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Spencer Ackerman@attackerman.bsky.social |
Intelligence committee chairman, not a dismissible figure. (Unfortunately!) If Biden has to drop out, doesn’t he have to resign? I don’t understand how he could be incapable of being the nominee but capable of governing.
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Brian Ulrich
@brianjulrich.bsky.social
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Up to one challenging job, but not two at once, and running is its own job
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Rebecca Schoenkopf
@wonkette.bsky.social
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Do you really not understand? One is the next six months. The other is the next six months and four years. They're really different things!
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cdpositive
@cdpositive.bsky.social
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Repeating your words (to a completely civil response below), that's BS. Instead of asking a random group here to reassure you, use Google & look it up! Maybe democracy might be worth the time? But maybe that's just me....
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@thesoundings.bsky.social
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Since the media doesn't really focus on policy, but instead prefers horse race & personality contests when covering presidential elections, there is an entirely different skill set to campaigning as opposed to governing (much to the country's detriment). Biden can say he can do one & not the other.
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Chris Miller
@iamcurious.bsky.social
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Yeah, that would definitely be the next question. I think the case he would have to make is he is capable of doing the job, but doesn't have the energy to be President and run a full-throated reelection campaign with so much at stake.
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Carlana Johnson
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You can make a fair case that e.g. you think he's perfectly capable today etc. but you don't believe he will be capable in 2 or 3 years, so it's irresponsible for him to run. I dunno. Whatever it takes to not lose in a landslide would be nice.
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Krankenbruder
@krankenbruder.bsky.social
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If Harris becomes president before election day, she'll have to have an Israel/Palestine policy, which will fuck her up in the general. One of the big upsides of replacement is Biden taking all that shit on and with him.
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Rev. Magdalen
@revmagdalen.bsky.social
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He can say that doing two jobs is too much, he'll focus on the presidency while she campaigns.
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Rich Puchalsky ⚑
@richpuchalsky.bsky.social
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"be incapable of being the nominee but capable of governing" The time when America was ruled by Nancy Reagan's astrologer we avoided a pointless and potentially extremely disastrous military conflict. It can't be all bad
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hilzoy
@hilzoy.bsky.social
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He could say: campaigning for President is like having two jobs, and just being President is already one of the hardest in the world. That's the one I plan to focus on over the next months. Or: I'm fine now, but I can't vouch for the next 4 years. Or a number of other things.
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Sava
@unicorntickles.bsky.social
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Jesus Christ I really hate dems sometimes. We could just sweep some shit under the rug and unite behind a not ideal candidate (which is also the incumbent) but no now we have to find a better one??? Did no one consider this in 2020? I feel like a fucking crazy person.
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Tye
@tyed.bsky.social
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Biden isn’t going anywhere! This talk is absolutely moronic. We need all hands on deck or it’s “Project 2025”! If that happens then it’s over for this country. Let’s try unity to get rid of these bad actors or it’s over for us. There is no room for division now.
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Katie
@ohweebeasties.bsky.social
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Maybe if the thought is that he's too old for 4 more years but functioning adequately to lead for half a year.
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AdreanaLangston
@adreanalangston.bsky.social
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Saying I am good until January of 2025 but I can't guarantee I will be good for 4 more years is not an unreasonable position
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Dag.
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He could stay on the ballot, but announce that he is going to hand over the reigns the day before inauguration day. That's legal, but risky.
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havokle
@havokle.bsky.social
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Governing and campaigning might be too much for his age, and can reasonably argue he can do one but not both. We have no indication that his governance has been compromised. Also, it’s whether he can argue he’ll be in good enough shape for another four years.
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KA SEMENOVA
@kasemenova.bsky.social
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Doesn't believe he can finish another term doesn't mean he can't finish this one.
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@surfingthepast.bsky.social
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No not at all. Did LBJ resign when he decided not to run? If Biden leaves its because he believes another candidate has a better chance of winning. Pretty easy and obvious.
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Greg Pak
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Not saying this is smart or good, but it'd be easy to spin it by saying he recognizes he's not the party's strongest messenger without saying he's incompetent/incapable of governing for the rest of his term. But I trust the NYT et al will keep yammering about it until he literally resigns or dies.
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Coach Finstock
@coachfinstock.bsky.social
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Also, Heritage Foundation already said they'd go to the mattresses to stop Biden from being replaced and they're gonna use the Matthew Kacsmaryk to Fifth Circuit to SCOTUS pipeline to stop it from happening.
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Walter Katz
@walterkatz.bsky.social
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I worked for an elected who chose not to run for another term for reasons about what another four years would entail but we still ran out the term at a full sprint. The difference in energy required for 4 more years vs. 5.5 months is something nonpolitical people understand.
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Lester Sabotage
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Agreed. I see no way that he can drop out of the race and not also resign the presidency. Who would take him seriously if he has already admitted that he isn't up for the stress of an election?
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Don Zeko
@donzeko.bsky.social
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That's the one part of all this where there's a plausible logic to it: he could be fine now but unlikely to be fine four years from now
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Greg Wasserstrom
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"being president and running for re-election are both full time jobs. i can only do of them, so i'm going to focus on what you elected me to do."
h/t @mtsw.bsky.social
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Greg Lipper
@theglipper.bsky.social
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I think it's reasonable to say that he's capable of governing (doing one job) but not capable of governing and also running a campaign (doing two jobs at the same time).
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Howie from Maryland 🦀
@hocohowie.bsky.social
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What does "attempting to assemble" mean? Worst Avengers movie ever.
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Jim Phillips
@jmnphillips.bsky.social
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I understand.
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Susan Brooks
@susubrooks.bsky.social
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Because Dems don't believe he isn't capable of governing, they believe he's incapable of beating Trump.
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@napoleon-the-pig.bsky.social
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no he doesn't need to resign and since the republican's are almost certainly to refuse to allow the dems to choose a replacement vp so that johnson is next in line and to drive up the likelihood of a harris assassination, he should not. plus then a vp is not in place to certify the election
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Voters Are Our Last Hope
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Reminder: Warner supported ousting university presidents because of speech he didn't like. He voted to ban TikTok over speech he didn't like. So of course he'd have no problem over-ruling the votes of millions of Americans for Biden. Warner is a classic DLC Democrat - just like Manchin.
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Rich
@richardinbk.bsky.social
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It's not that he's incapable of governing for the next 6 months, it's that he's incapable of governing for the next 4 years.
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Michael A. Levin
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Oh, FFS. We have found a Clown Caucus in the Democratic Party. Kyrsten Sinema (C-Arizona) and Joe Manchin (C-West Virginia) standing directly behind Mark Warner. It is a collection of very unserious people trying to look and sound very serious. In other words, clowns.
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Nicholas Bauer PhD
@bioturbonick.bsky.social
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It might be a fine needle to thread, but I think it could be framed primarily as next 6 months vs. next 4.5 years.
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Alyson Decker
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Yeah- it’s a really hard argument to make that I’m totally currently fit to be president but not to run for it. It could have been gracefully done a year ago sort of pre-primaries like 4 years is enough thank you- now- not so much.
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gerv
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Saw someone argue that they could make it explicit that he won’t resign the presidency due to the fact that republicans will not allow them to pick a replacement VP
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S.J. Moomaw
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Running for President is a full-time job, on top of the full-time job he already has (and has done quite well for the last 3-1/2 years). Is it so hard to understand not wanting two f/t jobs at age 81?
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