cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/17152685

The CNN poll also asked voters about potential replacements for Biden. Harris fared the best, trailing Trump by only two points, 47 percent to 45 percent, within the margin of error.

Several other prominent Democrats outperformed Biden in polling, including Govs. Gavin Newsom (Calif.) and Gretchen Whitmer (Mich.), as well as Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg.

The Biden campaign has quickly shut down any notion that the president would leave the 2024 race.

  • Dem Bosain
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    4 months ago

    I’ll defend it. In a choice between a lunatic narcissist surrounded by sycophants and a potato surrounded by semi-competent advisors, I’ll have the mashed.

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      4 months ago

      The choice doesn’t have to be between the narcissist and the potato.

      In about 6 weeks, the Democratic National Convention will be held in Chicago. With a democratic incumbent, that’s a boring little party that the entire nation ignores. But, if Biden drops out of the race in about 5 weeks, that convention turns into a media circus, and the entire base has a fresh new candidate winning the news cycles.

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        4 months ago

        But that’s what we’re left with. I’ll vote for whoever is on the ticket, but there’s literally 0.01% chance someone else gets the nomination.

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      4 months ago

      That’s not a defense, it’s an excuse. You’re picking the potato because the alternative is much worse. That’s not a resounding endorsement of potatoes, it’s an acknowledgement of reality.

      Wouldn’t we be better off if he decides to have his next mashed potato serving on his own terms, and let Kamala take over? She seems to be the type of woman who forced her step-kids to eat their veggies, just what this country needs.

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          4 months ago

          That’s what they said in 2008, too. (Well, the black part at least.) Give the country some more credit.

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            The stars aren’t aligned in the way they were in '08. And the black part is less of a hurdle than the woman part, honestly.

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        4 months ago

        I’m just defending my decision to vote for Biden, not defending Biden himself. Get therapy.