Another possibility. This is all Kabuki theater to distract the voters from the absolute misery caused by (whoever is running) Biden’s policies.
They have Biden’s golden parachute negotiated and will have him drop out so that the replacement enjoys the honeymoon period closer to the election. No scrutiny for policies or need to put forth (fake) policy. Instead, it’s just a media romance until September when early and often voting starts.
Democrat candidates are looking at the dismal fund-raising;
the self-serving “big buck Bidens” are looking at the steal.
Biden fundraising takes major hit from debate fallout
Possibly downticket Dems also getting stiffed?
NBC News ^ | July 10, 2024 | Natasha Korecki, Jonathan Allen and Monica Alba
FR Posted on 7/10/2024, 5:25:03 PM by McGruff
President Joe Biden’s campaign has already suffered a major slowdown in donations and officials are bracing for a seismic fundraising hit, with fallout from a debate nearly two weeks ago taking a sizable toll on operations, according to four sources close to the re-election effort.
“It’s already disastrous,” one of the sources close to Biden’s re-election said of fundraising. “The money has absolutely shut off” to the Biden campaign, another source close to Biden’s re-election said. Two of the sources said this month is on a path to be down by possibly half — “or much more,” one of them said — from large donors alone. (Excerpt) Read more at nbcnews.com ..
I don’t buy the Kabuki theatre line, as too many public allies both in the media and in elected governement are playing on both sides and many will be embarrassed. They are improvising.