You're talking about the procedure.
But the reason given does sound entirely democratic to me. People don't want to vote for him, therefore he shouldn't run.
Then ask yourself: is now the Republican party really intent on wrecking democracy? All of them? — ssu
That the party is not able to coordinate an effective response to Biden's flagging mental state is damning, especially since it's an entirely predictable scenario. — Echarmion
That the party is not able to coordinate an effective response to Biden's flagging mental state is damning, especially since it's an entirely predictable scenario. — Echarmion
Of course if you're talking about their inability to foresee Biden's age problems after RBG and even Feinstein months before he started running again, then yeah it is entirely a failure of leadership though that ship has already sailed. Complacency and arrogance from the ones at the top are what gave us Clinton in 2016 and Biden in 2024. — Mr Bee
The fact people don't get decent choices reflects the USA is simply not a democracy. — Benkei
I would add complacency and arrogance also got you Biden in 2020. — Benkei
It may be more of a matter of not having yet coordinated a effective response than of not being able to, but that is not a prediction. — Fooloso4
It's still uncertain since Biden could very well stay in or drop out at this point but what more do you think could be done here? — Mr Bee
Of course if you're talking about their inability to foresee Biden's age problems after RBG and even Feinstein months before he started running again, then yeah it is entirely a failure of leadership though that ship has already sailed. Complacency and arrogance from the ones at the top are what gave us Clinton in 2016 and Biden in 2024. — Mr Bee
I think what I'm missing is some kind of action plan. Everyone seems to be content with voicing their concern but then the Biden circle has already made plenty clear they're not going to step aside. — Echarmion
So either there is some avenue to remove him, in which case they need to pursue it. Or there isn't in which case further complaining just hurts them. But what it looks like is they simply cannot figure out what to do. — Echarmion
I wonder why there hasn't been a grassroots movement to reform the party structure after 2016. Perhaps going after Trump was too easy and allowed the party to deflect the attention. It would explain the willingness to give Trump all the attention all the time. — Echarmion
Yeah, in 2024 that "1 way to lose" will be the same as 2016: HRC. The Dems don't learn new tricks often ... though maybe VP Harris :yikes: (if Biden drops out of the race and the Dems don't nominate e.g. Gov Newsom, Gov Whitmer, et al) – HRC redux. — 180 Proof
Whitmer for President with running-mate Newsom for Veep works just as well for me too – maybe even better! — 180 Proof
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