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  • ‘Blitz primary’ could open up Democratic race if Biden drops out

    07/07/2024 7:18:28 PM PDT · by BurgessKoch · 34 replies
    Semafor ^ | July 7, 2024 | Morgan Chalfant
    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...