Malaclypse the Middle: If only there had been some sort of process where we could have allowed people to state their preferences, perhaps over a series of statewide contests earlier this year. If only.

i am about to mute the word panic, this kind of screamy baby shit is embarrassing, if you are either an amateur or professional politics nerd, you know better than to cry yourself into a hysteria about one debate in fucking june

if you actually get *paid* to write about politics for a living, screaming that the nominee has to drop out after one bad debate *in june* (and one in which the challenger did not do well, either), you are unqualified for your job and your salary

Also, the nominee needs to be finalized before the convention this year. A contested convention is logistically impossible, so there is no mechanism for selecting a new candidate. The professionals should know this.

It easy-peasy, according to the NYT! The Democrats just have to "create a process to select someone more capable."

If only there had been some sort of process where we could have allowed people to state their preferences, perhaps over a series of statewide contests earlier this year. If only.

I do recall voting in this thing called a "primary" this past Spring...🤔

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