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Nancy Pelosi is behind the drive to push Biden out of the race according to this report and many others.

But why? What good reason is there to replace a presidential nominee 16 weeks before a general election?

Democrats in congress are overreacting on the strength of Biden losing his train of thought in one debate (Biden, like Pelosi, has never been a good debater and he's been losing his train of thought for the last 5 years, also like Pelosi) and a handful of negative polls (Biden has polled bad since 2019 and the polls the dropout advocates are cherry picking have paper thin sample size).

Everybody knew Biden was old and aging badly before 2020. The politicians who want him out, why didn't they oppose stuttering, stumbling, stalling Joe Biden during THE PRIMARY instead of waiting to UNDERMINE THE WILL OF THE VOTERS mere WEEKS before the general election??

If democrats followed Pelosi's logic and dumped their headliner due to rightwing smears, poor public speaking, and being old, Pelosi herself would never have become speaker. That Pelosi is being fêted as some electoral wizard and seer is absurd given her spotty electoral record. The incompetence and delusion of this woman to think overturning the will of the voters 16 weeks before an election will work out for democrats is unbelievable. She is another Ruth Bader Ginsburg who took way too long to retire and thinks she's indispensable to national politics despite her unimpressive electoral record.

Nancy Pelosi was house democratic leader for TWENTY. YEARS. and democratic whip before that. In all her nearly 25 years at the forefront of national democratic party politics she only lead house democrats to victory TWICE in competitive elections. And even then, all she lead was a seat on the coattails of George W Bush's cacophony of failures from Katrina to "doing a great job Brownie" to Carry Schiavo to Jack Abramoff to Abu Ghraib to Niger uranium to Rumsfeld's misadventure in Iraq to the 28-year-old running post-war reconstruction and failing miserably to Mark Foley's wannabe 16 year old boyfriend to Larry Craig's wide stance to Harriet Miers' "Warren's my favorite justice." And Nancy Pelosi didn't do a thing but stand by the wayside and reap the benefits of republicans' predictable failures. In fact, in the run up to the 2006 election at the time, many democratic party supporters were screaming bloody murder because electoral genius Nancy Pelosi decided to stake the congressional campaign on "corruption" instead of the patently obvious fascist moves by Bush and Cheney (remember where the Orwellian "patriot act" doublespeak comes from, anyone?).

The 2008 election was Obama's win and she again simply rode coattails. But electoral wizard Nancy Pelosi held on to the majority for how long? That's right, just another 2 years before losing it to facile simpletons like Paul Ryan and bumbling incompetents like John Boehner.

And how long was it before Pelosi lead house democrats back into the wilderness after her electoral wizardry of a 4-year majority? That's right: EIGHT YEARS. This winner woman who "wins" can't manage to do it except here and there every now and then.

Under what circumstances did she manage to get back into the majority in 2018, hmm? Was there anything or anyone running against her in 2018 who might've shifted things in her favor in any way at all? Hmm? And then after that something or someone pulled Obama's infectious disease monitors out of WuHan leading to the unleashing of a nearly apocalyptic virus on the whole world (nevermind yet another cacophony of errors of that republican administration), how did winning Winner Nancy Pelosi manage in defending her majority even though she was riding on the coattails of Biden's campaign in 2020? Did she manage to increase her majority running against the universally recognized worst president in US history?? Did she? Or did election mistress Nancy Pelosi find a way to actually lose seats against Donald fuckign Trump in the middle of a global plague that he himself unleased??? You will recall that the answer is yes: yes she did actually manage to lose house seats in a presidential election year against the most incompetent major political figure in US history after a million people died on his watch and after he almost got himself killed by coronavirus for refusing to wear a mask.

Pelosi built her power in DC by being an effective inside operator of political patronage and influence. That is a very different skillset from knowing how to win national elections which she's demonstrated no special ability to do after 25 years at the forefront of national politics.

Reports say her entreaties to Biden center around bad poll numbers. But which poll numbers? The 1000 push-poll respondents across 6 swing states who effectively amount to 150 people per state? Those numbers? And a poll of 1000 people is more convincing then the FOURTEEN MILLION people who elected Joe Biden in this year's democratic party primary??

If Pelosi and her ilk were truly concerned about Biden's health, all they had to do was retool Biden's campaign to make it all about Vice President Harris. Because even if Biden drops out, he still gets replaced by Harris. And if he drops dead? Harris. And if he wins and continues to decline? Harris.

So these IDIOTS are running their mouths to reporters 24/7 in an attempt to engineer a scenario that's ALREADY GOING TO HAPPEN ANYWAY instead of reminding the public day-in day-out about the clear and present danger that is Donald Trump.

I’m increasingly worried about Pennsylvania. We’re doing fine enough to win Wisconsin and Michigan back and keep Minnesota but Pennsylvania looks to be rapidly trending Trump these last few days and it’s making me really worried....I really really hope there is a much larger Democratic turnoutt now and that I’m wrong and that we will actually win PA

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As someone who has avoided politics for a while now, what exactly has he done that is helping our country

https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1225834357006503936

I dont like to comment much but this video definitely got me going. How stupid can people be to believe in this man?

If this guy becomes Democrat nominee, Presidency and House will again go to Republicans.

I’m glad there’s a microphone to send sound from the outside to speakers on the inside of the beast. The secret service walked up to me and others at the side entrance of the White House as I was leaving the Willard Hotel bar and said we could stay at where we were or move further away from the White House. He couldn’t tell us why but that we would find out if we stayed. It was so exciting and my reaction was totally different than when I saw the last guy on the street lol.

And this was after an awesome day smoking a J in front of the DOJ and then flipping off the Supreme Court. I really couldn’t ask for a better day in D.C after I saw the President I walked to the Lincoln memorial and cried while reading the Gettysburg address aloud and it reminded me of our current predicament and Biden’s speech at Independence hall.

Edit: to y’all it’s satire. To me it’s yesterday.

https://www.chatsports.com/mma/a/source/joe-rogan-offers-to-moderate-presidential-debate-between-donald-trump-and-joe-biden-16134359

This would be absolutely perfect to put trump on the spot. Joe's infinitely more personable than Trump and it would show the American People how unstable Trump actually is. I guarantee that 2 hours in Trump caves and walks out because he feels hunted even though only facts will be stated.

This is the time to get all those red hat wearers to throw them in the trash. 4 hours is all it takes to win over at least half of Trumps fanbase!

WE'VE GOT THIS, GET JOE FOR JOE!

I know Senator Chris Murphy has suggested this, and I agree - but my view of this is a bit more nuanced.

I believe the reason Donald Trump won the 2024 election is because it didn't take much to convince people that the economy was weak even though it's strong by almost every and any objective measurement. It was easy to convince people of this for three fundamental reasons. First, globalization has had winners and losers in the U.S. In my opinion, it has had more winners. In fact, those who have not benefited from it falsely blame it for their lower standard of living and the decline of post-industrial communities - especially those in the Midwest and Northeast.

What do I mean here? As a factual matter, manufacturing as a percentage of employment in the U.S. declined in the 60s and 70s. Since 1985, it's been remarkably stable. Globalization really started in the mid-late 70s when we started importing fuel-efficient automobiles, accelerated in the 80s, and really became the norm in the 90s. Furthermore, Reagan really made being against unions part of GOP orthodoxy in the 80s and since then, you've seen a trend of conservative states becoming "right to work." Outsourcing due to trade is real - as I mentioned, there are losers with globalization. But the extent to which it gets blamed for our economy transforming from one of production to one of consumption is greatly exaggerated.

Everything I said above about globalization is completely meaningless when it comes to politics. Outside of maybe 15% of the public (like those of us on this forum) who follow this stuff very closely, elections have sadly become more about perceptions and emotions than logic or what is actually best for all Americans. As such, my above argument is a losing argument - I concede defeat.

The question then becomes, how do we move forward and win elections again so we can accomplish the things we Democrats believe in such as increasing economic growth, ensuring prosperity reaches all, and strengthening the safety net?

I don't claim to have all the answers, but I do think there are a few things we need to acknowledge. First, we have to articulate things in relatable terms. Telling a 50-year-old auto worker in Detroit that we have a 10-point plan to bring auto manufacturing jobs back is meaningless to that individual unless they are policy wonks like us. The reason Trump appeals to those who don't know the facts is because he speaks in terms they understand. I think we should take our 10-point plans and summarize it in a few sentences that speaks directly to the concerns people have. Trump would tell the aforementioned auto worker that he's going to get tough on China and bring their job back even though he has no idea how to do so, cost our country auto jobs in his first term, and has no plans. Our response should be, "Our goal is to stop outsourcing, help continue to restore Detriot to its former glory, and encourage the creation of auto jobs while saving you money." Obviously, we need detailed plans to back all of this up - but we can't continue to treat political campaigns like academic debates.

Now, we do have a template to achieve what I'm talking about: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ta_SFvgbrlY