Maybe Biden can defect and run on the Forward Party ticket
Yes itās totally impossible. Itās 100% up to Biden to step down.
Stop
Different Q than what I asked before
- Yes
- No
I said yes, but thatās presuming itās possible for someone else to be on enough ballots. It would be insane if the Democratic Convention was too late for the nominee to get on ballots, but I guess thatās theoretically possible.
Also quite old.
I think he should drop out, but I still hold out hope that heāll win even if he doesnāt. Its not like Iāve been exaggerating all this time. Iād truly vote for aā¦
Comatose Biden
A literal corpse
A random 5th grader
Big bird
Before Iād ever vote Trump. Are there enough people like me?
I canāt imagine thinking Corpse Biden wouldnāt be better than a living Trump. Whether or not Corpse Biden is better than living Biden is a better discussion.
Iām a total sucker trust me I know, but the reason Iāve thought since debate night that he will step down is just because he should step down, and because against Trump + this Supreme Court itās actually that important. And on Saturday when I pushed in my dumb money on Whitmer I swear I really knew I was lighting it on fire, but idk I was up in my feelings so I just bet on what I wanted to happen, and IMO on what should happen if winning is what they most care about, which it obviously should be. Itās martyrdom and cringe but making the bet really made me feel better. Itās all so fucking dumb. If they run Biden or Kamala or even Gavin and lose, then something in me is done forever, extinguished. If Iām wrong Iāll eat crow and lick my fingers and ask for more crow please. I donāt care how it happens theyād just better not lose.
The reason I think Biden will step down is because Harris will trick him using reverse psychology.
Didnāt Biden explicitly say when he ran in 2020 that he wouldnāt run for a second term?
No
I still remember a clip where he (intentionally) let it slip to a gaggle of reporters that he was gonna run for president in 2020 and then immediately pretended that he didnāt mean to say that. Left a bad taste in my mouth
He absolutely implied it and I think someone in his orbit might have said it, but no Biden never explicitly said it. There was a lot of talk before the election about how he had told his aides he was one and done. But then a couple years later they started sending signals like Well hang on guys we didnāt think Trump would still be in the picture and we donāt think Kamala is actually a strong candidate, so gosh our hands are tied here
was with my cousin most of the 4th, he was california highway patrol and like a year ago, got recommended to gavin newsome and has been on his personal security team since. him and 3 others rotate between driving him, trailing his suburban with the AR-15, travel, etc.
he was at the white house this week for the governor meetup.
obviously i asked 1,000 questions. main takeaway is that he said newsome is definitely running for president at some point , but also 100% wonāt try to jump kamala. even if thereās a ground swell for him.
they think that while exactly 0 trump voters will switch to kamala if biden drops out, and basically 0 biden voters will switch to trump if kamala was the choice, there are enough people that for whatever reason if kamala gets passed over will just sit out. and that will be enough to lose.
cousin praised newsome on his political skills/planning and he (my cousin) definitely hasnāt ever been as liberal as me, he was a marine and then a cop. in oakland lol.
he was 99% sure that if it aināt joe, itās kamala. bc anyone with presidential aspirations knows 2028 is where itās at.
I assume Newsom running in 2028 isnāt considered jumping Kamala at that point, right?
Excuse me Iāve been told 2028 wonāt have any election and any democrat is 0.0% to win, so he must have been mistaken.
yes.
i got the feeling a large part of it was etiquette, which i scoffed at obviously.
While I donāt love Kamala, this seems to make sense. Basically starting from zero, but with the benefit of getting voters back who were on the verge of staying home out of disgust with the Biden situation.
Hell, she can even get back some portion of the anti-Genocide Joe crowd by just being a fresh face who promises to force everyone to the negotiating table etc. (even though I think the Israel/Palestine situation is actually totally fucking hopeless and nobody is making any difference in that spot).