle correct. But it’s the voters who are acting against their own interest here in this example.
"Cutting off one's nose to spite one's face" comes to mind.
I’d take the corpse over a 2nd Trump administration every day of the week and twice on Sunday.
A random American has a very high chance of not being demented though.Well, exactly. If it was Trump vs a random person generator which would select a random American to become President, you'd go with the random unknown person every time.
I’d take the corpse over a 2nd Trump administration every day of the week and twice on Sunday.
In general not particularly, but she is a member of one of the Divine 9 sororities/fraternities which are the group of historically black Greek organizations that are very active and did rally around her. The total membership is maybe around 4 million but they are a well-educated, politically active group as a whole that can help get out the vote in urban areas of Southern states especially. I wouldn't be surprised if that helped Biden win Georgia by ~10K votes in 2020.
I really don’t see him or the heritage foundation et al giving a single shit about that conceptA narrow win for Trump gives him less of mandate at least.
To avoid a Trump landslide it's in Biden's best interest to skip the September debate. A narrow win for Trump gives him less of mandate at least.
You may be right there. But Georgia doesnt seem to be in play this time around, so does it even matter?
To avoid a Trump landslide it's in Biden's best interest to skip the September debate. A narrow win for Trump gives him less of mandate at least.
A narrow win for Trump gives him less of mandate at least.
A narrow win for Trump gives him less of mandate at least.
Not really. Once you reach 271, it really does not matter how many votes you have.To avoid a Trump landslide it's in Biden's best interest to skip the September debate. A narrow win for Trump gives him less of mandate at least.
It's in Biden's best interest to drop out and retire, but if he don't then yeah, he definitely needs to avoid the September debate.
Never thought i would say this, Harris is now a stronger candidate than Biden.
Its not the ideal choice, but she is the VP and has the campaign infrastructure, at least.
She's even more unpopular than he is, and has no organic constituency within the Dem ecosystem. If he drops out, its got to be either Newsom or Whitmer (or some combination between them on a ticket).
She's even more unpopular than he is, and has no organic constituency within the Dem ecosystem. If he drops out, its got to be either Newsom or Whitmer (or some combination between them on a ticket).
No she isn't, not anymore, she sits at - 10 on average, Biden is at a whopping - 19.
Obviously i don't think she is the strongest candidate either, Whitmer probably is.
Harris is crap. No one in the Dem party supports her and this wouldn't be another Hillary or Biden style coronation where one person is the candidate of choice among party elites.
If you ask Republicans who they fear running against the most, its always Newsom.
I don't think that older view applies anymore now that everyone has seen what condition Biden is actually in.
Whitmer won an actually competitive swing state by a record margin, and has used a very thin legislative majority to push through her agenda.
Newsom is associated with California = gay anti-American homeless criminal shoplifting pedos. Every day the Fox neews on my phone had a story - this was their replacement for AOC stories. Plus he has vetoed bills from his Dem supermajority.
It's a moot point, because the optics of removing Biden and then removing Harris are catastrophic. It has to be Harris.
Harris wouldn't be getting removed. She's a VP elected by the people for one four year term which is due to expire soon and would have to compete for POTUS just like the others. There's nothing special about her that suggests she should be the next person in line.
Harris is crap. No one in the Dem party supports her and this wouldn't be another Hillary or Biden style coronation where one person is the candidate of choice among party elites.
If you ask Republicans who they fear running against the most, its always Newsom.
Harris is not a strong candidate, but then, neither is Newsom, i think he is quite overrated.
But either way, if Biden drops out, dems would for sure increase their chances with Newsom as well.
Good luck convincing everybody that dropping the sitting VP isn't a removal
To avoid a Trump landslide it's in Biden's best interest to skip the September debate. A narrow win for Trump gives him less of mandate at least.
Harris wouldn't be getting removed. She's a VP elected by the people for one four year term which is due to expire soon and would have to compete for POTUS just like the others. There's nothing special about her that suggests she should be the next person in line.
The margin of victory is completely irrelevant.
Wasn't the thinking behind Harris that she would be the only one that could use Biden's campaign contributions if he dropped out?