Joe Biden’s candidacy leaves Democrats with no easy way out

[SugarDaddy1]

President Joe Biden’s free pass to renomination may prove costly to Democrats. In hopes of avoiding Biden unraveling on the primary trail, the Democrats may see him fall apart after he has won the nomination. This will leave them with no easy way to remove Biden, no easy way to replace him if he leaves, and little time to do either. The chaos Biden helped Democrats avoid in 2020 may be unleashed with greater fury in 2024.

The natural desire to take the easy way and renominate the incumbent overlooks the purpose of primary elections: They force an incumbent president to give an account of his administration to the party faithful. When President Lyndon B. Johnson realized he couldn’t in 1968, for example, he dropped out.

In their hopes of avoiding a bad scenario during the primary, Democrats may find themselves facing a worst-case one: What if Biden needs to withdraw?

The Democrats chose to reduce the margin for error in their 2024 nomination, but they may find they have put themselves into a no-margin-for-error scenario. Instead of avoiding chaos, Democrats may find they have opened a Pandora’s box worth.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/...didacy-leaves-democrats-with-no-easy-way-out/

 

[BrightShinyGirl]

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/...didacy-leaves-democrats-with-no-easy-way-out/

Joe Biden winning by large margins in the primary shows he's popular and well-liked among Democrats. The Republican enthusiasm for Donald Trump is significantly lower than it was 4 years ago.

 

[LLCox]

Comforting to know I am not betting on someone who is trying to stay of of prison. Never thought Id see the US look like a third world country.

 

[adrina]

You're a trumper.

Shrugs.

 

[YDB95]

Once again the right are falling for their own propaganda. More than a little projection in there, too, with the concerns about a candidate falling apart after winning the nomination (by, say, getting convicted of a felony or 91?).