Kamala Harris could win.
Not a sure thing, of course. Nothing is.
And I don't know what Biden should do.
But many discounting how she'd be received given what she'd be replacing and especially running against.
Are there really more "too female" or "too Black" voters than "too old" voters? Doubt it.
Given that the most popular Dem is Michelle Obama,I don't think it's about Black or woman with Kamala. I think it's perceived California liberalism that's the issue. Same with newsome (yes, I'm aware, in reality they're not very far left)
Timing matters. Early July is not it. Joe should have a scary health crisis and step aside, but in October. At 81, does not require much embellishment.
Do not give the media months to grind this woman down. Maximize sympathy. The short campaign should center voting for democracy, not a candidate.
Switching out the incumbent is a bad idea before we get into the wisdom of dropping Joe Biden, which I think is also a bad idea
Everyone is hand waving the chaos this will unleash and that the current bad news cycle is entirely circular and fabricated
A lot of the handwringing seems to be “but the Times will slime her too.” Sure. Probably. But the built in narrative of young Black woman takes up mantle from fading old white male mentor is gonna be pretty appealing to a lot of normie Times readers so I dunno.