Democratic consensus solidifies around Harris, should Biden step aside

ThatRobGuy said:

https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/20/politics/democratic-consensus-harris-should-biden-step-aside/index.html

No one quite knows what the process of picking a new nominee would be if Joe Biden did step aside – but many Democrats say that any process is likelier than ever to quickly end with Vice President Kamala Harris as the nominee.

The informal conversations about how a fight to replace Biden at the top of the ticket would play out have been raging for weeks behind the scenes. But uncertainty about the process has been so unclear it’s given multiple Democrats – even those with serious concerns about Biden – pause about coming out against the president’s candidacy, given that what comes next could be even messier.


It should also be noted:
California Governor Newsom and Michigan counterpart Whitmer—who were both floated as possible replacements for Biden on the ticket—have told party leaders they would not be interested in being Harris' No2, according to The Hill.


Given that Harris has some popularity issues (even within her own party), and given that the two governors who are more popular with their party have stated that they have no interest in playing 2nd fiddle to Harris, it seems like the DNC rallying around Harris could be a strategic blunder and perhaps they should just let Newsom (or maybe even someone like Jared Polis from CO) leap-frog her and take the top spot on the ticket.

On the scale of "VPs who you could see as P", Harris strikes me more as being toward the Dan Quayle end of that spectrum.

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eleos1954 said:

What about the people (democratic voters) what do they want? Seems to me they are being disenfranchised ... in that they wanted Biden ... do they still? What do the democratic voters want? Seems to me the democratic elites and democratic politicians are making the decisions and not representing the democratic voters ... of which it is their duty to do!

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RDKirk said:

The DNC has already done that at the primary.

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eleos1954 said:

The Democratic Party will select its presidential nominee during a virtual roll call held before the in-person 2024 Democratic National Convention, which will take place from August 19-22, 2024, in Chicago, Illinois.

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eleos1954 said:

What about the people (democratic voters) what do they want?

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Laodicean60 said:

Whatever happened to Yang I liked what he had to say.

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ThatRobGuy said:

https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/20/politics/democratic-consensus-harris-should-biden-step-aside/index.html

No one quite knows what the process of picking a new nominee would be if Joe Biden did step aside – but many Democrats say that any process is likelier than ever to quickly end with Vice President Kamala Harris as the nominee.

The informal conversations about how a fight to replace Biden at the top of the ticket would play out have been raging for weeks behind the scenes. But uncertainty about the process has been so unclear it’s given multiple Democrats – even those with serious concerns about Biden – pause about coming out against the president’s candidacy, given that what comes next could be even messier.


It should also be noted:
California Governor Newsom and Michigan counterpart Whitmer—who were both floated as possible replacements for Biden on the ticket—have told party leaders they would not be interested in being Harris' No2, according to The Hill.


Given that Harris has some popularity issues (even within her own party), and given that the two governors who are more popular with their party have stated that they have no interest in playing 2nd fiddle to Harris, it seems like the DNC rallying around Harris could be a strategic blunder and perhaps they should just let Newsom (or maybe even someone like Jared Polis from CO) leap-frog her and take the top spot on the ticket.

On the scale of "VPs who you could see as P", Harris strikes me more as being toward the Dan Quayle end of that spectrum.

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Arcangl86 said:

Anybody but Harris would need to start at square one funding-wise. Starting a whole new campaign 3 months before the election is a recipe for diaster. At least there is continuity with Harris.

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RoBo1988 said:

Tomorrow is national ice cream Day, a perfect day for Biden's to step down.

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Laodicean60 said:

I thought the media chose who they wanted. Sad RFK jr can't debate. The reason I say this is because I was upset the media was giving Trump all the air time when I was a Cruz guy. Whatever happened to Yang I liked what he had to say.

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wing2000 said:

Regarding Joe's replacement, I don't think we'll get a picture of people's true preferences until Joe announces that he leaving the race. Joe could endorse a candidate....or he may not. Either way, the delegates at the convention would ultimately decide who would be the nominee in an open convention...an event that has not happened since '68.

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