'I'm not leaving': Biden expands effort to tamp down calls to step aside - eviltoast
  • dhork@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    This can’t go all the way to the convention, because they made the convention so late. They actually have to make the formal nomination before the convention, in time to meet Ohio’s deadline.

    The only path forward is for Harris to take over the nomination. This is far easier if Biden resigns totally. He can say he’s doing it for medical reasons, even if all he has is a chronic case of notgonnawinatall, complicated by inflammation of the opeds.

    • TipRing@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      I was thinking about Ohio too. Plus the lawsuits the Heritage Foundation is already loading to keep Biden on the ballot.

      But if he resigns, it would likely make things easier.

      I’m still not convinced he is going to do that though.

      • Zaktor@sopuli.xyz
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        5 months ago

        The most obnoxious part about Ohio is that it was an entirely self-inflicted wound. We could have just scheduled our convention before the deadline and not trust Republicans to go out of their way for Democrats. And in the end it’s not even because we think we can win the state, we just want to give local politicians a boost because people turn out to vote for president.