Toss Biden. Toss Him Now. Say Goodbye. Democrats Cannot Win With The President.
Although he won in 2020, Joe Biden was the wrong choice for Democrats. It should be Sen. Klobuchar, then and now. Run her with Booker, Witmer, or Newsom.
It’s not been popular to say so. But I have been disturbed by Joe Biden since 2020.
I’ve been advocating for another candidate in 2024 since early last year.
Yes, I voted for the Biden-Harris ticket in 2020. I believed Biden when he described himself as the bridge to the future. But then Biden swung left. He botched the withdrawal from Afghanistan, killing service members in the process. His family proved corrupt, not just Hunter but Jim, too. And his arrogance suggested that rather than a bridge to someone else, he was a bridge to his own second term.
Biden’s domestic and foreign policy record is actually good. But his insensitivity to inflation and to unchecked immigration have depressed him in the polls, all but fatally.
Then came the debate last night. It was a disaster within the first few minutes.
You think this situation is going to help increase his poll ratings?
What to do. This:
Last year, I suggested that Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, who ran in 2020, would have been the better candidate. I suggested she should have run with Gov. Andy Bashear of Kentucky. I apologized for backing Biden. and Harris.
I campaigned for the long shot Democratic primary challenger, Rep. Dean Phillips, also of Minnesota. The DNC powers froze him out. They reap what they sowed.
Now, as Democrats face the horrible truth that Biden is too old and too arrogant (because he will not give up the nomination on his own), I still believe in Klobuchar. In Chicago, pair Klobuchar with Bashear. Sure. On reflection, for even more power, run Klobuchar with Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey. Or pair Klobuchar with Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan. Maybe pair Klobuchar with Newsom? Maybe not.
We need powerful campaigners. Moderate policies. Youth. Energy. Change!
We can be our own bridge to the future. Donal;d Trump is a bridge to the past, a past I do not wish to revisit.
So, what about Vice President Kamala Harris? She has been a disaster. Uninspiring. Ineffective. Clawing her way to respectability through carefully placed media interviews and clinging to the abortion debate.
Nope. Not her. We need a new ticket to combat Donald Trump.
Klobuchar and Whitmer would be a game changer. They would be two women storming the “Blue Wall” states from Pennsylvania to Arizona. They would be exciting. They would be moderate. They would be mainstream.
Substitute Booker for Whitmer? That would also work in the Blue Wall states and especially in the cities Donald Trump most fears: Philadelphia, Detroit, Milwaukee, and Minneapolis. Booker, a former mayor of Newark and a former Rhodes Scholar, can campaign anywhere with credibility.
Would Newsom run for veep? Probably not. But Newsom, who is fast on his feet and impressive, is too much of a detriment with his Left Coast values. He’d be run out of the Middle West. He would be a good presidential candidate and he has plenty of time to try later on. But he is the wrong fit for America in 2024.
My Facebook feed is full of Democrats ready to move on from Biden.
My instant messages, too.
My X feed, too.
My TV screen is crowded with MSNBC types tearful about losing Biden but advocating for a change. They say their instant messages are filling with unnamed national Democrats sore about last night.
Joe Scarborough is ready to move on. Mika Brzeszinski wants to wait a few days to judge the reaction of the electorate.
In politics, “wait” is a four-letter word.
Democrats can still defeat Trump with a moderate candidate in the mainstream of the nation’s political values and opinions. A presidential candidate from the Middle West.
An afterthought, added after I originally posted this article: The Hamas-Israel War has divided the Democratic coalition. This could be the actual death knell for Biden. A new ticket can craft a new message and heal this breach, too.