Chuckie Finster

A bit unrelated but remember a viral tweet a few years ago that said (roughly) Republicans lose elections because they are weirdos with terrible ideas, but can't seem to find it. Anyone know what I'm talking about?

Check the timestamp. Better late than never.

Republicans have decided that the George Floyd era has run its course, yet they've forgotten that public displays of disrespect to the disenfranchised communities led to such outcry that these DEI positions were deemed necessary by almost every company in existence in order to survive. Things have changed a lot since the last time a black person ran for president (same goes for women and #metoo), and the escalation of rhetoric will only push many potential voters away.

"My enthusiastic support for Kamala Harris for President is official, personal and political." That woman knows how to turn a phrase.

It's obvious that any Republican planning about Biden dropping out involved a contentious fight for the spot. They have absolutely no idea how to attack a unified party right now.

What's the basis for this? If it's purely due to delayed public endorsement, there's legitimate strategy involved in having the true power players (besides Biden, he always needed to be first) come out after the debate has generally been settled.

Attaboy Joe. Your legacy will benefit immeasurably from this.

“See, Clyburn is all-in for Joe!!!!” /zonahorn

This is the disconnect. You may not care if he lasts past November but a hell of a lot of people do. I hate Trump as much as anyone on this planet, but “Will this guy survive four more years?” is absolutely a valid question for a voter to ask themselves and frankly it uncomfortably evens the playing field between the two candidates among normies who don’t follow politics on the regular.

This is a wild quote coming on a sports message board. The absolute peak enthusiasm for a floundering sports team is immediately after they fire their head coach. There’s no easier move that the Dems can pull to generate enthusiasm than getting Biden to step down.

Just curious, but does anything stick out to you about this quote? “The ticket that exists right now is a ticket that we can win on." Because something certainly sticks out to me. Again, ELEVEN congresspeople have come out against Biden publicly today. That does NOT happen without blessings from above, period.

I trust that there is absolutely no way in hell prominent Democrats like Adam Schiff and Jamie Raskin make their statements without the blessing of leadership.

Apologies, did not realize we were living in different realities. Could have saved us both a lot of time in this back and forth. Carry on.

Along with the most popular human being alive in Democratic politics, the most powerful Speaker of the House in generations, the current Democratic congressional leadership, and the majority of the Democratic base when polled on the topic. Other than that, though, wide support!

So now we are basically just waiting to see who folds first: Biden or literally every other powerful Democrat in the country. It's surprising to me to think that Biden will win that battle.

Correct, although I'm curious as to why you think this ultimately means Biden will be the candidate.

Sucks for the good guys, but the Avengers Endgame-esque final scene with all of the peripheral supes corralling the team was pretty cool.

It's remarkable that so many people have already forgotten what happened in 2020. The Democratic Primary was an absolute slog, it all just seemed so negative and messy ... and then over the course of about 48 hours, everything crystalized around Biden, the negative vibes were gone from everyone except the most hardcore Bernie supporters, people got excited again, Biden soared in the polls and it snowballed into an 8 month campaign of optimism. Everything changed in 48 hours, and all it took was a handful of important people - led by Jim Clyburn - emphatically getting behind Biden. THE EXACT SAME THING could (and likely would) happen with Kamala if Biden bows out and emphatically endorses her. This isn't complicated. There is nothing Biden can do for himself to give the Democratic Party the shot in the arm it sorely needs, but he can absolutely play the 2024 version of Clyburn and fulfill his stated goal of being a transitional president. Just do it, Joe.

Disagree wholeheartedly. That dude is beatable, gotta put your best foot forward now.

This is just sports to these people

Good to know a Newsmax reporter is being referred to as “some Democrats” by other reporters.

“Sources close to the President are furious at the push to get Biden off the ticket…. If they want him out, they’ll have to push.” What is even happening anymore?