(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . The Debate is Over - It's Time to Act! [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2024-06-29 After having a couple of days to process what happened Thursday night, this is what I know: We don’t have a moment to lose. So far, I’ve heard two sides arguing about Biden’s candidacy since the debate. One side says, “Hey, just stop worrying and love Biden because, you know, he's a good guy, and he just had a bad night.” The other side says, “Biden is sunk and should be immediately replaced because he couldn't possibly convince the public at this point that he should be president again!” Neither side is correct. To the “don’t worry” side, I say, yes, we do have something to worry about! He had a very bad night and we don't know how he's going to do in the next debate. This is obviously very concerning because we don’t have any wiggle room when it comes to voter interest or turnout anywhere, especially in battleground states. To the “Biden is sunk” side, I say that the only thing that will sink Biden is continuing to call for him to step down. That gives the wrong message to the public and divides Democrats. There is no chance he will step down! Biden is the head of the party and he’ll be the head of the country if he’s elected. And he has to be elected. But we have to make that happen. We don’t have time anymore to spin our wheels arguing amongst ourselves. We have to get into action. We all agree that Trump is a menace, that if he’s allowed another four years in office, he and his fellow Project 2025 boosters will take the federal government apart piece by piece. That he will almost certainly rally the Proud Boys to shoot peaceful protesters in the streets. That he will continue to threaten women’s lives with a national abortion ban. That, at a time when we need immediate and increased action to address the climate emergency, he’ll open up national parks and other pristine lands to destruction from drilling and fracking. And that’s only the half of it. We also know that Trump will not go down without a fight. If we thought January 6th was bad, wait until we see the aftermath of the 2024 election! If Biden wins. And he must win. We will have our work cut out for us even if Biden wins by a wide margin. We don’t have the luxury anymore, if we ever did, to quietly hope the polls are wrong, or to feel comfortable with polls showing Biden up one or two points and the debate didn’t move the needle anyway. We can’t just sit around and hope that Trump is so bad that everyone will turn out to vote for Biden in the end. Let this debate be a warning. We’re lucky that Biden stumbled in June and not September. The time is now to unite and get on with it. Let’s urge all of Biden’s supporters in leadership to get out there right now on the campaign trail. Let’s get them stumping for him all over the country. Biden isn’t going to do four speeches a day out there, so all of his backers — Kamala Harris, Newsom, Sanders, Whitmer, Beshear, AOC, to name just a few — need to sign up and help him get his message out. Even folks who have their own campaigns to worry about can spare a little time for the most consequential presidential election of our lifetimes. The rest of us need to get out there and volunteer. Local action is crucial! Go door to door everywhere like people did in 2008 for Obama. Call the White House, your representatives, your local Biden re-election campaign offices and urge them to move! We have a chance right now to put aside our differences and unite for the good of the country. There’s plenty of time later to argue about the details of policy or whether the debate was terrible or not. Right now the job is simple and we know how to do it. The time is now! [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/6/29/2249696/-The-Debate-is-Over-It-s-Time-to-Act?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=more_community&pm_medium=web Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/