Get Used to It: Biden Isn’t Going Anywhere
Get Used to It: Biden Isn’t Going Anywhere
The GOP fantasy crowd is so accustomed to conspiracy theories that they’re betting the Democrats will switch candidates at the last minute. Have they actually paid attention to politics?
Democrats have all the spontaneity of the House of Windsor. Or, closer to home, they’re closer to what Republicans once were, a party that falls in line not in love.
I would totally be open to someone other than Biden running... If the DNC (or any party) had actually started promoting and positioning anyone good 2-3 years ago.
It's too late now. Biden is the guy.
And all the people on the Internet I see whining about how they don't like the choices available: if you actually want to do anything productive instead of just bitching you need to do the work in advance. Get involved with political organizations, campaigns, etc.
Even looking further ahead to he 2028 elections (assuming the US is still having elections)... Who is the DNC planning on running? Harris is cop who doesn't excite anyone. AOC is probably too polarizing to get moderate support, and is probably move valuable in Congress right now. Newsome maybe? I hate to throw out celebrities, but it's happened enough that it's possible and John Stewart seems like he might just go for it. Heck, even he is 62 right now, so he'd be 66 if he ran in 2028, and 67 by inauguration day.
It's ridiculous that the DNC doesn't understand this shit depresses turnout.
People want to choose who to vote for, voting for someone you dislike because the other candidate is worse doesn't get enough voters to comfortably win
Biden is going to fuck around and lose, and the "moderates" are going to blame it on progressives (even tho they always show up) and say the 2028 candidate has to be even more rightwing
Or, Biden squeaks out a victory, and the party says that also proves the party needs to go more rightwing
No matter what happens, both parties keep drifting right.
And that reality is why we spend 100s of millions every election, and still barely crack 2/3s turnout.
Citizens United and SpeechNow packaged and sold the entire electoral process to corporate donors. We are 14 years into this.
It will not improve until those rulings are overturned, which will not happen until lifetime appointees in their 50s die or resign.
And having congress pass a law won't work because we are 14 years into it. The only feasible measure remaining is through strong executive action, which is also unlikely because of the same mechanisms at work.
Biden isn't about to do an FDR and marshall his party, and I don't think he ever was or will. He is well aware of where the loyalties of Congress lie.