The jury of public opinion is final: President Joe Biden’s reelection bid has capsized, and he must be replaced if the Democratic Party wants to stop Donald Trump and save democracy. Never before in modern American politics has Democrats been hedging on their own party leader as they have been on Biden in his second run.
Biden won the Primary election? You argue. But that wasn’t a primary. The Democratic National Committee (DNC) made sure no other viable candidate ran against an incumbent president seeking reelection. Democratic primaries were not even held in some states.
Biden was never popular among grassroots Democrats – certainly not among non-politician progressives going into this election, but rather had been propped up by the establishment apparatus of elected officials and insiders forcing down Biden’s candidacy to keep their own positions of power and elected office.
It’s been a classic “get in line” and “wait your-turn” syndrome Washington elites like to play wherein the anointed one of the donor class and establishment do the choosing who they want to lead, and not the grassroots voting constituency. It’s BLUE MAGA, cultish and corrupt.
Presidential Debate Going into the presidential debate, politicos already knew it was to be a make-or-break moment for Biden. The donors have been ignoring the results of both national and battleground polls that had Biden losing not just in a head-to-head match against Trump but losing in a three-way with RFK Jr in the mix. They’ve been wishing on a star in Biden, but that star just crashed.
It’s likely, that before the debate it was already decided if Biden did not shine, the donors would bolt. The brouhaha following the debate — corporate media’s sudden recognition of “panic” among Democrats — really meant, panic has set in among donors. Why? Because grassroots Dems have been waving red flags and been in panic mode for almost a year now and were largely ignored. But when donors panic, like what we’re seeing, that will draw headlines and shape a new narrative. That’s how it works.
The NYT/Sienna College Poll, June 28 to July (the debate was on June 30th) posed the question if the election were held today, who would you vote for – 49% of likely voters would vote for Trump, 43% for Biden, and among registered voters, 49% would vote for Trump, 41% Biden.
Overall, 74% of voters view Biden as too old for the job, up five percentage points since the debate. Among Democrats, concerns about Biden’s age spiked 8 percentage points since the debate to 59% and among Republicans and independents, 79%.
The majority of polls conducted by various organizations after the presidential debate show Donald Trump leading Joe Biden. They also show Biden, who again was already behind most polls, fell further behind. And that same pattern holds true in battleground states where it really matters.
Perception will not change on Biden It’s clear that the perception of Biden being mentally unfit and too old to serve as president a second term will not go away given that the polls have been consistently against Biden’s favor for such a long period of time.
What’s aggravating to grassroots Democrats is the gaslighting by establishment Democrats occurring even after the debate. It’s like, “don’t believe your lying eyes and ears,” of what just happened, Biden was sick and exhausted which is why he bombed that night.
Say if it were in fact true and Biden is as “capable” as his handlers say he is – it still does not change “perception” — and that entanglement is practically impossible to unwind after almost a year of Biden pegged, the feeble old man.
Judge Biden on the issues Some like vice president Kamala Harris have suggested that voters look at Biden’s track record, his accomplishments while in office as incentive to vote for Biden. That’s seemingly a fair point.
But it’s a faulty argument because that was Biden of the past whose faculties were clearly sharper and together back then. It doesn’t speak to his mental ability going forward.
People who truly understand how politics work could make the argument that the Democratic platform will get pushed by Biden’s cabinet members and Democrat allies, that they would, in fact, do the work for Biden whether he’s coherent or not. That’s certainly true, and arguably is what’s happening now.
But a figurehead does not make for an effective leader. A figurehead cannot inspire, cannot convince Americans or Congress to enact truly monumental policies that the nation sorely needs at the moment. Consequently, his handlers would opt for very safe, conservative, marginal impacting policies in the next four years should Biden win. Why? Because they know that a feeble Biden is not capable to sell major policies to the American public. That would mean four years of wasted time of little accomplishments – time that many Americans do not have to wait.
There is no other choice but to replace Biden Why establishment Democrats remain stubborn on the fact that Biden is not the best candidate in the Democratic party is astounding. Their inaction (to date) in calling for Biden to step down for the good of the country speaks to a Washington culture of cowardice.
If in fact the Democrat establishment is serious that democracy would be in peril if Trump is elected, why are they willing to put so much at stake and risk it all on Biden who obviously at this juncture cannot win.
The clock is ticking. If Democrats want to save the nation from Trump as they keep saying they do, there’s no time to waste. To call for Biden to step down is not an endorsement of Trump as some Democrats are accusing other Democrats of. It’s not abandonment or disrespect to Biden. It’s being pragmatic and realistic knowing that there is no other way if winning is a goal. The Democratic Party must act now before it’s too late.
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