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The Biden disaster, six possible replacements for the race for the White House (and the eternal suggestion)

2024-06-28 22:27:57Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
The Biden disaster, six possible replacements for the race for the White House
Joe Biden after the presidential debate

Joe Biden's disastrous performance in the first presidential debate has reignited the concerns of Democrats. During the discussion, with the president looking tired and confused, party leaders exchanged anxious messages, asking what to do in the run-up to the Nov. 5 election.

"He seemed disoriented," said political consultant David Axelrod, the man who helped elect Barack Obama, minutes after the debate ended. "There will be a lot of discussion about whether it will be allowed to continue." And if Democrats continue to publicly support Biden's candidacy, they are privately wondering what they should do.

It has never happened that a candidate surrenders at this point in the electoral campaign, it is very likely that a failed decision will result.

If necessary, Biden would remain in office until the end of his term as did Lyndon Johnson in 1968, but the delegates he won in the primaries – 95% of the 4,000 total – would be returned to square one for to be taken.

The replacement would thus be chosen during the August convention in Chicago, while if Biden withdrew after the convention, it would be up to the party to choose his successor.

There aren't many names ready to jump on the presidential bandwagon, and they have to fight to win the delegate vote left by Biden.

The most concrete hypothesis is Vice President Kamala Harris, although party rules do not give her any advantage if Biden decides to withdraw.

She would not automatically get delegates, but the president could try to influence the process by giving her his endorsement.

The most popular is the governor of California Gavin Newsom: relatively young, handsome, with a national profile, even if he has been affected by several scandals. Newsom was in Atlanta and reiterated to reporters that the party remains united with the president.

The third name is that of the governor of Michigan, Gretchen Whitmer, known above all because during Covid she deftly stood up to Donald Trump, who incited protests against the restrictions she had imposed, and then for the attempted hijacking her from a militia that ended with nine convictions.

Then there are some names in the second row: Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, Illinois JB Pritzker, California Congressman Ro Khanna.

Finally, there is the eternal Michelle Obama suggestion, relaunched by many but rejected – more than once – by the former First Lady herself, who claims she has no intention of returning to the White House.


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