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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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And oh my god once that starts it will make the whole “Joe’s old” attack look gentle by comparison.