Bernie Sanders urges Dems to 'stop the bickering' and back Biden
Bernie Sanders urges Dems to 'stop the bickering' and back Biden
Sen. Bernie Sanders admonished Democrats who have called for President Joe Biden to withdraw from the race against former President Donald Trump.
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A thought I haven’t seen offered much, but could give Biden an ego-soothing role instead of being put out to political pasture - a Harris:Biden ticket.
She gets to be the energetic go-getter at the front (that the Maga hate-oil salesmen are shrieking about atm) while Biden can play the ‘elder statesman’ role of advice and experience to Kamala instead of running himself. You defuse a lot of the competency/decline arguments against Biden, and gird against one of Harris’s biggest threats - her lack of international experience.
Kamala is not a political unknown, but Biden is losing/equal right now to Trump with the DNC money & publicity machine working for him the last eight years. I’d argue Harris has a better shot if those efforts are swung her way. I don’t like Harris, but needn’t convince me to vote team blue - it’s the ~9% undecided we need to convince.
I mean, this isn't an awful idea...
The real world logistics probably make this more complicated than implied, but I don't mind the intent.
It's not a good idea because Kamala is pretty unpopular.
She comes off as out of touch and condescending, just like another certain candidate that lost to Trump in 2016.
I agree, she's not the candidate I'd want leading the dems—far from it. But people are used to voting between a Giant Douche and a Turd Sandwich as their president. Biden is something different, more agreeable than some other candidates the Dems have run. But people are seriously concerned about voting for a man who's mental acuity is declining rapidly towards senility and very possibly will not live through 2028.
Plus, I haven't read too far into it but I've heard that only Kamala would be able to use the Biden/Harris campaign war-chest. It's sad as hell that that is so important, but it is nonetheless.