Posted on 07/03/2024 4:27:18 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Joe Biden refuses to drop out of the presidential race even as some liberals, rattled by the incumbent’s frightening debate performance last week, keep pressuring him to do so.
Who’s surprised by that?
The inertia of a presidential campaign is one of the most powerful forces in politics. Ending one after a party’s nomination has been secured is almost unfathomable. The candidate is already strapped to the rocket.
Furthermore, all serious presidential contenders, particularly those who hold or have already held the office — this year, we have both — have a God complex. They must. And doubt doesn’t exist in the presence of God. There are throngs of advisers, boosters and confidants around Biden to keep that doubt at bay; to introduce it is blasphemy.
Biden can’t be forced out of the race; he would have to be persuaded to leave it. And that eventuality, while not impossible, lives next door to “Never!”
And Biden staying the course may be the best course.
The American University historian Allan Lichtman, a prescient predictor of presidential election results, told me on Sunday that pushing Biden out of the race would be a “tragic mistake for the Democrats,” because he believes that the president remains his party’s best chance at winning the election.
As for the alternatives, Lichtman adds, “It’s not as if there’s some, you know, J.F.K. out there just waiting to jump on the white horse and save the Democratic Party.”
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
Biden is the best opponent for Trump money could buy.
Like shooting fish in a barrel.
Charles Blow is one of the most obtuse NYT columnists ever. Which why this incisive observation is so atypical:
Biden can’t be forced out of the race; he would have to be persuaded to leave it. And that eventuality, while not impossible, lives next door to “Never!”]
None of the rats/MSM who want to dump Biden want to because they don’t want a mentally disabled person running the country they want him out because he might lose. Disgusting creeps the lot of them.
The corruption that will come out is so serious that deals must be cut for people to walk away otherwise 70% of elected politicians would be in jail (you are seeing it already begin). A deep cleaning is occurring and the prevention and defense of pure evil is occurring on a daily basis. They never thought they were going to lose control of the Presidency (not just D’s) and thought they had control since making past mistakes (JFK, Reagan).
Did this infamous Allen Lichtman foresee Trump beating Hillary in 2016? That’s the only way I’d take him seriously as an impartial election scholar.
I doubt many people expected Trump to win. Trump was resigned to lose. What happened was like drawing into an inside straight.
Not forcing Biden out would have only one beneficiary: Trump.
Letting Dr. Jill fight tooth and nail to keep Joe in the campaign regardless of whether he is in or is out in the end will have only one beneficiary: Trump
Actually, he did. But he’s still a buffoon.
Blow is the dumbest living human being. Be grateful for his wisdom.
Any attempt to maintain a dementia patient as the President of the United States is insane. The Democrats have no choice... It’s Kamala or bust... And even with Kamala, it will be bust.
If NYT trembles we dance...
I agree. Trump has Biden to chew on like a lion does with dead meat. And now Biden can offer up the one flaw that none of the other potential Dem candidates can offer - a lack of cognizance that the American people are now fully aware of. I think Trump does not want to hammer him on that issue yet until after August 7 when he is locked in as their nominee and they cannot remove him and then Trump will club him with the issue 24/7.
Hey Blow: What about the good of the country?
Biden is fragile. He may not make it to election day, or may not be in any condition to do anything by inauguration day.
He’s already not in any condition to do anything, but here we are.
Forcing Biden Out Would Have Only One Beneficiary: Trump“
How about the country?? Wouldn’t the country benefit by not having a dementia patient as President you treasonous POS?
We should fear The Wookie. Although it’s difficult to fathom she could very well beat DJT because she has the correct plumbing and the correct melanin content.They’re also talking about the Governor of PA. He could carry his home state.
I'm not sure what "plumbing" he/she/it has.
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