Louisa: If they’re going to replace Biden can they just fucking do it already and spare us weeks of this

If they’re going to replace Biden can they just fucking do it already and spare us weeks of this

This is how they like to play! It’s entertainment for them

The most honest take I've seen on this so far is the Atlantic writer who supported it on the grounds that politics wouldn't be boring anymore

Unfortunately that take is bad because these games affect people’s lives — most importantly, the disenfranchised and those most at risk.

The Atlantic would be far more readable if any of its writers other than Serwer cared about those lives

tbh i think serwer’s take that biden should step down from both the campaign and the presidency was the only honest one but i think his argument was very deeply and very badly flawed

The biggest flaw to me is that why would Harris be okay with this, when that would limit her to one term in the future? I’m assuming the two term limit would apply even if she only served a few months as POTUS

If biden steps down from the presidency we don’t get a vice president and house speaker gets to be 2nd in the chain

I wonder if it he chose a deliberate poison pill argument over being the one guy in the room fighting the crowd, & getting a guest essay from TCW or whoever telling him off for his trouble. Probably a bit conspiracy-brained.

The democrats should have done this last year. Maybe they tried, and Biden’s just being stubborn? But if they were going to back another candidate, it should have been done before the primaries.

what's the matter, Jack, the times we're living in not interesting enough for you anymore?

why don't you gin up a rumor that George Santos is running for president or something if you need a little excitement shoo, scram, geddoutahere!

Problem is if they did the press would just do this on the next one

Except anyone else, including Harris, would handle it much better.

There's no they that can replace Biden, it's up to Biden

We can't have the Chicago dnc be less of a shit show than the 90s macarena one

That s the best comment I’ve read on this subject.

Like, I don't necessarily think replacing him is a good idea. But if they're going to do it, they need to do it yesterday.

Even if they replace Biden, they'll just do this all over with the next person - while the media is ostensibly here to inform us; the side effect (or the main effect, depending) is the weeks (months) of this, *regardless* of who the Democratic nominee is

But they can't tho? Nobody can replace him if he doesn't want to be replaced. He didn't blink.

The whole thing about this is that there isn't any "they". There hardly ever is!

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