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2 in 3 Democrats Want Biden to Withdraw, Poll Finds as Key Deadlines Draw Near (truthout.org)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

This is a pretty telling question to be asking in the first place. Given the ostensibly center-left corporate media's literal barrage of 'Biden old' and 'replace Biden' narrative over the past month or two, it's hardly surprising that a number of Democrats think this is a good strategy. Note that they did not ask who these Democrats intend to vote for, the same way many of these stories focus on nebulous 'approval ratings' rather than pointed questions that might tease out who Democrats actually intend to vote for as well as whether they're enthusiastic or simply settling.

What should be telling, however, is that Republicans want to see Biden replaced. Why?

If Biden is an old pushover with bad approval ratings.. what's the danger in letting him run? Republicans are more supportive of Biden throwing the towel in than Democrats. That doesn't suggest to me that they're terribly confident about Trump beating Biden.

I know why Democrats think someone else should replace Trump: because he's absolutely terrifying. A Trump presidency with this current Supreme Court would be an absolute disaster for the fabric of every useful part of government and a gigantic win for corporate interests.

But Republicans? Why? Biden isn't a stand-out among Democrats on his policies, he's the mainstream. Most other Democrats would be doing the same things.

I think it's because Biden is actually extremely likely to win.

Why start pushing stories about replacing an incumbent president after the primaries? Why not before? Because it's too late to do it. All these stories can do now is discourage Democrats and pull Independents who are on the fence. They can't help even if they were intended to, because it's too late.

Ignore all this crap. Go vote in November. Get as many people as you can to vote for Biden. The rest is a distraction by the people who have the money to manufacture as many distractions as they could ever want.

Don't get distracted.