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  • Nobody who was paying attention thought he would be a one term president. He said nothing of the sort because that was never his plan. He literally said so at the time:

    I don’t have plans on one term

    And his campaign emphasized the same thing at the time:

    Lots of chatter out there on this so just want to be crystal clear: this is not a conversation our campaign is having and not something VP Biden is thinking about

    This is not a conversation we are having among people who actually are running the campaign

    And yet people still want to believe a bunch of anonymous “senior advisers” over what Biden actually said. Pure wishcasting.












  • The only individual characteristic that matters is incumbency.

    Most other factors mostly do not depend on the individual who is running. For example, recession, military victories/losses, results of midterm elections, significant third party challenger, etc. The party can run anyone and it would not affect those points.

    However, I overlooked another individual characteristic: there is an extra point if the incumbent is a victorious military leader or has significant appeal to members of the opposing party. The only person to get that point in this century was Obama, and only in 2008.







  • The DNC can rewrite the rules before the convention and nominate anyone they want.

    The DNC does not control the Biden/Harris 2024 campaign org, the Biden/Harris ground ops teams including 30 Biden/Harris campaign offices in Michigan alone, the Biden/Harris war chest containing over $100 million, or the Biden/Harris Super PACS.

    Biden/Harris can take their ball and go home. And that’s why the DNC won’t replace Biden unless he willingly steps down.

    any replacement shares the most important quality Dem voters want that Biden actually meets.

    Apart from money and a functioning campaign organization. But who needs that if you’re young, right?