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It’s maddening to see skepticism of ejecting Biden treated like cultish loyalty. Some of us have been out here saying Biden’s too old for years. The problem is that what is being proposed is a shocking, almost unheard-of remedy, and every historic precedent tells us it’ll end in catastrophe.
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It’s very, very clear that the loudest voices calling most excitedly for this remedy are not especially politically sophisticated or even worried about Biden losing - that’s why they didn’t freak for the months of lagging polls and why they’re doing nonsense fantasy-draft replacement picks.
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I think it’s pretty clear that the worst-case scenario for a lot of them is President Harris
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So it's really weird that they're taking this course of action when she's the most realistic alternative is Biden steps down. They aren't smart!
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well, that wasn’t how the NYT framed it, mostly
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dog caught the car
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I guess I'm a weird case because I do think there's a strong case to make that Harris is the better car. But people who say their only concern is beating Donald Trump haven't made that case and have instead made arguments that would be *fatal.*
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at this point I’m willing to believe Harris might be a better candidate but you do kinda have to add a grain of salt to account for the negative campaigning that right now is mostly not happening against her
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like, I don’t think it’s at all a clear case and the costs of switching cars are plausibly very high
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It really rests on what you think Biden's actual capabilities are, something none of us really know, but which people who know him haven't (IMO) been able to really reassure us of. Tomorrow's interview will be interesting.
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did you listen to the radio one that dropped this morning by chance?
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I did. I thought he did well. I think he really does thrive in informal environments like that and should do more of them. The strategy to wall him off hasn't served him.
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You thought it was a convincing campaign speech? The civic media one in WI? Or the Philly one?
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The Wisconsin radio show. It wasn't a stump speech, but it made it clear to me that he's still got the wits to do the job.
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Ok I never thought he was senile and this didn’t change that view. And I’m not a campaign expert. They aren’t really for me. But I found it pretty weak from a campaign POV. He either had mounds of fact cards in front of him or if he didn’t (there’s not way), he’s got an amazing memory but
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bringing mounds of facts cards is a good thing its both humility and competence
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also, managing mounds of fact cards is pretty hard