Corey Rayburn Yung: It's almost as if that's the purpose of a VP (plus occasionally breaking a tie in the Senate).

If the Democrats do push Biden out, I predict there will be no consensus on a replacement candidate, leading to infighting and, ultimately, a realization that the Democrats have a stable full of flawed candidates that cannot gather national support, particularly in a short time window.

you can emerge with a strong candidate from a field of maybes through a primary but probably not through a contested convention

if you lean on everyone hard enough and successfully enough, you can get people all-in for Harris as Biden's heir at a convention. (do I bet everything I've got on that as a possibility? I do not.)

your chances of a smooth transition are way better to Harris than to a broken field

to be clear I think Harris is probably a weaker candidate than Biden, especially in the Midwest states, and I haven’t seen anything yet that persuades me otherwise

but if Biden genuinely can’t go then she’s the backup plan

It's almost as if that's the purpose of a VP (plus occasionally breaking a tie in the Senate).

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