Should Democrats stay the course or replace Biden? | Robert Reich
Should Democrats stay the course or replace Biden? | Robert Reich
After the president’s disastrous debate performance, some want to drop him as the party nominee. But it’s not so simple
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A second problem is the public doesn’t know any other Democrat nearly as well as they know Biden, and it would be difficult to introduce someone to the public at this late date without them being defined by Donald Trump, the Republicans and Fox News in the worst possible ways.
The only people I can think of as possible nominees are Kamala Harris, Gretchen Whitmer, Josh Shapiro, Wes Moore, Gavin Newsom and (my personal favorite) Sherrod Brown.
. . . What? Of those names I recognize I’m pretty sure the faded lettuce of Liz Truss has more immediate electability. And Whitmer is right out. As is (don’t get me started) Harris.
Harris is the most viable option, but she's also less charismatic than Biden, and is a "Monkey's Paw" style answer to those on the left calling for a non-Biden candidate.
Is she less charismatic than current Biden though..? I haven't seen her speak in awhile but from what I remember it wasn't that bad. Not a fan of her politics by any stretch but right now I'd support her in a heartbeat.
Is she less charismatic than current Biden though…?
Biden after the debate? Definitely less charismatic.
Biden during the debate? Probably less charismatic.
I've seen her get flustered by enough softball questions to have no faith in her ability to persuade the electorate of her competence, regardless of whether she is competent or not.
It's fucking amazing that these are the DNC's top 2 picks out of 350 million people.
Yeah, she doesn't seem any more likable than Hillary (to hear some of the pundits), but that probably just comes down to misogyny, and piled on top of that - racism.
If they are going to bother to replace Biden, I hope they go with Newsom. Not much of a lefty, but if the alternative is fascism...
Why is Whitmer right out? I'm in Michigan, so I may not have a good perspective on what the rest of the US thinks of her.
I appreciate her progressive takes, I just don’t think she has a chance in a national presidential run.
Gavin Newsom is not as left as I'd like, but I think someone like him, just by virtue of being telegenic and several decades younger than both donnie and Biden, he'd tear donnie a new one at the polls I would think. I mean, if we are talking about winning elections here.