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[–] 170 points 2 years ago (105 children)

Jesus, I hope they can piece a campaign together in the few remaining months

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  • [–] 211 points 2 years ago (23 children)

    It would be an awful lot easier than trying to salvage Biden’s image as it stands. If they do it right this should be super easy, but if they drag their heels on the changes necessary then it might be a lot harder.

    This is BIG opportunity to rebrand and show what really matters to the party.

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  • [–] 81 points 2 years ago (13 children)

    This is the perfect opportunity to do that! But I have absolutely zero faith in them actually doing that.

    But maybe I’ve become jaded in my age with politics. Maybe they won’t just choose the worst possible option.

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    Booo the DNC just made an unprecedented pivot which the people actually wanted.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Nervously optimistic, but I've been hurt before

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  • It's not going to be perfect. It's not going to even inspire people for the next 4 years. What it will do is get us to January where we, hopefully can rightfully calibrate like we should have in 2020. No matter the winner, THIS DOES NOT END IN NOVEMEBER. Remember that.

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  • [+] 36 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)
  • [–] 24 points 2 years ago

    Yes they can. This is the right choice. Democrats will be more energized than ever now. Hopeful they keep it open to the delegates to vote at the convention after a few people step forward.

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  • [–] 23 points 2 years ago

    Other countries have pulled out elections in two weeks. The us may not have that experience though. The campaign however had been directed at his opponent's well known incompetence and malice. That may be the advantage of divisive politics.

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  • [–] 23 points 2 years ago

    Other countries have whole campaign seasons that are shorter. We’ve just gotten used to multi-year campaigns and never-ending reelection efforts. It wasn’t always like this, and I don’t think it’s good for us long-term.

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  • [–] 17 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    They have the media bomb of "no incumbent" leading the headlines. This is one of the only media maneuvers that would change the conversation from "That Trump overcame assassination and adversity!" At this point a major shift was needed.

    The year and a half back log of memes against Biden that right wing contractors have saved up are now worthless. The right will have 3 months to make a cohesive media smear campaign (which they can do against the right candidate) but it will require lots of downtime as the high paid think tanks make astroturf.

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago

    The fact that Republican troll farms have to now spend time coming up with new material puts a small smile on my face.

    They will move swiftly though, while the Democrats are used to being sluggish, so vigilance is in order.

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  • [+] 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (50 children)
  • [–] 52 points 2 years ago* (30 children)

    Biden was going to lose to Trump and was dragging other Democrats down with him in the polls. What more did you need?

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  • [+] 16 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (29 children)
  • [–] 70 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (7 children)

    Not for nothing but four months should be plenty to do an election in. 24 hour news media has convinced you that it's got to be a 2-year endeavor. In all honesty 2 months should be plenty. Four is fine. Our entire country would be much better off if election seasons were shorter.

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    Yeah the reality is that Biden was 95% going to lose to Trump. Picking a new person is usially a huge risk, but in this case there wasn't much to lose.

    As things stand right now, Trumps chances of winning just went down a bit. Worst case, they pick someone terrible with similar (non-)chances to Biden. Best case, they pick someone who wins.

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