Game On
The rumors weren't rumors. Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 presidential race on Sunday afternoon in the US.
Headed into the weekend, there were whispers that Biden's exit could be imminent. As I wrote in the Weekly, the campaign was in a veritable doom loop. The more Democrats went public with calls for him to step aside, the less viable his candidacy appeared, prompting other Democrats to grab for the remaining life boats.
By the time Biden officially dropped his reelection bid on Sunday, a
Game on, indeed. Can’t wait for the next presidential debate (assuming Harris will be the nominee). She will eviscerate Trump and it will be a pleasure to see. He is scared sh-tless of her, as she is everything he fears: a smart, sharp, articulate and accomplished woman.
I won’t be surprised if Trump refuses to debate her. That strategy worked out well for him during the Republican primaries, so without punching-bag Biden to walk over, he might well decide it’s best to just refuse her the chance.
He would likely wait to debate until she’s nominated…in case of an open convention. It will be interesting to see how quickly Dems can close the ranks behind Harris.
Having Harris step in as the lead is cleaner legally, limiting inevitable “Republican” shenanigans. There’s plenty of documentation of “Republicans” suggesting that Biden is too feeble to last another term, so their own assessments can be used against them in court challenges.
I believe anyone that would line up behind Joe, would likely line up behind Kamala, to stop another orange man term. Kamala is likely to pull in voters that weren’t thrilled with the old menu too, and are looking to turn the page. Plus, she’ll likely win over more women, which rightly should be concerned about losing more freedoms, if the orange man wins.
Yeah, those legal challenges you mention are real too. And you’re right, Harris is the best way to nullify them.
I realize a lot of Democrats would like to see Michelle Obama — you know — ride down from the clouds on a winged unicorn and fire lightning bolts from a glowing staff at the evil hordes of goblins and trolls gathered on the dark, stormy wind-swept plains (or whatever), but I’m afraid that’s not how it’s going to go.
I really don’t think there’s much use trying to discern whether Newsom or Whitmer might be “better on paper” than Harris. Any polling differences are surely within the margin of error and skipping over Harris would create more intra-party chaos.
I wonder if adding Whitmer would:
Help deliver Michigan and maybe boost the Rust Belt win odds in general
Make it more difficult for the Orange Man to attack two ladies, without being seen as the bully he really is…
Boost the odds that women get excited about, not only ensuring some of their rights remain, but also the idea of two ladies running the country for a change
Prediction – the ticket will be Harris and either Josh Shapiro or Roy Cooper, nailing down a battleground state . Take that, JD Vance.
I’m a big fan of Shapiro. That’s influenced by the fact that I live in Pennsylvania–not because it biases me towards him mind, just because it means I happen to be more knowledgeable about him than pretty much any other state’s governor. That said, he’d be a fine choice.
Like Babe Ruth pointing to the bleachers, I cranked this one out of the park.
https://heisenbergreport.com/2023/11/04/stocks-and-the-2024-election-an-early-preview/#comment-71047
If she manages to beat this lunatic, it’ll go down as a historic upset victory. Maybe she’s not actually playing that far behind in the polls, but from a kind of “feel the momentum” perspective, Trump seems like he could run straight through brick walls right now like the Kool-Aid man.
The republicons started it; now it’s perfectly legitimate for Harris to use the age issue against that demented old fart.
Exactly, it’s easy to point out his gafffes, his entire “speech” is a series of them every time he opens his mouth.
I expect the media will fall for dog whistle tactics and over report on them, continuing to ignore how unimaginably awful Trump is as a presidential candidate.
Wondering (just fantasiziing perhaps) if now that he’s a lame duck, might Joe utilize the recent SCOTUS ruling on Presidential immunity to really go after Trump and some of the more outrageous flunkies in his cult? “Lock (’em) Up!” (since MAGA-world already wholeheartedly believes the lie that Biden is directing the persecution and prosecution of Trump, might as well conform to their reality?).