The left’s efforts to push a fragile Joe Biden out of the presidential race are probably hitting an apex around now, as Chuck Schumer reportedly showed up at the old man’s house to “forcefully” ask him to pack it up. Many Democrats are now looking around for political saviors. I’m not sure it’s going to be that easy.
Why would any legitimate presidential prospect — outside Kamala Harris — consider jumping into the unprecedented chaos of 2024? Right now, Gretchen Whitmer or Josh Shapiro, or whoever, can sit back for the next four years, bolster his or her credentials governing purple states, build national profiles, reach out to key constituencies, and put together organizations in important states. Anyone who gets in now would be compelled to make a convincing case in a condensed time frame, relying on Biden’s terrible campaign people, in what is likely the most tumultuous presidential election in more than a century.
For another thing, one would need to leapfrog the very first black/Asian-American/woman vice president in history for the nomination. Is any white Democrat with a bright political future going to rely on a flash anarchic convention to sideline Kamala Harris? I’ve never met the woman, but the vice president doesn’t seem to have a temperament that would take kindly to being shoved out of the picture. And, to be fair, her only real job is to step in for the president if he’s unable to perform his duties. Democrat voters, twice, picked her for that task.
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