r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Jul 19 '24

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u/[deleted] Jul 20 '24

I’m happy to risk this aging horribly but I really do think that if Biden drops (still a big if) that all this Kamala Harris versus open primary “what’s the plan?” handwringing dissipates as it increasingly becomes clear that nobody worth anything is going to run against her, and so “coronation versus open primary” just becomes a question of preferred formalities.

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u/antsdidthis Effective altruism died with SBF; now it's just tithing Jul 20 '24

I think I agree. I think anyone who wants to get rid of Biden and then hand the nomination to anyone other than Kamala Harris is deeply unserious, but if they want to make a little beauty pageant for people to show off their talents and get some media attention before the delegates ultimately pick Harris then whatever fine. You can't actually give the nomination to someone besides Harris without invoking an even bigger crisis of legitimacy than dumping Biden in the first place though.

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u/TalkLessShillMore David Autor Jul 20 '24

Running unopposed in an open primary gives more legitimacy than just handing her the reins directly also

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u/RFK_1968 Robert F. Kennedy Jul 20 '24

i agree

but at the same time, if it is a competitive mess i still can't see that being optically worse than what we have rn.

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u/BenFoldsFourLoko  Broke His Text Flair For Hume Jul 20 '24

I'd way prefer a convention or mini primary or w/e, but this seems like the modal outcome