Wouldn't that be nice? I doubt it's even been entertained, but who knows now, with your reach? (just kidding !). It would definitely solve most of the problems stemming from everyone backing their particular favorite horse for the ticket, I think they could all eventually agree to settle on Obama and be happy. It would also prevent the utter chaos of an open-to-all convention this late in the game. It solves the name recognition issue with any of the governors across the rest of the country. Now if only Obama would play along....
For real though, I think that the predictable downsides of this idea help show a contrast with the Harris/alternative options.
- Republicans will say this is just a ploy to get Obama a third term.
- Voters who are exhausted and just want to turn the page on the Trump Era will feel like Obama as VP is just "more of the same".
- The K-Hive may not be able to charge Biden with racism, but they'll still raise a stink about the misogyny of replacing Harris with a man. Even if they don't actually represent as many voters as they think they do, the narrative of disunity won't help create any good vibes.
- Obama will fail to create enough of an age contrast; Vance will still be the youngest person on the debate stage, and although I'm perfectly confident Obama's capable of doing a Reaganesque "... young man!" to him, it's still a gamble on whether he'll get juuust the right opportunity to MAKE that moment happen.
Soo yeah. It's funny to imagine, but I think it mostly just illustrates why we should stay the course on forcing Biden out.
For the record, I maintain that Biden should step aside or down. If he steps down from the presidency, then let Harris run a veepstakes -- my fantasy ticket is Harris-Polis. If he only steps aside from the nomination, then the best way for Harris to leverage her advantage AND help the party is to *embrace* an open contest and either lose fair and square or be seen beating out the alternatives and then picking the strongest as a VP for a unity play -- either way, it HAS to happen publicly, out in the open, so that people don't think she's just being "gifted" a presidency/nomination, nor that she's being "robbed" of one.
Maybe I am drunk, I don't know. But I'm not drunk enough to realize that that the odds of this happening are about as much as me getting down to 200 lbs and running a triathalon at this point in my life, which is practically zero.
And I agree, Biden needs to step aside at this point. He's not helping any.
Wouldn't that be nice? I doubt it's even been entertained, but who knows now, with your reach? (just kidding !). It would definitely solve most of the problems stemming from everyone backing their particular favorite horse for the ticket, I think they could all eventually agree to settle on Obama and be happy. It would also prevent the utter chaos of an open-to-all convention this late in the game. It solves the name recognition issue with any of the governors across the rest of the country. Now if only Obama would play along....
You're drunk, PA! Go home! ;-)
For real though, I think that the predictable downsides of this idea help show a contrast with the Harris/alternative options.
- Republicans will say this is just a ploy to get Obama a third term.
- Voters who are exhausted and just want to turn the page on the Trump Era will feel like Obama as VP is just "more of the same".
- The K-Hive may not be able to charge Biden with racism, but they'll still raise a stink about the misogyny of replacing Harris with a man. Even if they don't actually represent as many voters as they think they do, the narrative of disunity won't help create any good vibes.
- Obama will fail to create enough of an age contrast; Vance will still be the youngest person on the debate stage, and although I'm perfectly confident Obama's capable of doing a Reaganesque "... young man!" to him, it's still a gamble on whether he'll get juuust the right opportunity to MAKE that moment happen.
Soo yeah. It's funny to imagine, but I think it mostly just illustrates why we should stay the course on forcing Biden out.
For the record, I maintain that Biden should step aside or down. If he steps down from the presidency, then let Harris run a veepstakes -- my fantasy ticket is Harris-Polis. If he only steps aside from the nomination, then the best way for Harris to leverage her advantage AND help the party is to *embrace* an open contest and either lose fair and square or be seen beating out the alternatives and then picking the strongest as a VP for a unity play -- either way, it HAS to happen publicly, out in the open, so that people don't think she's just being "gifted" a presidency/nomination, nor that she's being "robbed" of one.
Maybe I am drunk, I don't know. But I'm not drunk enough to realize that that the odds of this happening are about as much as me getting down to 200 lbs and running a triathalon at this point in my life, which is practically zero.
And I agree, Biden needs to step aside at this point. He's not helping any.
This sounds too familiar...
"If that is true then I am 30 years old, can run a marathon and weigh 180 pounds."