sticking with Biden is the obvious correct choice until and unless Biden decides otherwise, and anyone who suggests otherwise is either dishonest, an idiot, or a handmaiden of fascism.
It's been interesting to see the consensus on this site harden in realtime around the idea that not only is sticking with Biden the obvious correct choice for Dems no matter what other facts might emerge, but that anyone who suggests otherwise is either dishonest, an idiot or a handmaiden of fascism
I've settled on this position and affirmatively think Biden should remain in the race come hell, high water, or his own death.
The utter panic everyone has felt is not a sign that Biden should resign but that the moment when the election is *real* and its outcome uncertain has arrived.
The NYT is not going to be nice just because AG Sulzberger’s ego was fed. We will have 1,001 stories between now and Election Day about how weak democrats are for running a candidate who didn’t win a Democratic primary, framed by “Trump is so powerful he caused a sitting D President to resign.”
And it turns out: Yes, being on the precipice of electing a fascist who will work hand in glove with the partisans he's already put on the Supreme Court to usher in an era of dictatorship actually is scary. People are scared.
One thing that this media feeding frenzy about Biden has done is stop their flood of stories on how terrible the economy is. There is a good chance that in a few weeks, Biden does some interviews and press conferences to quell the noise and people don't want to risk the economy on the other end.
it’s also probably pushed back, and maybe affected, Trump’s VP pick. if he picks a Palin type with too little time to smooth them out before the convention, it’s easy to imagine a polling rebound there
Well, looking at the polls this week I don't think you can say the election is uncertain. It's looking more and more likely to that Trump will win.
But sure, keep bullying a feeble old man into doing debates and campaign rallies he's clearly unfit to do, what could go wrong?
Yeah, this is the distinction I think. If Biden called me and asked me what was best for the country, my real answer is that I don't know, but I'd probably say that passing the torch is ideal.
If the NYT asked me, I'd say I'm voting for Biden and nothing's changed.
There's no way to FORCE Biden off the ticket anyway, so it's really just a question of whether we should all be going in on calling Biden a senile dunce while he makes up his mind, which is not gonna help.
I would like it if, while the Middle East is teetering on the brink of an enormous regional war, America was being run by someone who is not (by his own staffs admission) incapacitated for 3/4s of the day
