• SineSwiper@discuss.tchncs.de
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    4 months ago

    Except that’s not how Presidental succession works. If Biden dies, Harris gets the job, not a lifetime GOP yes-woman like Amy Coney-Barrett. The RBG comparison makes no sense.

    Replacing the incumbent Presidental candidate a few months before the election is political suicide. No election has ever been won that way, and it’s sure as fuck not a good time to start experimenting with bizarre and dangerous ideas.

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      4 months ago

      Say Biden dies tomorrow. Is it still too late to pick someone else? Would we just hand the election to Trump?

      I can see that argument being made if the election was a few weeks away, but it isn’t for 4 months. Over 100 days away. Are you really saying that nothing could be done in that time? And if you think him dying would be different circumstances than the mess we’re in now, I challenge you to ask yourself why you think that way.

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        4 months ago

        If Biden dies tomorrow, the election would be lost. If we switch out Biden for somebody else, the election would be lost. If people decide to not vote because they aren’t dazzled by their Democratic candidate, the election is lost.

        If Biden dies after winning the election, Harris takes over, and we still have a Democratic President.

        Those are your outcomes. Pick one.

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          4 months ago

          So if Biden bows out and lets Harris run the ticket then sounds like you get the same result as him dying.

          She can’t be attacked for being old and sleepy, she could probably even whip Trump’s ass at a debate because she has a functioning brain.

          She has the bonus of having access to the current election funds that Biden has because she is on the ticket already.

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      4 months ago

      Can you explain how you think Biden can win this race?

      Hes down 10-15% in the same polls from 4 years ago, hes getting killed in the press, and everytime he goes in front of a camera he reminds people that hes in cognitive decline.

      How can the Biden campaign pull off the greatest comeback in political history?

      Running a new candidate might be a bizarre and dangerous idea, but the current path leads directly to a Trump reelection.

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          4 months ago

          If you have any data or hypothesis to explain why the polls are off by >10% then I’d love to hear it.

          Otherwise, denying reality is the Trumpian response. I was hoping for a serious answer.

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        4 months ago

        Just remember that polls made it seem like the far right was going to overwhelmingly win.

        And then they didn’t.