If the donors and the media can whip Dems into a frenzy to interfere with the nominating process once, what makes you think they won't do it again? Why are we so eager to let them dictate the terms?
the most pro-labor president of the last 40 years getting knifed by the donor class will not be remembered as a triumph of left organizing, no, i do not think that is correct
No one wants to hear it, but this is why all the ticket-swap fantasy talk is helpful to Trump. It encourages magical thinking and constructs disappointment. This is an inane conversation even to have now.
It's Biden or Harris. That's it. Anything else just isn't suicidal; it's undemocratic.
“If Mr. Biden remained, not only would he lose to [Trump], he could be enough of a drag on other Democratic candidates that the party would most likely lose the Senate and miss an opportunity to win control of the House, Mr. Schiff said at a fund-raiser in New York.” www.nytimes.com/2024/07/16/u...
Two headlines 3 minutes apart that really summarize everything that's happening
*BIDEN TO ANNOUNCE PLAN TO CAP RENTS AT 5% NATIONWIDE: WAPO
*TEAMSTERS CONSIDERS NO ENDORSEMENT OF BIDEN 2024 BID: REUTERS
I was listening to the pod guys on my drive to work yesterday and they seem to think a brokered convention is possible which is wild because they’re just lying to their audience