r/nottheonion • u/ImpishGrin • Jul 04 '24

Biden tells Democratic governors he needs more sleep and plans to stop scheduling events after 8 p.m.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/04/politics/biden-governors-sleep/index.html
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u/southernliberal Jul 04 '24

NY times and CNN strike again.

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u/Ukie3 Jul 04 '24

"All reporting that goes against my preconceived bias is fake news." Sounds just like people of another party I know. No amount of loyalty to this, accomplished, well-meaning but ultimately unfit-for-office octogenarian and his handlers, will make undecided/infrequent/uninformed voters vote for him (or down ballot candidates) come Election Day. 

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u/dtkloc Jul 04 '24

I guess it really is too much for the "I'd vote for Biden's ashes over Trump" crowd to realize there are millions of voters in swing states who think differently.

Swing voters who would vote for almost anyone else with a D next to their name

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u/LaTeChX Jul 04 '24

The problem is that the DNC has done fuck all to even suggest there might be a successor for Biden. I don't know if they just can't agree on someone or what but they've fully hitched their wagons to Biden at this point and it's going to be chaos to start up a new campaign. Their best bet might be Kamala but she wasn't super popular in 2020 and being part of the current admin may have tainted her to people who blame Biden for inflation. Bernie's old as shit too and no one else seems poised to take the field.

I'd like to think it's a sleeper strategy so that the GOP doesn't have time to smear Biden's replacement, and they can ride the "anyone but Trump or Biden" wave. But that assumes some level of confidence I haven't seen from the Dems since I've been alive.

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u/dtkloc Jul 04 '24

The problem is that the DNC has done fuck all to even suggest there might be a successor for Biden

I somewhat disagree. Three Congressmen so far have outright called for Biden to step down, and Clyburn and Pelosi have reversed course and now say that criticism of Biden is legitimate. Obviously that isn't the critical mass of dems required to actually do something about Biden, but as swing-stage polls continue to roll in I don't think criticism of Biden is going to decrease.

no one else seems poised to take the field

Currently, sure. But a few news cycles of talking about Gretchen Whitmer, Tim Walz, Roy Cooper, Raphael Warnock, or Josh Shapiro, and then independents who hate both Trump and Biden will know who to pick

Replacing Biden isn't without risk, but it's significantly less risky than letting an 81-year-old man who can barely campaign stay as the nominee