A big unspoken subplot is how many of the alternative options to Biden look dicey because of bad faith conservative legal shenanigans and in-progress attempts to steal the 2024 election. Challenges to putting a replacement on ballots or leaving VP office vacant could result in stolen election
The fact that no electeds last time were punished for trying to steal the election predictably lead to out-in-the-open maneuvering to do the same thing in 2024. It's bad
They had two months to plan Jan. 6, and lots of internal pushback. It failed because not all of Team Trump was in on it. They've had four years to plan the next coup and eliminated all internal dissent; Team Trump is all-in; they even have SCOTUS on board this time.
