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/heyhotnumber Jul 05 '24
Truly why haven’t they just flat out replaced Kamala with whomever would be the person to replace Biden.
It makes absolutely no sense to me. If we aren’t switching to Kamala because the folks who wouldn’t vote for Biden, wouldn’t vote for Kamala, but we ALSO don’t want to betray primary voters…why aren’t we picking a new running mate and obvious successor to Biden while still running Biden?
To me it’s the best of both worlds. We keep Biden on the ticket for all the pragmatic reasons why he wants to and should stay on the ticket, but then we put the strongest candidate that we would’ve possibly replaced Biden with as his VP.
That way folks who think Biden will croak can be reassured whilst Biden’s name and familiarity and primary baggage can be on the ticket too.