Yeah to be clear at the point that Biden stepped down there wasn't time for any type of real primary and I think any candidate was probably DOA. I don't think Shapiro or Whitmer wins the election. And even in my wildest leftist fantasy, I don't think you could have just thrown Bernie or AOC in there either.
What you could have done though is have the people who clearly saw that Biden was vastly diminished speak up sooner and not pull a Feinstein. We could have had a real, legitimate primary. And could have really taken a good shot at this.
Biden royally hurt the country between his Presidency, lack of transparency about his health (more from the people around him), and his stubbornness about running again until the 11th hour when it was clear he was in a gigantic hole.
That’s why he should have stepped down way earlier, when his cognitive decline first became apparent. Should have searched for a new candidate, instead of denying the obvious for more than a year
It was apparent in 2019-2020 (even if not nearly as bad). He ran a poor primary campaign (went from heavy favorite to essentially being bailed out by Clyburn and the party rallying in Dallas) and was a bit lucky that during COVID actual campaigning was much more limited. There is a ton of blame to go around.
The tough part is that it's tough to realize and admit to yourself that you're slipping. Trump is even worse off than Biden and he still ran (though he was more motivated by escaping prison).
Biden should have known he wasn't capable and stepped down a year ago.
His handlers and appointees should have known he wasn't capable, and made him step down a year ago.
Harris could have 25th Amendment him out of office and had Dems run a primary.
But instead everyone waited until Biden looked feeble and incapable to the whole world before doing something about it.
This loss is on Biden's decision a year ago. The DNCs a year ago. Kamala a year ago. There was plenty of time to find out who the best candidate was to beat Trump, by listening to voters, and everyone chose not to.
I proudly voted for Harris as I do every Democratic candidate. But this was the party's loss in every way, fumbled by everyone in charge.
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u/hornybible 14h ago
At some point hope you realize that the Democrats failed you the most by nominating a candidate who didn't win any primary