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[-] TootSweet@lemmy.world 21 points 1 month ago

Yeah, a piece of me is concerned that if Biden drops out now, Kamala will have to start campaigning "from scratch", which is a setback.

But the way things are now, it's probably best if we just rip the Biden band-aid off now and do a Democrat party campaign reset. And the sooner the better. Kamala needs as much time to make up for Biden's blunders as possible.

Also, honestly, the mistake that put us in this position happened in 2020. Biden never should have run for his first term. Because where we find ourselves now is the inevitable result of him having won his first term in 2020.

God. Kamala is under 60. What a breath of fresh air that would be.

[-] return2ozma@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

If it's Kamala, she legally can keep/use all the campaign cash raised for Biden's re-election too since her name is on the ticket Biden/Harris 2024.

[-] takeda@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

It was absolutely good that Biden run in 2020. His familiarity with the office allowed him to run the country from day 1 (remember how trump was blocking handover and didn't help with transition of power?)

Biden doing foreign policy for Obama helped him tremendously with repairing all the relationships (he personally knew most of the politicians) that trump damaged and restoring NATO. Putin started invasion, because he was doubting that Biden will be able to bring NATO together in time (the invasion happened in February 2022, but or intelligence disclosed that they observed preparations as early as April 2021)

I don't think anyone else from the 20 candidates we had in 2020 was capable of pulling this. Not because I don't think they would be bad presidents, but because they would need time to ramp up

[-] IzzyJ@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Biden running in 2020 was a good decision. But he shouldve stepped down after like he promised. Whoever came next would have the legitimacy afforded by a proper primary, instead of being a crapshoot as swapping in Harris this late would be

[-] Damage@feddit.it 4 points 1 month ago

Black woman? Suuure, Americans will certainly flock to her

[-] PrettyFlyForAFatGuy@feddit.uk 6 points 1 month ago

Obamas first term election result was pretty strong from what i remember

[-] nonfuinoncuro@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago

back then it was still cool to pretend like you're not racist the rise of Trump made it cool to openly hate hombres from shithole countries again

[-] SuddenDownpour@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

But the way things are now, it’s probably best if we just rip the Biden band-aid off now and do a Democrat party campaign reset. And the sooner the better. Kamala needs as much time to make up for Biden’s blunders as possible.

The real problem with Biden isn't the blunders he has committed so far, but the blunders he's yet going to commit.

[-] blazeknave@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Yep. Let's do that instead of focusing on the fascists winning.

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world -1 points 1 month ago

He's not going to drop out. Nobody voluntarily gives up that much power.

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