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[-] sushibowl@feddit.nl 14 points 4 months ago

Maybe. On the other hand, changing out your candidate after one debate doesn't inspire much confidence. And you lose the advantage a sitting president usually has in elections.

A new candidate might indeed do better, but the DNC is risk averse as hell. I don't see them having the balls to make a move like this.

[-] lennybird@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

If it was about a poor debate performance akin to Obama vs Romney debate 1 I'd be inclined to agree.

The problem is this wasn't really about the debate. It was about revealing to the country Biden's clear senility problems, which at 81, won't get better but certainly get worse.

And second to that: If Biden was 10 points ahead in the polls I'd also say okay maybe we just ride this out.

But he's not. In fact relative to 2020 he's been 10 pts behind pre-Debate. Losing in every battleground state as well.

To me I see the car crash happening up ahead and want to jump while we still have time.

Sadly I agree with your final comment. Today at Camp David was the day Biden could back out if his closest advisors and family pulled him aside. But they're encouraging him to keep going.

[-] HaleHirsute@infosec.pub 3 points 4 months ago

You know what inspires even less confidence? Biden.

[-] flying_sheep@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 months ago

The track record of the Biden administration is solid. Why should that change?

[-] MiDaBa@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 months ago
[-] nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 4 months ago

He could be a bowl of jelly and it wouldn't make a difference. He's just the head of the Executive branch, where his job is pretty much signing/vetoing bills, hiring cabinet members, and nominating judges (with advice from said cabinet members). The alternative is a Nazi supported by the lines of the swastika-waving Nazis seen in Florida.

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