[DanZ]

My biggest political mistake was that I hated Ford so much (was a young Reagan activist in the primary of 1976) that I voted for Jimmah Carter—my first election.
I have never voted democrat since.

I have read just the opposite, With SloJoe staying in the race, Trump would have way too many votes, so many in fact, that vote stealing would be not possible and VERY evident

with some other body the Steal may be in because Trump possibly would not get as many votes as against SloJoe, so the theory is that the steal can be done with limited backlash

[The Westerner]

“...I have read just the opposite, With SloJoe staying in the race, Trump would have way too many votes, so many in fact, that vote stealing would be not possible and VERY evident...”

This is their only problem as they’ve perfected the steal and the Big Lie about no vote fraud plus the Insurrection. They need to make the fraud somewhat believable. I believe there has been a longterm strategy to replace 46 with 44’s wife who will appear not to want to do it but be “talked into it for the good of the country”.

[kabar]

“Democrats don’t need a candidate who can beat Donald Trump; they need a candidate who can give plausibility to ballot counting results that say Trump lost.”
- Sundance- @TheLastRefuge2

Sundance has it right. In order to steal the election you need a candidate who can plausibly be considered as a winner. No one will believe that Biden won.