(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Go Gretch Go! [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2024-07-01 Biden is done. He cannot win, much less govern for 4 years. Kamala can’t win. Newsom can’t win. But Gretchen Whitmer CAN win. She should try IF only the party and Joe Biden will let her. Jonathan Martin — the brilliant writer for Politico (who probably knows as much about Presidential campaigns than anyone else) has a great column today in which he posits the reasons Gretchen Whitmer should consider running as a replacement for Joe Biden. But he opines that Democrats lack the moral courage to stand up and do the right thing. Read it an weep if you fear for the Republic. The cowardice displayed in public by Democratic elected officials is heart-breaking. As Dean Phillips pointed out in an interview with Martin earlier this year, Democrats love to rip Republicans who say one thing about Donald Trump in private but are afraid to repeat it in public. Yet Democratic office holders are now showing the same hypocrisy. Neither group with dare say “the emperor has no clothes”. Whitmer is poised and polished — as well as relatable and reasonable — just what our country needs. The “stick with Joe and follow him down the drain crowd” likes to claim no one else is ready. That’s not true. Bill Clinton won election as a small state Governor. Jimmy Carter was a one term Governor and won the Presidency. Barack Obama hadn’t been in the U.S. Senate two years when he declared his candidacy for President. Watch Gretchen Whitmer speak — and look at how she has grown in her skills and presence. In 2020, she gave the Democratic response to Donald Trump’s State of the Union address. It was formulaic and somewhat stilted (surely written by someone in Washington). But even then you could see her promise as a politician. Fast forward to early 2024 and Whitmer’s commanding State of the State speech. Watch that and tell me you can’t picture her in the U.S. Capitol delivering the State of the Union. Whitmer has what America is craving for. Toughness AND compassion. Brains AND street smarts. Idealism AND Pragmatism. She is both articulate AND down to earth. And she knows how to win in the Midwest. Joe Biden should do the right thing and step aside — allowing for an open convention — pledging his war chest and campaign operation to the winner. Many naysayers claim the Democratic party will be bitterly divided with an open convention. I say that’s nonsense: let’s have two months of constant attention on the candidates — a billion dollars worth of free media. Each candidate will be pounding Trump while trying to impress the delegates. Trump won’t even know where to direct his fire back. The country will pay attention. Imagine the drama. Think of the excitement when Gretchen Whitmer accepts the nomination in August. I believe Gretchen Whitmer will win the nomination in a fair and open contest, and then handily defeat Donald Trump in November. [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/7/1/2250357/-Go-Gretch-Go?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/