Two Democrats are circulating a proposal to donors and bundlers that would see delegates choose a Biden replacement in the lead up to August convention.
Their idea goes something like this, according to a memo shared with Semafor that has been circulated to Democratic donors and bundlers as well as officials within the Biden campaign and administration:
Biden would step down as the Democratic nominee in mid-July, and announce the new system, with backing from Vice President Kamala Harris.
Potential candidates would have a few days to throw their respective hats in the ring. The Democratic Party then would begin a primary sprint in which the six candidates who receive the most votes from delegates pledge to run positive-only campaigns in the month leading up to the convention.
The “blitz primary” would involve weekly forums with each candidate moderated by cultural icons (Michelle Obama, Oprah, and Taylor Swift are among the names floated in the memo) in order to engage voters.
The nominee would ultimately be chosen by the delegates using ranked choice voting before the start of the Chicago convention on Aug. 19.
It would be announced with plenty of fanfare on the third day of the gathering. The memo imagines the nominee unveiled on stage with Biden, Barack Obama and Bill Clinton.
According to its authors, the country would be captivated. Donations would pour in. And Biden would be celebrated as a “modern-day George Washington,” the proponents argue.----
Don't forget that Marianne Williamson is tied in with Oprah, too. She was on the Democratic primary ballot, although I think she got zero delegates. "Uncommitted" got more.
According to its authors, the country would be captivated. Donations would pour in. And Biden would be celebrated as a “modern-day George Washington,” the proponents argue.
And then everyone clapped. 🙄
Seems more like they just want to throw a party and rake in donations than anything else.
The biggest farce is calling this a "primary". That implies that there is a chance the outcome may change. It wouldn't be a Primary, it would be a Telethon. I mean, they admit as much: they focus on the fundraising aspect of all of it more than anything else and they plan to have celebrity hosts just like Jerry Lewis used to have on Labor Day.
Or... Not? And we accept the DNC fucked the election by not insisting Biden stay out of it last year due to age.
But that would require the octogenarians admitting they shouldn't be running the country still and need to pass it on to younger generations. Instead they're ostriches sticking their head in the sand and attacking anyone that even attempts to get close to suggest it.
This is what we have. A shit old choice, or the total end of Democracy in the US. It's not a hard decision, just the worst two option choice we've had in history, brought about by the party's inability to admit we need to transition away from the two party system, something the founding fathers specifically wanted against.
The same dynamic that led to Hillary being the nominee in 2016 because it was 'her turn' and Biden, the second worst candidate, being ordained in 2020, will lead to them running him in 2024 no matter what. The leadership of the DNC cares about one thing: quashing internal dissent. They've proven they give 0 shits about the GOP winning an election, but they do NOT tolerate internal dissent.
It's funny how all of those "both sides" and "genocide joe" users that canvas lemmy with bad faith arguments are suddenly silent, now that Dems are scrambling to find a viable candidate.
It's almost like their goal was never to find an alternate to Trump and Biden, but to specifically make Biden lose so that Trump would win. And now that it's happening, they're sitting back and watching the Dems implode.
if their goal was to find an alternate to trump and biden, what do you think they'd be doing now? my guess is they'd be waiting to see if they can actually get behind whatever the dems do next.
Mine is that there is no viable candidate that would ever get their vote, and they're just going to dump on whoever the next pick is (if Biden drops out) and continue specifically disenfranchising dem voters.