A co-worker of mine in is 70’s, a believer and very, smart IT guy, was giving me his input on the possibility of an open convention for the DEMs. His response is that the people will not like it. They went to the polls and voted for Biden or whoever as their candidate. If Biden drops out and the elected officials have to decide who is top dog or doggette on the ticket, NOT the voters, it’s basically declaring “we don’t care what you wanted, or your input”, it’s OUR pick. It do make sense do it not? ;>)
Your friend is correct. The only way it could have worked is if Biden had shocked everyone and dropped out before any calls for him to drop out. This would have worked best before the debate exposed his dementia, but it could also have worked within days of the debate if Joe admitted that he himself had not realized until the debate that he was not up to the job. But of course Joe being Joe, he would never do that, confirming what we have always known and what many Dems are just discovering is that Joe is a self-centered jerk.