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NYT and WaPo report Biden is close to stepping down
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Anonymous
He has actually laid out a First 100 day agenda and it is on the campaign website. The media has ignored it, but it is readily available and it isn't just "beat Trump" and "restore democracy" |
Anonymous
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Biden’s campaign chair acknowledges support ‘slippage’ but says he’s staying in the race
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s campaign is insisting anew that he is not stepping aside as he faces the stark reality that many Democrats at the highest levels want him to bow out of the 2024 election to make way for a new nominee and try to prevent widespread party losses in November. Isolated as he battles a COVID-19 infection at his beach house in Delaware, Biden’s already small circle of confidants before his debate fumbling has shrunk further. The president, who has insisted he can beat Republican Donald Trump, is with family and relying on a few longtime aides as he weighs whether to bow to the mounting pressure. Biden campaign chair Jen O’Malley Dillion acknowledged “slippage” in support for the president, but insisted he is “absolutely” remaining in the race and that the campaign sees “multiple paths” to beating Trump. https://apnews.com/article/biden-election-trump-democrats-329071c25dfaaae583b5f06184586267 |
Anonymous
NP here: yes, it absolutely matters. No Dem - including Biden - is outperforming Trump beyond the surveys' margin of error. And Biden is still within margin of error in almost every swing state. In other words, it's a tie right now between Trump vs. every conceivable Democrat (including the sitting POTUS Biden). Incumbency is easily the most valuable tool in a POTUS election campaign. It's no contest. Why Democrats would give up the advantage of incumbency is beyond my comprehension. It's not 4D chess, its a game of blindfolded Marco Polo and the Dems are drowning as they blindly try to find a magic candidate that doesn't exist. |
Anonymous
Most people don't follow politics and know little to nothing about those candidates. It shows there's an appetite for random person who isn't Biden or Trump, which is something, but it doesn't mean they can build a good GOTV campaign, withstand attacks on their weaknesses, and swing independents. It's still a big risk for the DNC. |
Anonymous
He was to be a one-term, bridge president while the parties found better candidates. He's not an incumbent. He has stayed on too long. |
Anonymous
Look, most of us are going to vote for whomever is at the top of the Democratic ticket. Young voters and independents are more likely to vote if there is a new candidate. And 3% of Trump voters would defect if a different candidate were chosen. And there are a few good candidates that are polling stronger than Biden. https://www.politico.com/f/?id=00000190-be78-dd41-afb9-fefc35f00000 |
Anonymous
AOC shares that the Democratic leaders trying to force out Biden have not war-gamed for legal contingencies:
You know it's bad when AOC is one of the few voices of reason. GenX "NextGen" Dems are so antsy to take the reins of power that they are willing to gamble on losing it all to DJT. |
Anonymous
Anonymous
No. Harris is polling significantly better than any other candidate, and especially the incumbent. She is the only one who ties with Trump. All the others lose. To stick with Biden would be ensure a GOP victory up and down the ballot. I don't know why you can't acknowledge this, but thankfully more and more people are coming around to changing the top of the ticket. |
Anonymous
+1 You can’t demand a setting president step aside and have your alternative just be <waves hands> |
Anonymous
There are reports that the big donors pressuring the House and Senate Ds don’t want Harris either, which means clusterf^ck. |
Anonymous
AP published a poll yesterday. 65 percent of Democrats want Biden to drop out now. The only people advocating for Biden to remain in the race are Republicans. It's an easy landslide victory for them across the board as long as Biden is at the top of the ticket. Risk implies uncertainty. There is no uncertainty for Democrats while Biden is in the race. It is a guaranteed catastrophic loss - the presidency, the Senate, the House, governors, state houses, dog catchers, all of it. The race was lost for Democrats ten minutes into last month's debate. |
Anonymous
She’s going to be out next president. She’s really jockeying against Obamas influence on the party if one really pays attention. Obamas ego and Hillary’s ego has destroyed the party . Why he stopped Biden from running in 2016 because he anointed Hillary as his successor and it was her turn was beyond egotistical. He is not the candidate whisperer clearly because Hillary lost badly and he didn’t care about it being Hillary’s turn when HE ran against her in 2007 with only 2 years experience in the Senate . Obama should’ve been a viable candidate now. He’s still younger than Biden, HRC, and Trump. His jokes and need to crack down and punch down with humor is what caused Trump to run in the first place |
Anonymous
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“With President Biden sidelined by COVID and trailing Trump in a new poll, Quentin Fulks, the Biden-Harris campaign's principal deputy manager, joins "CBS Mornings" to talk about the increasing calls from within the Democratic party for Biden to drop out of the race and re-election campaign strategy.“ |