Should he decide to step aside, it’ll be fun watching the pivot from ‘Biden should step down’ to ‘how could the dnc just pick someone like that, how undemocratic!’ Same people, same agenda.
I don’t think it’s a pivot to say now that he’s chosen to step down we can continue. It’s still honoring the process so long as the choice themselves steps aside voluntarily.
A lot of states (mine included) have already had their primaries, so if he steps aside then those states will not have had a say in selecting the democratic candidate. I’m guessing the talking point will then shift to something along the lines of ‘I didn’t get a choice in who the next candidate will be, so I’m not voting’ or calling for all states to re-run their primaries like that’s an option.
Yeah, I see now what you mean. That’s sort of why it has to be Kamala: because she was on the ticket. I’m not hugely impressed with her avoiding questions with the same sort of smugness that Hillary portrayed and think someone like Pete is the better establishment choice for charisma, but if we’re politically minded, I hope they pick her.
To be fair though there wasn’t a say then since nobody else actually ran. I’m obviously just one person, but my take is that the DNC pushed Biden too hard and I’d much rather have a younger option since we’ll likely end up with the same policy over the next four years as if Biden was elected, but we’ll have someone more likely to beat Trump and show that the DNC values public opinion.
Should he decide to step aside, it’ll be fun watching the pivot from ‘Biden should step down’ to ‘how could the dnc just pick someone like that, how undemocratic!’ Same people, same agenda.
I don’t think it’s a pivot to say now that he’s chosen to step down we can continue. It’s still honoring the process so long as the choice themselves steps aside voluntarily.
A lot of states (mine included) have already had their primaries, so if he steps aside then those states will not have had a say in selecting the democratic candidate. I’m guessing the talking point will then shift to something along the lines of ‘I didn’t get a choice in who the next candidate will be, so I’m not voting’ or calling for all states to re-run their primaries like that’s an option.
Yeah, I see now what you mean. That’s sort of why it has to be Kamala: because she was on the ticket. I’m not hugely impressed with her avoiding questions with the same sort of smugness that Hillary portrayed and think someone like Pete is the better establishment choice for charisma, but if we’re politically minded, I hope they pick her.
To be fair though there wasn’t a say then since nobody else actually ran. I’m obviously just one person, but my take is that the DNC pushed Biden too hard and I’d much rather have a younger option since we’ll likely end up with the same policy over the next four years as if Biden was elected, but we’ll have someone more likely to beat Trump and show that the DNC values public opinion.
Nobody noteworthy ran. There were still 7 other Democratic primary candidates for President in Texas.