The idea that that the process of jettisoning Biden & choosing someone else will go well -- will be allowed to go well -- is a deeply deranged fantasy.

To be clear up front: I don't give one tiny hot f[*(]k who the Dem nominee is. I truly don't. Biden's fine. Harris is fine. A warm puddle of vomit is fine. There is no conceivable resolution to the nomination fight that could change the basic calculus of this race. 

Preventing a fascist takeover of the US is my top priority--as a journalist, as a voter, as a human. If it isn't yours too, you should feel bad about yourself. If you haven't made the stakes of this election clear to everyone within the sound of your voice, you should feel bad. 

Gaslighting worried Democrats is in no way a method of building support for whoever the Democratic nominee is. This isn't a media issue. This isn't a "always happens" issue. This was 50 million people watching the oldest president ever shit the bed on TV, fail to counter his fascist opponent, and throw every possible explanation against the wall to explain it. Whatever you think of the media and their motivations, this isn't business as usual and isn't fake, and pretending it is just makes the rank and file more suspicious of and less engaged with the Democratic party, the absolute worst thing you can be doing in the lead up to an election.