Will Obama dump Biden now?
Oh no, they are busily trying to convince themselves that Biden’s experience as a ‘world leader’ (???) will destroy Ryan in a debate.
No mention of Biden’s experience as a gaffe machine.
I don’t think he can, no matter what the excuse it would clearly look like abject fear of Ryan, and losing. Which would contradict the Death Wish pick narrative of the last 10 hours.
It was only hours before the announcement that the Democrats were crowing about their “commanding” lead in several of the swing states, all of which were primarily “push-polling”, in which the Democrats were clearly oversampled, the lists were extended to include REGISTERED voters (as contrasted to “likely” voters), and a large slice of Hispanics, probably in excess of their voting history and current demographics, were also included.
It will take a few days for this really pivotal announcement to work its way into the polls being (somewhat honestly) reported, and perhaps longer for the Democrats to adjust their strategy in the light of these shifting numbers.
But it will come down to the same thing, once the Republican convention is history. Paul Ryan is going to be painted as the person who would push Granny off the cliff in her wheelchair, and Mitt Romney will again be pressed to “prove” he is not a felon.
If that is their best shot, then either they cannot find anything else, or they are just about out of ammunition, even with these charges.
He can’t dump Biden. Biden is assassination insurance. No one would whack him for fear Biden would become president. Not even crazy people think that is a good idea.