this case against biden's resignation makes sense. i do think that if biden decides to step away from reelection, he should explicitly say that he is doing this because House Republicans are too corrupt to confirm a replacement for Harris.
1/ I'm agnostic as to whether Biden should withdraw from the race. It's a genuinely tough question IMO.
But I have clarity on one thing: He should absolutely not step down as president.
If Harris becomes President, the Vice Presidency is empty. Under the 25th Amendment ...
they've also been bad at acknowledging reality
a lot of people are struggling due to high housing costs, high inflation, high food prices, etc.
and the response of Biden lackeys has been to shame people and say "the economy is great, actually"
"those clowns in Congress"-style analysis has really left the electorate primed for an environment where Republicans are fouling the nest and then saying it's proof that Democrats can't govern. Democrats need to delegitimize the Republicans.
I still think that if Biden *actually* can't do the job any more, he shouldn't resign but step aside under the 25th Amendment to have Harris be acting-president, while remaining VP through January.
I think if he resigns he needs to point out that he still feels he can do his job but the voters seem to think otherwise and he wants to ensure trumps defeat
The thing I’m hearing from The Wastes is how many Biden supporters feel deeply lied to. The entire system is a zero trust environment and the people who survive this are going to be those who can leverage that by actually building trust.
Not all Dems believe what you say they do.
I've seen NYT pushing the narrative that Dems want Biden to drop out.
Comments in their opinion pieces/articles online have person after person calling for him to drop out.
NYT has mods that allow or disallow comments. I know they've not published several
Oh I didn’t say most Dems believe it. I have no stats on that. I’m just surprised by how many I’m hearing it from. And it has nothing to do with the NYT comment moderation.
Orderly and transparent. Something like "I am fit for the presidency. I understand that there are concerns about my cont fitnessfor a grueling campaign & another 4 years in office. Given the stakes, this cannot be allowed to be a distraction. Consquently, VP Harris has my full confidence"
The part of this to which I'm agnostic is as to whether a circus-like House GOP-led nomination hearing is good or bad for the VP nominee (assuming same person chosen for interim and full-time). Only example most of us have for this is that great movie where Gary Oldman cosplayed as Arlen Specter.
It's pretty simple to explain to people that Biden is perfectly able to serve the last 6 months of this term, but is stepping down because he's no longer sure he can go another 4 years.
Don't understand why people think handing the nom to Harris also requires resigning the presidency.
This is a rocky situation, and there are pitfalls no matter which direction they go in. I mean, there's no bypassing Harris- campaign finance law, the people's votes and also her status as incumbent VP make that impossible.
They'd have to hype her up to hell and back to make it work, though.
I don't know that she's especially popular, although she does have a lot going for her as a candidate, she also doesn't really appeal to younger voters all that much.
She'd be better than Trump, hell yeah. But I don't know if she has enough backing to actually pull a win, especially since -
MAGA voters would turn up to vote against a woman of color. They'd need to do a lot of work to make her front and center in the campaign and really make her visible in front of the public.
I can’t see the public interpreting this as anything other than an admission that Biden is not competent to be president.
They either have to ride Biden all the way to the glue factory or go all in on Harris.
I agree it makes sense except for his 5th point about “being too old for two jobs”. I don’t think he can make the distinction about being too old to campaign without calling his fitness to do the whole job now into question.
A serious question: why would this court allow a democrat to become president? Trump loses, sues, SC makes him president. What would prevent this scenario?
Yeah, I've come around on this. Not only would no VP leave Mike Johnson as next in line of succession, but it would also remove the 51st vote in the current Senate. And if there's no VP, who counts electoral votes on Jan 6th? That may no longer be purely ceremonial.
Been saying this for years, and was very nervous when GOP got the House for this reason. Yet, if Biden is clear that Harris is his successor for the nom, I can live with it. Can she select a running mate then?
Dems must have a top2bottom argument about SCOTUS/Trump/GOP to vote for all Dems.
I just don't see how this week isn't as good as it gets for trump. He doesn't have to even show his face. Any change on the D's side allows the R's ample opportunities to jam things up thru the election, either thru the courts or Congress.
TL;DR:
There is procedurally no viable path to replacing a Presidential candidate at this stage which doesn’t result in losing ALL ballot presence in a number of keystone states
Furthermore, the fact the Heritage Foundation loves the possibility for this reason - should be enough to kill the idea
....wait, that was a proposition? Like, no, let him finish the term out until January, just don't run again. Who's asking him to completely step down as president right before an election??
No, there’s a logic to it. “If you can’t campaign, how can you do the job still?” But you can message it, and it probably doesn’t matter since he won’t be on the ballot anymore.