I am always skeptical when I hear leftists echoing the same talking points as far right hacks. These are folks I would expect to be in unison on this point. They are ideologues. That’s fine, that’s their job.

Ideologically, the points are well taken. I too wish for a more progressive president. I’m not excited about Biden, either. I can live through four more years of Biden if that’s what’s to come.

Beating Trump is most important.

I’m of the firm belief that Biden can do that (he’s already done it once), and that he is the best situated to do it. That’s based on the conventional wisdom. Yes, it’s the same conventional wisdom that lost the election for Hillary in 2016, but also won it for Biden in 2020. Biden’s campaign apparatus is in place and switched on. He’s on the ballot. He’s got the backing. To try and change that now seems insurmountable.

Abeyance, I think you mean.

That was also an AstroTurf campaign to outrage white voters.

Just stop with this GOP-astroturf “replace Biden” campaign.

There were no challengers, exactly. Someone could have challenged him.

Removed by mod

Fuck themmm.

Name recognition doesn’t win elections.

Money does.

They are not looking for anyone else.

States only had primarys if they were legally required to.

Your post is not true dude. They cannot rewrite the rules like that. Any changes they make would not take effect until the next election.

Listen. Biden is not going to step out. Anyone saying that this is a likely scenario is flat out delusional and has no idea what they are talking about, or they are a Trump supporter trying to sew chaos.

Oh boohoo, my team didn’t win everything it wanted so I’m going to take my ball and go home.

Still by far the most progressive president in my lifetime.

The other factor is that the incumbent lost in 2020, to the 2024 incumbent.

Like wtf. People saying he can’t do it. He already did it once.

Grow up.

This is why the right came for Chevron, they can buy Congress. Much harder to buy a whole agency.

Before Chevron there was Skidmore Deference, and they came for that.

Maybe I should have said they’ve been coming for all deference. Or ~50 years, for the pedants.

Ideological successors. Agree with your post.

They’ve been coming for Chevron for at least 50 years, but they also fight regulation at every turn.

Maybe he just knows more than you about this, and you’re the one that’s got it wrong.

Well he’s had the KGB in Russian mining oligarchs looking out for him for the last 40 years.

Or maybe you’re just wrong about the calculus.

What is this neofascist fan fiction?

Biden beat Trump once and he can beat Trump again.