Posted on 07/07/2024 7:18:28 PM PDT by BurgessKoch
As the Democratic Party convulses over questions about President Joe Biden’s mental fitness, a pair of well-connected Democrats is offering an optimistic plan that would involve the president stepping down as the nominee and the party announcing a “blitz primary” process ahead of the August convention.
The proposal is the work of Rosa Brooks, a Georgetown University law professor who served in the Obama and Clinton administrations and as a volunteer policy adviser to the Biden campaign in 2020, and Ted Dintersmith, a venture capitalist and education philanthropist who has donated to various Democratic campaigns. They want Biden to flip the script on the current Washington narrative of a Democratic Party in chaos and for the party to see the current period as an opportunity for a reset. “In the midst of malaise and crisis, we can forge an uplifting path,” Dintersmith told Semafor.
(Excerpt) Read more at semafor.com ...
Biden would step down as the Democratic nominee in mid-July, and announce the new system, with backing from Vice President Kamala Harris. Potential candidates would have a few days to throw their respective hats in the ring. The Democratic Party then would begin a primary sprint in which the six candidates who receive the most votes from delegates pledge to run positive-only campaigns in the month leading up to the convention. The “blitz primary” would involve weekly forums with each candidate moderated by cultural icons (Michelle Obama, Oprah, and Taylor Swift are among the names floated in the memo) in order to engage voters. The nominee would ultimately be chosen by the delegates using ranked choice voting before the start of the Chicago convention on Aug. 19. It would be announced with plenty of fanfare on the third day of the gathering. The memo imagines the nominee unveiled on stage with Biden, Barack Obama and Bill Clinton. According to its authors, the country would be captivated. Donations would pour in. And Biden would be celebrated as a “modern-day George Washington,” the proponents argue.
“We can limp to shameful, avoidable democracy-ending defeat. Or Democrats can make this Our Finest Hour. While we hope for help from Lord Almighty, the Lord helps those who help themselves,” the memo states, alluding to Biden’s recent interview with ABC anchor George Stephanopoulos in which he said only the “Lord Almighty” could force him from the race. “We need to act. Now.”
In response, a Biden campaign spokesperson pointed to comments made by the president last week about remaining in the race. “I’m not letting one 90-minute debate wipe out three and a half years of work. I’m staying in the race, and I will beat Donald Trump,” he said in Wisconsin.
The spokesperson also noted that the Biden Victory Fund received a maximum donation from a top donor last week, and that grassroots fundraising remains strong.
We must all admit this has been very funny to observe. It is very obvious who the adults are.
C’mon. Biden is not going to step down.
Hasn’t Ohio already certified Biden as the nominee?
This is the Babylon Bee, right? RIGHT??!?!?
What blitz?
Everything is annointed.
I thought the Democrats officially made the Lord Almighty persona non grata a few conventions back.
They're the MODERATORS??? Gotta be the Babylon Bee. Gotta be.
I’d be in favor of a Steel Cage Death Match, myself. Or maybe a Thunderdome thing, with chainsaws and axes and garden tools stuck on the interior of the dome - no time limit, ten candidates enter, one candidate leaves!
C’mon. Biden is not going to step down.
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If he steps down, chaos will ensue.
‘Bloodbath’ and “all hell breaking loose” won’t even begin to describe the infighting that’ll happen.
Nah, the party elite will dictate a choice and not risk letting voters have any input.
Yup
>>C’mon. Biden is not going to step down.
That’s what he thinks.
Chuck Schumer:
“Let me tell you: You take on the intelligence community — they have six ways from Sunday at getting back at you,”
Suspect Biden will be forced out soon. However the succession and new nominee will not be a smooth process as envisioned in this article. It will be chaotic and the Chicago convention may see real violence on and off the floor. The new nominee, especially if it is not Harris or Michelle Obama will not be supported by a unified Democrat coalition. Sincerely hope the Democratic Party, which has brought such harm to America, is destroyed.
A brokered convention could be entertaining.
>>If he steps down, chaos will ensue.
And if he doesn’t step down, chaos will ensue. The Democrats have no good options left. The Democrats have done a most admirable job of imitating the Republicans this election cycle, by playing the part of the stupid party.
Europe just had two Snap Elections, the Democrats could have a Snap Primary.
I’ve heard it preached that the demonic kingdom is a chaotic evil disorganized force. Just saying . . .
this is my fav part of the “blitz primary”, namely the freak show part;
“The “blitz primary” would involve weekly forums with each candidate moderated by cultural icons (Michelle Obama, Oprah, and Taylor Swift)”
I’d much prefer that to the confusing mush of this proposal. I said it earlier today in a different context and it’s apropos here too: being an esteemed professor these days makes it more, not less, likely that you’re an f’in simpleton.
All other considerations of this pipe dream, the consent of Kamala is about as likely as my dog making my coffee tomorrow morning. Why on earth would she turn down the golden ring that’s within her grasp. She knows she wouldn’t be the one chosen
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