Biden says he 'screwed up' debate but vows to stay in race
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Speculation is swirling around whether the president will continue his re-election bid after last week's disastrous debate.

“I’m the nominee of the Democratic Party. No one’s pushing me out. I’m not leaving," he said in a call to the broader campaign

  • aodhsishaj@lemmy.world
    3015·
    3 months ago

    Changing candidates now is a terrible Idea. Who is proposed to replace him? None of these articles posit a different candidate, just not Biden. Ridiculous

      • Omega@lemmy.world
        161·
        3 months ago

        Anyone else is a popular choice. Everyone loves anyone else. That is, until you name anyone else.

    • CaptDust@sh.itjust.works
      125·
      3 months ago

      Harris, Newsom, Whitmer, Pritzker, and Shapiro are the most common potential replacements I’ve seen floated.

      • mecfs@lemmy.world
        102·
        3 months ago

        Realistically it would be harris or newsom, and they are both as unpopular as biden. Obviously they are mentally sharper but have other baggage.

      • Snot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        76·
        3 months ago

        And considering the DNC locked Sanders out of winning primaries twice in a row, how are all the disenfranchised Democrat voters supposed to feel about…

        The party choosing to ignore Biden’s advanced age and not letting the cat out of the bag until well after we could have run some primaries and let the voters decide.

        We’re left with two options with a month and a half to the convention. Let the party apparatchiks choose the candidate, or let the delegates choose the candidate, both of which are inherently anti-democratic choices.

        The DNC made these choices on purpose and are leaving voters without an actual choice on purpose. It is literally the party’s choices that have lead us to this moment, but somehow the party making another bad choice will fix things? I seriously doubt that.

        Who, when chosen by the DNC for us, (not BY us) do you think will actually excite voters?

      • Soup@lemmy.cafeEnglish
        32·
        3 months ago

        And which of them are have stated that they intend to run for president? Either go with what we have or don’t go. Those are your options.

        • CaptDust@sh.itjust.works
          21·
          3 months ago

          Why would any of them say they intend to run while an incumbent is on the ticket? If Biden steps aside, I think they’d all be open to it. Personally, I’m voting against trump, Dems could put Willow Biden in the race for all I care.

    • Tinidril@midwest.socialEnglish
      31·
      3 months ago

      Michele Obama is the only one consistently beating Trump in polls. Not that I want Obama v2, but that’s where it stands currently.

      Done properly, a replacement would get a big bump with the nomination, but that’s not much to count on.

      Jon Stewart would probably wipe the floor with Trump if anyone can figure out how to draft him.