The Dems can only do it if Biden agrees to step down, which would release the delegates.
Trump would never agree to step down. Furthermore, the GOP establishment is too terrified of Trump and the Trump cult (for their own political futures) to put any pressure on him to step down.
No. Heritage is a clown-show, and Trump is more than happy to throw them under the bus (like he has with virtually every other individual and institution that's tried to construct a policy-based, ideological argument for Trumpism).
I've actually heard Hayes and Goldberg offhandedly say a number of times over the past few years that The Dispatch is a registered Facebook fact-checker, but I've never actually seen any of their stuff used by Facebook. Lol. Good to know it's happening.
This is the part that bothers me. So the question is more this - what made Clooney (or anyone else) think that the Biden of 2020 would have a better 4-year mental acuity trajectory other than what actually occurred?
I think there was probably wishful thinking by a lot of Democrats (the ones outside of Biden's inner circle) that the signs of his decline were isolated incidents.
Back in 2020, I knew that then candidate Biden had articulation issues. I did not know if was dementia-related or brought on by his childhood stutter or his brain aneurisms. Whichever the case, I preferred him to Trump.
During President Biden's first two years, we have seen him sign highly consequential legislation after highly consequential legislation after highly consequential legislation, probably more than any president during the first two years. That's strong evidence that he was functioning well at least much of the time during that period.
Yes, you can give all kinds of reasons why all the legislation were slated to pass Congress, with any Democratic POTUS and, yes, there's many reasons why all the legislation passed.. But why not Presidents Clinton or Obama.? They had both houses of Congress for their first two years. Same with President Trump - remember all his (I think it was) Infrastructure Tuesdays? I'm relatively sure that President Biden had much to do with all that legislation crossing the finish line.
I'm not sure signing legislation is "strong evidence" that he was functioning well, but he's clearly in far worse shape than he was in 2020.
>>I'm relatively sure that President Biden had much to do with all that legislation crossing the finish line
I'm not convinced he was that deeply or intimately involved in the legislative process, but again, there's a big difference between Biden early in his tenure, and Biden now.
I think you and many others severely underestimate President Biden. He's always been a gaffe machine, and his articulation problem seems to be worsening. In addition, his lapses are embarrassing.
But he's also highly effective at building consensus among lawmakers, getting legislation on the table and pushing it through.
You need to keep competing thoughts in your mind at the same time.
That said, I think Carville's idea is best. President Biden needs to free his delegates and there needs to be town hall meetings so the delegates can decide who to nominate. Of course the possible fly in the ointment is that both President Biden and VP Harris have to set this idea in motion (with VP Harris vying for nomination if she chooses). If VP Harris is not nominated, she should be on the ticket as VP.
The sooner this happens the better. As a benefit, it would take attention away from Trump and the GOP.
Trying not to be mad at Never Trump folks who didn’t get behind Nikki Haley.
I voted for her in the primary, but sadly millions of Republicans decided they'd rather lose with Trump than win with her.
If the Dems actually do succeed in getting a different nominee, why couldn’t the Republicans do it too? Why didn’t they? I voted for DeSantis
The Dems can only do it if Biden agrees to step down, which would release the delegates.
Trump would never agree to step down. Furthermore, the GOP establishment is too terrified of Trump and the Trump cult (for their own political futures) to put any pressure on him to step down.
Hey if Trump does win then he won’t be able to run again
Sad state of affairs when we have to consider the opinion of a Movie Star in the United States of Entertainment.
Sad indeed. But in the United States of Entertainment, as Trump has additionally proven, celebrity somehow earns one undue political weight.
Absolutely. Good opinion piece John. By the way, is project 2025 by the Heritage foundation on your reading list.
No. Heritage is a clown-show, and Trump is more than happy to throw them under the bus (like he has with virtually every other individual and institution that's tried to construct a policy-based, ideological argument for Trumpism).
https://thedispatch.com/article/viral-claims-about-project-2025-are-mostly-false/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR26BL1nIPdAwtL6NCY1DgNShmKq71cVRslraZsk08PqLG-GDPR-_GDq6c4_aem_jNLvdAuamUrsRvB4L9Zobw
Wanted to add to the link below. This is the first time I saw Facebook use the dispatch as a fact checker.
I've actually heard Hayes and Goldberg offhandedly say a number of times over the past few years that The Dispatch is a registered Facebook fact-checker, but I've never actually seen any of their stuff used by Facebook. Lol. Good to know it's happening.
// "He wasn’t even the Joe Biden of 2020"
This is the part that bothers me. So the question is more this - what made Clooney (or anyone else) think that the Biden of 2020 would have a better 4-year mental acuity trajectory other than what actually occurred?
I think there was probably wishful thinking by a lot of Democrats (the ones outside of Biden's inner circle) that the signs of his decline were isolated incidents.
Back in 2020, I knew that then candidate Biden had articulation issues. I did not know if was dementia-related or brought on by his childhood stutter or his brain aneurisms. Whichever the case, I preferred him to Trump.
During President Biden's first two years, we have seen him sign highly consequential legislation after highly consequential legislation after highly consequential legislation, probably more than any president during the first two years. That's strong evidence that he was functioning well at least much of the time during that period.
Yes, you can give all kinds of reasons why all the legislation were slated to pass Congress, with any Democratic POTUS and, yes, there's many reasons why all the legislation passed.. But why not Presidents Clinton or Obama.? They had both houses of Congress for their first two years. Same with President Trump - remember all his (I think it was) Infrastructure Tuesdays? I'm relatively sure that President Biden had much to do with all that legislation crossing the finish line.
I'm not sure signing legislation is "strong evidence" that he was functioning well, but he's clearly in far worse shape than he was in 2020.
>>I'm relatively sure that President Biden had much to do with all that legislation crossing the finish line
I'm not convinced he was that deeply or intimately involved in the legislative process, but again, there's a big difference between Biden early in his tenure, and Biden now.
I think you and many others severely underestimate President Biden. He's always been a gaffe machine, and his articulation problem seems to be worsening. In addition, his lapses are embarrassing.
But he's also highly effective at building consensus among lawmakers, getting legislation on the table and pushing it through.
You need to keep competing thoughts in your mind at the same time.
That said, I think Carville's idea is best. President Biden needs to free his delegates and there needs to be town hall meetings so the delegates can decide who to nominate. Of course the possible fly in the ointment is that both President Biden and VP Harris have to set this idea in motion (with VP Harris vying for nomination if she chooses). If VP Harris is not nominated, she should be on the ticket as VP.
The sooner this happens the better. As a benefit, it would take attention away from Trump and the GOP.