• doggle@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    4 days ago

    The candidates are selected in a primary election, but since Biden is incumbent he got all the support from the Democratic establishment. As a result the only people running against him was a clown car of freaks and weirdos who never had a shot to begin with.

    The opportunity to kick Biden out already passed 4 years ago. Thankfully he can’t get a third term, and I expect he’ll be something of a pariah if he loses to Trump so we won’t see him running again in 4 years one way or another. But that’s in 4 years anyway. These next few months are gonna be rocky.

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      3 days ago

      Biden doesn’t have to accept the nomination. He can hang on as the presumptive nominee, forcing Trump to attack him on age and infirmity, alienating the AARP and everyone with an elderly parent or grandparent.

      Then, Biden drops out of the race just before the Democratic National Convention, which turns into a media frenzy, and we end up with a millennial candidate who can run on an “Ok, Boomer” platform.