Joe Katz: Eh. I share your concerns about the risks of switching candidates (especially if they go forward with the bizarre mini-primary idea) but McGovern was gonna get waxed regardless

I dunno what's going to happen or what should happen but my feeling is that if you swap candidates in July you get annihilated in November

On the other hand, the Heritage Foundation has been kind enough to publish their plans for the fourth reich and I think people will be eager to vote against that

News about Thomas Eagleton's prior treatment for depression (which included electroshock therapy) dropped in July, he withdrew August 1, and in November McGovern won only Massachusetts - far and away the worst defeat in Democratic party history

Eh. I share your concerns about the risks of switching candidates (especially if they go forward with the bizarre mini-primary idea) but McGovern was gonna get waxed regardless

He'd have lost, sure, but 49 states? I think that's debatable

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