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I think we now know who the "senior House Democrat" was in the reporting from yesterday. I don't know the Dem party bylaws, but I doubt the Congressman from Hollywood has special powers to veto presidential nominees.
Neither do I - but you know he and Pelosi are attached at the hip and wield a tremendous amount of power and influence in their party.
Will we finally get a younger candidate? If there is no candidate chosen by August, could a third party candidate such as Peter Sonski get some votes?
That would be the dummest "strategy" of all time.
You called this idea "plausible". Its clearly not. Yes Im being an insufferable pedant.
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Your source there shows it even less plausible that a "galvanize" strategy is being deliberately executed - by anyone.At this point, I really do think it is very plausible that Democrats are trying to scare people into thinking it's inevitable that Trump that will win in an attempt to mobilize those who fear another Trump presidency.
The Democrats are scrambling. I genuinely have no idea what their strategy is. I don't think they do either.
Costa is saying that Democrats who believe Biden is the wrong nominee for their party are “standing down.” The reason is that the country has to stick together and therefore Democrats also have to stick together. This rationale is incoherent, even contradictory. The country sticking together means something different from, and close to the opposite of, the parties cohering internally. President Biden is deeply unpopular.There’s no theory of national unity that requires Democrats to stand behind a president disliked by the entire Republican Party and most independents, unless the theory is to give up on trying to win the election and let Trump have it.Crazy as it sounds, that may be the theory. NBC quotes a “longtime Democratic insider” complaining, ‘“We’re so beyond f-,” as well as “a veteran Democratic consultant” who says, “The presidential contest ended last night,” and, “Now it’s time to focus on keeping the Senate and trying to pick up the House. The only positive thing to come out of last night for Democrats is we are no longer talking about Joe Biden’s age today.”The Democratic Party’s Strange Attraction to Defeatism
After the Trump shooting, another post-9/11 moment takes hold.
Yeah. I heard that. He's done. This is the excuse they needed to get him out. Even if the story is fabricated. How do you prove he does or doesn't have it?
I think there's a mindset among people in power like a President that the only thing they live for is to have the pride of winning a 2nd term. Not achieving that they might tend to think it's a sign their whole life was a failure. You win the first term sure you're on a high. To lose for the 2nd term leaves one with the feel people thought their conduct and management of the 1st was a failure. If that was a failure then what did their whole life mean? After winning the 2nd I don't think they're particularly concerned they do well. They feel they've always at least made their mark in history of being a two term President and people will somehow think well they couldn't have been too bad for after all they at least got the 2nd term. Some other Presidents don't.
