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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Well, he won't be running for president, so there's that.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

All future articles regarding things the executive branch does will go from "Biden did X" to "The Biden-Harris Administration did X"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

It will confuse the tankies until they can write and send out their weekly newsletter with all the fun slogans to use over the next 7 days.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

More threads mentioning Joe Biden in the title than Trump.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Harris isn't burdened with some responsibility for the Gaza genocide. That will help with younger voters who otherwise would have abstained. Things feel more positive from where I sit.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

unburdened by what has been, you say

[–] [email protected] 33 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I predict it brings the chance of a second Biden term to zero

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Thats some dangerou/s thinkin', u best stick to ur accounting ;)

Family Guy watchers will appreciate this bit

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago

can't any citizen be president? I don't remember George Washington running for president

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

A ton of states are going to fight to keep Kamala Harris off the ballot.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

How? Biden wasn't the official candidate yet.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

A lot of states have laws that don't conform to the national primary process. For instance, Ohio has a law on the books that says the official nomination has to occur by a certain date which is before the second major party convention.

It is important to know that elections are technically run at the state level with some federal oversight.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'd like to think that the DNC considered all of that before having Joe withdraw.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

It was considered. They were going to nominate Biden early to be ahead of this date. I don't think that's happening anymore.

It's also important to know that (IIRC) currently things have been put in place in Ohio for this not to be an issue, but that could change if enough Ohio politicians want it to.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago

Gotta imagine there are a few more surprises in store for the convention.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I wonder if Biden's stepping down was partly influenced by the assassination attempt. If he hadn't, the most prominent symbol of this election would still be that image of Trump screaming "fight" while pumping his fist against the background of the American flag. But if someone from a deserted island opened a news website today for the first time, they wouldn't even know there was an assassination attempt.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 months ago

That's an interesting. I would put my money on him catching covid being the deciding factor.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I'm pretty sure that him giving up is the best chance he has at success.

Ironic right?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Much of the world is irony.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

As an Alanis Morisette song.

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