I’m actually pretty dang hopeful right now. The right has spent so much time and effort focused around Joe being old and tired, and now that is all dead in the water.
Now we have a new candidate starting from zero with many people, vs trump which is obviously very well known. In short I’m trying to say we have the element of surprise, the benefit of the unknown. They have to convince moderates that this new candidate is still somehow worse than trump, and these aren’t the hard right people, these are the undecided (somehow) and centered voters.
Far right voters will always back trump, but the indecisive voters and moderate Republicans who don’t like trump but fell for the years of propaganda against Biden have been wanting anyone who is better than Biden but not trump. Same with more centered Democrats, not that they wanted to vote for trump but Biden was not a great candidate for them either.
The rights whole plan was “Joe is so much worse than trump!” and they had 16 years of content to pull on. They can’t do that again with a new candidate. People say they handed the election to Republicans. I think it’s the opposite. I think Republicans demanding Joe drop out when anti Joe was their only message may have just accidentally handed the election to Democrats.
If the Dems come out strong on this I think it could shake up the whole election. I see people online saying doom and gloom, I strongly disagree, I think this is a huge rallying cry.
Joe being old and tired, and now that is all dead in the water.
Nope. Now it’s trump who’s old and tired. Kamala needs to go after trump and his crime family like she would other criminals and prosecute them in the press. She is a former prosecutor, after all.
I was very against Biden dropping out, but i think this is a pretty good point. I think it is still very risky for her to run due to race and sex discrimination, but it might not be a predetermined loss at least.
I think that’s the invigorating thing as a Democrat. I was feeling beat down and tired, we knew what the outcome was more or less, a razer thin margin on either side. This completely changes that equation, and it means both sides will have to really amp up their game. Democrats just proved they’re willing to throw the hail Mary and that makes me really excited!
I’m hoping she sees a surge of support when she starts bitch slapping Trump around for being a treasonous felon
… Now it’s trump who’s old and tired …
So it’s his turn to drop out of the race?
I agree completely. I think the strong move for Harris will be to focus her campaign around abortion rights and promise to fight for federal laws guaranteeing the right to an abortion, even to the point of openly defying the Supreme Court if they reject the law. She also needs to focus on court reform, push for a strict code of conduct to be enforced against the supreme court, and either impeach/replace Alito and Thomas or (if there aren’t enough votes for that) eliminate the fillibuster to pack the courts with only a simple Senate majority.
I am hesitant about is right now the best time for a black woman president, are the people ready for it, but the way you framed it put it well. A strong eloquent black woman who is ready to put women’s rights at the forefront where her opponent is actively trying to take away those rights may work extremely well.
Now is the time for anyone that’s not going to directly try and undermine our Representative Democracy and work to replace it with an Authoritarian Dictatorship. Trump has literally said he wants to be a dictator on day one, and we know the Republican Project 2025 plan. I don’t give a shit if that means we’re voting for a random dude in an Easter Bunny outfit, I’ll suck it up and vote for a furry if it means we don’t go down that path.
Maybe now’s the best time to mix things up. This could be the last election before the fall of the democracy, why not go all out? I’m actually really excited for this move, and despite a little uncertainty at first I’m fully onboard.
That’s how I feel! They’re throwing the hail Mary right now, but damn if I haven’t seen Democrats this excited since Obama
If the Dems come out strong on this
That’s my concern. When was the last time they came out strong on anything of importance to the average American?
So far just doing this at all is a pretty strong stance. That’s why it’s exciting, I was with you I fully expected them to do nothing. “Biden’s our best shot, stick with that” This is completely out of character for them. (And it was them, the party pushed him to leave)
I predict it brings the chance of a second Biden term to zero
Thats some dangerou/s thinkin’, u best stick to ur accounting ;)
Family Guy watchers will appreciate this bit
can’t any citizen be president? I don’t remember George Washington running for president
More threads mentioning Joe Biden in the title than Trump.
I’m a LAW AND ORDER REPUBLICAN and I’m going to vote for the CONVICTED FELON over the COP!
Holy shit I match this caricature, and it changed my mind!
phony trial by the crooked liberals was a political hit job
It’s really easy for them to dismiss that. Once you’ve dismissed objective truth and logic, nothing stands in your way.
A ton of states are going to fight to keep Kamala Harris off the ballot.
How? Biden wasn’t the official candidate yet.
A lot of states have laws that don’t conform to the national primary process. For instance, Ohio has a law on the books that says the official nomination has to occur by a certain date which is before the second major party convention.
It is important to know that elections are technically run at the state level with some federal oversight.
I’d like to think that the DNC considered all of that before having Joe withdraw.
It was considered. They were going to nominate Biden early to be ahead of this date. I don’t think that’s happening anymore.
It’s also important to know that (IIRC) currently things have been put in place in Ohio for this not to be an issue, but that could change if enough Ohio politicians want it to.
I wonder if Biden’s stepping down was partly influenced by the assassination attempt. If he hadn’t, the most prominent symbol of this election would still be that image of Trump screaming “fight” while pumping his fist against the background of the American flag. But if someone from a deserted island opened a news website today for the first time, they wouldn’t even know there was an assassination attempt.
That’s an interesting. I would put my money on him catching covid being the deciding factor.
I’m not sure, but I think it makes it very unlikely he’ll become president.
Seems good, man. Basically that makes the election:
Decision 2024: Cop vs Felon
Who will America choose?
Yeah I don’t think DNC leadership appreciates the current public sentiment against law enforcement in the country. Based on her career, her would be base are the moutb breezers simping for trump
For any self respecting liberal, you just have to ignore her job. There is no good way to spin it besides, she knows how to run a shop of prosecutors lol never, just don’t fucking mention it.
Bizarro fucking time line tho jfc
I know we sometimes feel like the majority here on the fediverse, but we have to remember that most democrats don’t feel the same way about cops that the “far” left does. Most democrats are just capitalist liberals that enjoy the status quo and maybe some slightly progressive policies.
Ehh good point… Although I think it is also generational. Boomer Democrats still pretend like they didn’t know what redlining was while living in redlined communities lol
So yeah that guy will vote
Harris isn’t burdened with some responsibility for the Gaza genocide. That will help with younger voters who otherwise would have abstained. Things feel more positive from where I sit.
unburdened by what has been, you say
All future articles regarding things the executive branch does will go from “Biden did X” to “The Biden-Harris Administration did X”
I’m pretty sure that him giving up is the best chance he has at success.
Ironic right?
As an Alanis Morisette song.
Much of the world is irony.
Well, he won’t be running for president, so there’s that.
It will confuse the tankies until they can write and send out their weekly newsletter with all the fun slogans to use over the next 7 days.
Gotta imagine there are a few more surprises in store for the convention.
I think he will don pipe and slippers and spend his remaining time with his family. It’s the right thing to do.
