Ben Gaines: I’d do it 2 days post-GOP convention, steal their thunder, and then have a coordinated month-long roll-out, culminating in the convention. Take the lead, never look back.

I think the freakout has been absurd and overblown and far more damaging than the debate itself, which would have been survivable if everyone had been willing to circle the wagons and push back on it I am, from a purely pragmatic standpoint, extremely concerned that the damage cannot be overcome

Breaking news: President Biden and his senior team said they accepted the grim ultimatum they’ve been hearing from almost all quarters of the Democratic Party — to demonstrate his fitness for office or face a significant effort to force him to step aside.

Biden and aides concede he needs to quickly demonstrate his fitness for officewww.washingtonpost.com Critics have been shaken by his relative inaction to directly address the panic ignited by his halting debate performance last Thursday.

I may well be wrong about this - it's still the beginning of July, and a number of people I respect have a different view of the situation but at this point the only thing that matters to me is beating Trump in November and I don't think Biden can do that without full support from his party

the Times and the rest of the media ratfuck are one thing, but it's beyond obvious at this point that the calls are coming from inside the house, and the Biden folks have failed to contain the party-level freakout either that needs to be fixed, and very soon, or you tag in Kamala

If I’m on the team, we pitch a plan to comfort the party *by* handing off to Kamala, but keep it locked down by doing a press blitz to demonstrate competence. Get all the major players to say, “We trust Joe’s judgment” and make the convention the big switch. But that’s just me.

I’d do it 2 days post-GOP convention, steal their thunder, and then have a coordinated month-long roll-out, culminating in the convention. Take the lead, never look back.

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