notably, “trying to assemble” and “has assembled” are two extremely different things and if he were able to do the latter, his ratshit ass wouldn’t be leaking the former.
Am I fucking crazy, or has this been one shitty debate performance, followed by a week plus of story after story about "panic" etc? No new evidence that he's unable to do it, just constant "people are saying"?
Supposedly Nixon once said “If you hear about a movement to stop X, bet on X” because if that movement actually could stop X from becoming the nominee they would have already done it.
Seeing a push notification about this motivated me to call Booker's office to say I would like everyone to knock off the chatter about replacing Biden. And I didn't even vote for him in the primary; I voted uncommitted.
Warner is one of my senators, and while I'd never have voted for anyone who's run against him (in the general), he's a corporatist centrist and I would not be surprised if he thinks this is his chance to move up
I think life moved real fast all of a sudden for whoever is/was involved in this. Not sure anyone will admit they were anywhere near it by a week from now.
In 2022 a loved one who works on the Hill sometimes told me that Dems, staffers, consultants, people in the party and governing apparatus were trying to dump Biden. 2022! Feels like the discontented elites sees the convention as their last chance.