bouie is literally the only person on the NYT board who is behaving and responding to the debate like a professional that has followed and covered a presidential election. i mean that seriously, i'm not being snarky.
if you actually get *paid* to write about politics for a living, screaming that the nominee has to drop out after one bad debate *in june* (and one in which the challenger did not do well, either), you are unqualified for your job and your salary
Biden steps down. Harris is muscled aside in favor of Andy Beshear. Jim Clyburn and other high ranking blacl Democrats says “wait a sec, why are we elevating Harris?” what happens next?
And the "is muscled" readily collapses on examination. The only one in the party with that muscle is Biden, & why in God's name would Biden be engineering his own replacement by undermining his hand-picked successor? One night of bad headlines becomes a persistent nightmare on the party's chest
By being its leader; exactly the sort of thing that makes one an effective nominee. They are begging for Biden to show his effectiveness by disqualifying himself for ineffectiveness
101 days from mail and in-person early voting in multiple states!!!
Including California, the largest, and multiple swing states, like Arizona and Nevada.
He should use his effective leverage to replace himself and his handpicked successor 130 days from the election and 101 days from voting 🗳️
