Wait, the self-appointed "protectors of democracy" are going to do a backroom deal with the delegates to appoint a new candidate at the convention? Will the voters have a say in who their candidate is?
It's an inside job. Sometimes I wonder if Dems even want to win... (yes, I will be voting blue still). I still believe Bernie would have won in 2016.
The truth that trump lost a close and fair election? That Americans turned out in historic numbers for and against Trump?
only one side is lying about that Steve.
All you trumpets that think Biden couldn’t beat trump don’t get that it was NEVER about Biden. It’s about trump.
We hate him. I would vote for a straw over him. I would vote for toilet water before trump. So would 51% of all Americans.
I agree Biden won. I believe maybe 35-40% of all Americans would vote for anyone over Trump, but it’s not 51%. Some of the center left and right thought Biden would be better for the country in 2020. The debate changed that for most of that group.
Trump is going to win, unless they put Newsome on the ticket, and I’m not even sure that would change the outcome this late in the game.
You forget that the winner does not need 51% or even 50%. The winner can have even less votes and still 'win'.
The ONLY way Biden drops out is if Trumps drop out.
It was one debate. Chill out. Both of these dudes are mentally impaired.
Trump had never had more than 47% of the vote. He lost 46.8 to 51.3 in 2020 and he 'won' in 2016 with 46.1 to 48.2 for Hillary.
He does not have more support in 2024 than in 2020.
Since Bush in '88 only Obama has won with 51%+. Bush '04 even has over 50% (50.7) riding high as a 'war-time president'.
All that to say....Trump will lose more than Biden will win.
On Monday, Biden will learn from the Supreme Court that he has presidential immunity to do pretty much anything he wants with respect to maintaining election integrity. He can draft and submit alternate electoral certificates, he can inform officials in various states that they will be indicted if they don't count votes correctly, he can seize malfunctioning voting machines, he can organize protests inside election buildings, and he can submit affidavits saying anything he wants in court proceedings. There is absolutely no reason Biden should not run for president from his current position as president. He has maximum procedural advantage.
Every major news outlet is covering this issue. The NYT editorial board is calling for Biden to drop out, but there are others that describe a rehabilitation effort led by Jill Biden.
Harris is out of the question, as she would have even less of a chance of beating Trump, but I believe it would be an easy win for Newsom. He’s a better candidate than Trump in every possible way, and he wouldn’t have to defend anything.
Can some of the rest of you stay on topic which is whether Biden will voluntarily step aside, can he win if he doesn’t, and can a replacement win?
First, he hasn't announced anything and he was sick. He did fine at the State of the Union address. Second, Republicans have been calling for him to step down for someone younger for years and now they'll savage Democrats for choosing someone else at the convention if he does? Third, the only reason they have wanted him to step down is that he is a formidable candidate who beat Trump by 7 million votes.
You need to check your numbers "never trumpster" and the fact that you would vote for a dementia pt that couldn't get through a debate set up for him to succeed is pathetic.
At this point i wish trump won back to back elections so we could just be done with him. Its eventually gonna be 12 years of trump bs or until he dies. We could've been free from trump and his fans after 8 year 😭😭
I dislike both trump and biden i cant believe we are voting between 2 old men. Id love to vote for nearly anyone but trump, but if its trump v biden again ill vote 3rd party because im not gonna participate on this bs system even if it's a wasted vote. We are supposed to be a democracy ya know
First, he hasn't announced anything and he was sick. He did fine at the State of the Union address. Second, Republicans have been calling for him to step down for someone younger for years and now they'll savage Democrats for choosing someone else at the convention if he does? Third, the only reason they have wanted him to step down is that he is a formidable candidate who beat Trump by 7 million votes.
The sick excuse was conjured up when he started short circuiting during the debate. If he had been even slightly under the weather prior to the debate his handlers would have announced that in case he flopped the way he did. SOTU speeches are pre-written and rehearsed. Much easier to fake your way through than a debate answer where the candidate has to think quickly and speak off the cuff or figure out a way to transition to talking points. And more than a few Democrats are calling for Biden to step down and their concern is definitely not that Biden is a formidable opponent.
You really think Kamala wants anything to do with running against Trump? Maybe Newsom would be up for the challenge? And what about the good governor of Colorado? I wonder if he would want to run? 🤔
You are forgetting the most obvious and qualifed replacement - Hillary. She's back!!
why on earth would we pick someone with huge negative polling and who lost
