The NYT editorial board presents itself as like a wise adjunct group of strategists advising Democrats how to run their shop, but (a) it’s run and largely staffed by de facto Republican operatives and (b) it has no similar paternalistic scrutiny for Republicans.
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The greatest public service President Biden can now perform is to announce that he will not run for re-election, the editorial board writes after Thursday's presidential debate.
"If the race comes down to a choice between Mr. Trump and Mr. Biden, the sitting president would be this board’s unequivocal pick. "
That... is the choice....
At present, but it can be changed before being formalized at the convention.
Just like the GOP could change their choice in the unlikely event that Trump is sentenced to prison next month (which will be just before their convention).
The unlikely event that a selected candidate for the presidency is convicted as a felon for acts during his first election, is on trial for further criminal acts in and after office, has occurred and they are not changing their candidate, but otherwise I am sure it is a useful analogy.
It's not an analogy.
I think it's unlikely Trump is in prison before the convention partly because the judge may be reluctant to impose a custodial sentence, but mostly because file a blizzard of appeals and injunctions if he does (which he should).
You posed an analogy by any regular definition of the term. Not really contesting whether Trump would be jailed in the time-frame but he has been convicted and is a felon in the relevant period yet on they march with a manifestly unfit candidate.
It's not an analogy. I'm just pointing out that the nomination in either party is not legally official until the state delegates vote at the national convention.
I agree with you on the wider thing, the GOP is an unsalvageable cult at this point and needs to be destroyed.
