(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Our assessment of the debate and the question of replacement [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2024-06-27 Maybe we could consider replacing President Biden, but it doesn't seem possible and it may create more problems than it solves. Still, I discuss that below because it seems worth considering to a fair number of people here including people who have been strong supporters of President Biden. I can't help but feel that I have watched this movie before a while back when we were told the Earth is falling because of the Hur Report. I am still gobsmacked by the asymmetry that is present. The asymmetry is really, really hurting us. The other side is running Donald Trump. They're running Donald Trump. He couldn't find truth with Dale right beside him yelling it at him. He tries to gas light America and spouts lie after lie in a way that would make Mitt Romney proud. He offers nothing to the American people. Yet Republicans are going to overwhelmingly support him. They don't care about content. He ran his business so corruptly that he has to pay disgorgement fees including interest of $455 million. He isn't even allowed to run a business in New York for three years. His university was shut down. His charity was shut down because of grift and he isn't allowed to run a charity in New York ever again. He is an unrepentant blatant bigot. He was found liable for committing sexual assault against E Jean Carroll by a jury. He attempted a coup by various methods including inciting an armed insurrection. He violated the Espionage Act. He has already been convicted of 34 felonies and faces three more Indictments with 54 felonies charged. His mismanagement of and minimization of COVID led to 40% greater COVID deaths than if we had the same percentage as other similarly situated nations, resulting in 400,000 more people dying. He inherited a very good economy, but he squandered that by mismanaging COVID. Yet the overwhelming majority of republicans and conservatives support him. They don't care that he constantly lied in the most brazen way possible. Then, we democrats decide to evaluate the debate on the metrics Donald Trump wants: who is louder and more aggressive. We aren't evaluating it in terms of who is offering more to the American people and on content. We aren't even evaluating this debate IN CONTEXT. THE CONTEXT IS DONALD TRUMP HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF 34 FELONIES, ATTEMPTED A COUP BY VARIOUS METHODS INCLUDING INCITING AN ARMED INSURRECTION, ENDED ROE, HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH 54 MORE FELONIES, IS AN EXISTENTIAL THREAT TO OUR DEMOCRACY, IS AN UNREPENTANT BLATANT BIGOT, WILL ALLOW BIG OIL TO DO WHATEVER THEY WANT, AND ENDED ROE WHILE PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS A STRONG RECORD OF SUPPORTING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO RUN ON. Then we conclude that he lost and talk about removing him from the ballot after he has already won the primary. We attack him and say that he lost the debate because he isn't as loud or as aggressive as Donald Trump. President Biden's speech is a challenge now. That's been clear for a while now. President Biden isn't the macho aggressive candidate. So, we drag President Biden. Are they dragging Donald Trump? They have far more reasons to drag Donald Trump and throw him under the bus than we have to drag President Biden. They support Donald Trump despite everything against him, but we won't support President Biden. I find that incredible in the truest sense of the word. If the candidates were reversed, they would be saying that their candidate won the debate because he told the truth and he is a patriot who is defending democracy against a crazy felon who worships Putin. President Biden is our candidate. Donald Trump is an existential threat to everything that we hold dear. I don't believe that we can replace President Biden. However, if we could, what message would that send to the Republican Party and to voters? Who do you want to replace him with? Who does this faction support? Who does that faction support? There is no one candidate whom the whole party would unite around. In polling of democrats and Democratic Party leaning voters if President Biden were not running, then the most popular replacement was Vice President Harris at 27%, NOBODY ELSE WAS EVEN IN DOUBLE DIGITS. This is the problem. People who have wanted to replace President Biden assumed that the entire rest of the Democratic Party would want their preferred candidate if President Biden were not running for reelection and that assumption is false. Another problem is that we would get slammed in the press if we replaced President Biden and the Republican Party would take advantage of that. I am still shaking my head at the fact that they can run Donald Trump and we can't seem to run President Biden despite his strong record. . The closest unity candidate would have to be Vice President Harris. Her polling isn't better than his, but she might be able to improve her numbers. She would be a much, much stronger campaigner. I think we would be in a much stronger position if she were at the top of the ticket. She might not face some resistance from Republicans who would support President Biden, but I believe she could win them over. 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