I’m in Warsaw talking about the future of the European economy, so I’m late to this party. But I’ll have a blog post up soon very reluctantly making the case for Biden — the best president of my adult life — to step aside in favor of Harris.
Please rethink this, Mr. Krugman. It's an idea that is simply not living in reality.
Vice President Harris is more than ready and capable to take over should it become necessary. It is not necessary.
President Biden has not stopped being the best president of your adult life, and mine.
Kuddos, for acknowledging that it would be Harris and not mystery savior candidate, Johnny Unbeatable. However, this wouldn't be a costless switch. You have to add in the chaos this transition would unleash at this juncture and I don't know that would leave us in a better place at the end.
So we can go back to misogyny instead of ageism? Ok.
Look, we all know the newsboys want Pulitzers on the backs of dead pregnant people but it’s silly to think you would treat Harris any differently than Hillary or Biden.
Two reasons to take this more seriously than other calls for Biden to step aside:
1. You explicitly name the alternative
2. It is the sitting VP, whose main job is to take over when POTUS is unable.
Not *sure* that level of panic is warranted, but if it is, Harris is the obvious alternative.
Ask Trump to step aside. Also ask Dana Bash and Jake Tapper to retire. Biden has been a great president and will continue to do good things for American people. He had a cold and looked pale next to that fake tan comb over lying traitor reality tv show creature. And they let him lie lie lie and lie.
The media has spent a long time ceaselessly banging the drum of “he’s too old” (vs a candidate literally 4 yrs younger and in much worse health.) cool that you’re falling for your own propaganda.
Zero of the people doing this today called for him to step aside for enabling a genocide for 8 months, but then he was bad on tv once and you’re all losing your minds. What an unserious group of Very Serious People we have.
why not wait to write it after your blog post saying that Trump should drop out since he’s a multiple convicted felon and rapist and conman and fascist? Why not Paul? No clicks?
Paul, did you notice how fast trump was talking? Do you remember how he pre-accused Biden of being high on Mtn Dew (which he wasn't)? You know how trump projects. Everything he accuses others of he is or has done himself. He projected Biden being hopped up on Mtn Dew, etc. Biden wasn't. Trump was.
lol, no. For better or worse, the dems have hitched our wagon to biden. Maybe we could have pulled it off a year ago (maybe even 6 months ago), but the suggestion was dismissed outright so we’re stuck with him. Better work on our gotv
Professor, I understand the ageism of the young, not of the old. Biden was tired and his voice was labored, but his answers were on point and detailed, as opposed to the childish lies of that filthy clown.
Even Nobel laureates spout bullshit, after all.
That ship sailed. If he wouldn’t step aside a year ago, he won’t now. More ink spilled saying he should is only going to depress turnout.
Fight the party machinery that put Hillary and now Joe in without a selection process.
