politics

Biden the Sin Eater

There are probably several Democrats who could get on a stage and just repeat "Abortion" ad nauseum and beat Trump. I think the right is banging on this drum so hard that Trump is unbeatable after this assassination attempt because they want Biden to stay in. Felix made what I think is a very astute observation on the latest Chapo episode when he said that Trump attacked George Clooney for calling on Biden to step down precisely because Trump's best chance at winning is facing Biden. Plus, Joe Biden is the ultimate proof that being a fucking loser in presidential elections is not an indicator of future electoral success. And so is Donald Trump, for that matter.

The Democrats have up-and-coming stars?

It'd actually be hilarious if Biden voluntarily stepped down now because he didn't want to take the blame for losing to Trump.

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Thoughts and prayers comrade

"waste one of their up and coming stars"

lmao WHO?

I wish Matt Walsh would disappear 🫠🔫

The greatest "minds" in running failed elections have determined that Biden offers the best opportunity to win. They've determined that Kopmala as a replacement is worse than joementia.

Secondly, running a successful governor, like that lady from Michigan, would likely work as a path to victory. But the DNC as a collective would rather lose than concede power to someone on the outside of the current dynasties.

I would bet that that's the plan now. But I'm going to fill out a new bingo square - Biden getting domed by some wild eyed Trump guy who thinks Biden put a hit out. Then Harris narrowly wins, Trump actually accepts it.

With how wild things have been I think there's a decent chance.

Yeah we're fucked

The only way for the democrats to win is to attack the agenda instead of the man, which is what they should have been doing all along but can't, because it is also their agenda. They've thrown out anything resembling a vision for a 24/7 stream of attacks on Trump as some singularly terrible person instead of being a visible symptom of an underlying rot that they themselves brought about. They have also locked in the nomination of the only person in the world who could lose to him by dismantling the Democratic process.

Sad really. It seemed overly dramatic at the time but people were correct in 2016 when they said Bernie was the last remaining off ramp.

I disagree, regardless of who wins it would be smart for the Dems to replace the carcass with another neoliberal.

Like, if Trump is "unbeatable" why not replace him regardless? If Biden is the only chance of beating Trump (according to some liberals), then sure. If they feel like Biden has no chance, it only makes sense to replace him.

They’d rather have Biden lose to him than waste one of their up and coming stars on a fool’s errand.

Sure, but they could put Harris in there. She'd probably result in a less disastrous loss in the senate.

"The shooting guarantees a Trump victory" is way overstated.

The true hogs in the Trump base were always going to support him, and still will. Maybe this wins a few "Never Trump" Republicans over, but I don't think that's a sizeable amount of voters. No Democrats are going to vote Trump after this either.

Who is this supposed to win over? They'd have to be invested in bipartisanship and national unity and institutions and all that but simultaneously down to vote for a candidate whose entire political career is pissing on it. And they'd have to be disinterested enough to not have already picked a side, but interested enough remember this 100+ days from now and decide to vote, too. We're talking 5 people.