I’m starting to think a lot of “high ranking Democrats” want a Trump victory so they can spend 4 years on defense raising money and making hay out of the national disaster. 2016-2020 raised the profiles of a lot of party leaders.
It is far too late in the election cycle for the Democrats to find a new candidate. I don’t like Biden, but I’ll be voting for him because he will be better than Trump. If it’s not Biden, there will be a fight for who gets to replace him on the ballot.
If you want Harris, she’s already on the ticket and the actuarial tables would put her at 3 to 1 to finish Biden’s term. So a vote for Biden is a vote for Harris.
If you want someone else, then start planning for 2028 because it’s too late for anyone else. No serious candidates even want the nomination at this point, and they have all endorsed Biden staying in the race. Shut the fuck up about replacing Biden because it’s a bad idea and it only helps Trump get elected.
It’s probably too late after the DNC vote, but until then, there’s plenty of opportunities to fundraise, build a brand, and get on the ticket everywhere.
Just imagine the storm of news articles with “Everything you need to know about Biden’s replacement”
All the way up to the last debate is also possible, but far less likely.
After the last debate… Good luck, basically would need trump to do something that even MAGAs would detest, and I can’t even imagine what that would be. Maybe start quoting Lenin? Start telling people to actually follow Jesus’s teachings? Say that reparations are the best way to heal the country?
I think you’re underestimating how long it takes to fundraise, build a brand, and get on the ticket everywhere. You need volunteers and lawyers for 50 states, thousands of counties, and boots on the ground in every polling place. You need to glad-hand all the donors and mollify the party leaders. You meed to hire all the campaign staff and consultants and experts. The campaign Biden was running won’t work for every candidate.
And the number voters who don’t read news articles would shock you. If you replaced Biden’s name on the ticket today, there would be voters in November seeing the candidate’s name for the first time in the voting booth. Even if it’s Harris.
Trump doesn’t need any more debates. His brand is locked in, and his voters are voting for him because they are every bit at racist, misogynist, xenophobic, and selfish as he is. They want Project 2025 to be reality. Trump is distancing himself from the strategy because he wants people who don’t support him to stay home, and Project 2025 scares reasonable people.