US Here’s how Democrats could replace Biden - It’s Her Turn™

First lady Jill Biden (right) greets President Joe Biden at the conclusion of the presidential debate on Thursday.

By STEVEN SHEPARD
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06/28/2024 12:18 AM EDT

Panicked Democrats might be ready to shove President Joe Biden to the side. But they need him to take the first step.

Within minutes of Biden’s poor debate performance concluding on CNN, the network’s commentators were openly discussing the possibility of replacing Biden on the ticket.
For apoplectic Democrats, the good news is that there is a way to do it before November.

While the party technically does have a system for nominating a fresh candidate at the convention in the event of a candidate declining a nomination, the entire process is a creaky one that hasn’t been considered in decades.

There’s no mechanism by which other party leaders can throw Biden off the ticket, according to the Democratic National Committee’s rules. Instead, if anyone in the party wants to replace him, it is through throwing it to an open the nominating process on the convention floor.

Biden won around 95 percent of the nearly 4,000 delegates in this year’s primaries — who are pledged, but not committed, to backing Biden.

That means there’s no legal requirement that they vote for Biden in the roll call. But Biden’s campaign has had a role in choosing these delegates at state conventions across the country — and at least half of them would have to spurn him in order to deny him the nomination.

But if Biden agreed to decline his party’s nomination, it would kick off an open and unpredictable process of picking his replacement.

Other names — from Vice President Kamala Harris, to Govs. Gavin Newsom, Gretchen Whitmer and JB Pritzker, to numerous others — could be placed in nomination. The candidates, who could span the Democratic Party’s geographic, ideological and generational wings, would be working to sway the thousands of Democratic delegates to support them on the first ballot.

The pledged delegates aren’t the only ones who have a say. The Democratic Party has stripped “superdelegates” — elected officials and party leaders who can vote for anyone they please — of most of their power since the contentious 2016 primary. These superdelegates would be free to vote if no candidate won a majority of delegates on the first ballot. An open, contested convention would give more than 700 party insiders a major role in picking the new nominee.

Biden’s wishes could also become hugely important. He could try to influence the process by endorsing Harris, his vice president. And she would have an argument in her favor since she is already on the ticket.

But if such a scenario occurred, Biden and Harris would have to persuade them. Biden’s delegates don’t automatically go to her but a Biden endorsement could be enough. But there’s no guarantee, and Harris’ poor poll numbers might give some Democrats pause.

Even if Harris coasted to the nomination, she would need a vice presidential candidate of her own, and there would still be a fight among the party’s future stars to be her running mate.

Any of Democrats’ rising stars would be a possibility, though Newsom would be particularly unlikely. Unless either changed their residency, a Harris-Newsom ticket would be ineligible for California’s 54 electoral votes — and there’s no realistic path to a Democratic victory without them.

From the moment he declared he would seek a second term, Biden and his team have insisted he is running for reelection. And Biden won every primary and caucus — capturing more than 85 percent of the aggregate vote — with the exception of far-flung American Samoa.

But the immense pressure of a poor debate performance — and further sags in polling numbers — could change all that.

If Biden is going to drop out, the clock is ticking. Even though the Democratic convention isn’t until mid-August, the DNC is moving up its nomination process.

Ohio law requires the party’s candidates to be determined by Aug. 7, and the DNC has decided to upend the traditional convention roll call to ensure their candidate is on the ballot there.

That deadline is only 40 days away.

 

[Kulee Baba]

They cant.

The end.

Seriously, the whole narrative of 2020 being the year Our Democracy (tm) was saved rests on the idea that Biden is popular, competent, cogent and wise.

To replace him for any reason? Before he can win a second term? Even if its due to objective health decline?

Would be an admission he was a fraud.

They blew too much smoke up our asses to now claim there was never a fire.

And who wants to take over the Presidential Campaign at the last minute? If there wasn’t term limits on the President I could see Barack doing it but that’s not reality.

Gavin Newsom? Gavin wants to wait for 2028 it’ll be a clean slate with Trump retired. Kamala would love to take over but we all know she’s even less popular than Biden and I don’t think she wants to try to reverse her image with the clock ticking as is.

Joe should have announced he’d only do one term back in January. Why? Because he’s old and wants to enjoy his golden years with his family. He didn’t and now they’re just screwed, royally.

 

[mlanguishi]

Don't need to replace Biden when you can just print votes then claim the election was fair and secure despite 115% voter turnout.

Man, if they try that this time it'll make J6 look like nothing. I think there could be real outbreaks of serious conflict. Right now I think if they jail Trump or worse that could also spark something big. I think things are getting pretty dicey in this country now.

 

[Beautiful Border]

Biden shit the bed and even the most brainwashed retards know it. Only other explanations amount to tinfoil shit.

The Russians put Rohypnol in his coffee before he went on stage! It's Putin at it again!

 

[urr13 account]

What's the deadline to have your final candidates picked? Post-First Presidential Debate seems relatively late, you'd only have like 4-5 months to build a completely new campaign.

With Harris I guess they could just make the switch but if its a fresh candidate they have to build awareness, come up with dumb slogans, etc.

Better move quick.

 

[pwnest injun]

Don't need to replace Biden when you can just print votes then claim the election was fair and secure despite 115% voter turnout.

By this logic, you don't need to keep him either.

 

[anklyscr]

Seeing these two posts together made me laugh. Guessing the debate didn't go well?
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It went great. Chud.

We’re just fortifying democracy when we put newsome in the Oval Office

 

[Absolutego]

They cant.

The end.

Seriously, the whole narrative of 2020 being the year Our Democracy (tm) was saved rests on the idea that Biden is popular, competent, cogent and wise.

To replace him for any reason? Before he can win a second term? Even if its due to objective health decline?

Would be an admission he was a fraud.

They blew too much smoke up our asses to now claim there was never a fire.

I mean, they definitely can, but they probably shouldn't. They've put in the work to give themselves an exit button. The final vote for a nominee is now virtual, they'll have a mute button handy to shut up delegates who get (justifiably) outraged when Hillary RKOs Biden out of nowhere or somesuch.
There is no winning move at this point. There's only different flavors of losing for them.

 

[Dr. Henry Armitage]

By this logic, you don't need to keep him either.

It doesn't really matter who is running the three letter agencies are running the show. I think they prefer Biden just because he won't ask questions or get in the way.plus they've been hyping him up for what? Two years now? it'd make their job of election fraud harder if they switched candidates since a lot of people would be put off by the dems switching this late in the race.

 

[Atomic Ant]

I've been reading on Reddit support for Bernie or Warren, but we all know when it comes down to it will be Hillary. 2016, not 2020, rematch!

Its incredible to me the way that leftists watched bernie not only get ratfucked (twice) but also twice bend the knee to the people who ratfucked him, and here a decade on theyre still thinking that hey, maybe now its His Turn! Charlie Brown cant wait to let Lucy pull that football out from under him one more time. Nigga do not learn. No refunds.

 

[AnsemSoD1]

Its incredible to me the way that leftists watched bernie not only get ratfucked (twice) but also twice bend the knee to the people who ratfucked him, and here a decade on theyre still thinking that hey, maybe now its His Turn! Charlie Brown cant wait to let Lucy pull that football out from under him one more time. Nigga do not learn. No refunds.

When he got shooed offstage by two sassy sheboons I almost spit my food out in laughter.

 

[Overly Serious]

Trump will want to go apeshit on some people when he wins, but reality says there is not much he can do. He doesn't have a Gestapo and he can't just lock people up. He promises fire and brimstone but a President can't really do that. Sure, he can do that they are foreign countries or leaders with sanctions, wiping out treaties etc. etc. but that's where it ends.

He can't sanction NY State or do much their either.

Domestically, the GOP will be rightly planning what to do with their 4 years with legislation to make the most of it, knowing Trump will be gone in 4 years, so its important to get what legislation they desire pushed through which will remain long after his departure.

We have seen positive outcomes from his judicial appointments and nominations. I don't know that there would be another SC seat come up during his term but even without that, there's still a lot of scope. This is the list of judicial appointments he made in his last term according to Wikipedia:

List of federal judges appointed by Donald Trump - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

It's a fair few. Imagine another four years of that. It may not seem like much but capture of the judiciary by Globohomo, Soros, Clintonistas, et al. is one of the big impediments to righting the USA. And the effects of appointments can extend way beyond his term.

His victory will probably also usher in further take back of the Republican party and push back against local institutions.

The Russians put Rohypnol in his coffee before he went on stage! It's Putin at it again!

If there's any rohypnol floating around the DNC, it's probably someone discovered Bill's old stash.

 

[Divine right to rule]

They can't reasonably replace Biden at this point. If he had a competent VP during his time in office, that would be a good option. Unfortunately for the dems that they have Kamala.
Is there some super-popular Governor or Senator that would have a shot?

 

[Product Placement]

Bring back Al Gore or get Jeb!, sure he would switch sides

 

[Trust Me I Know]

They can't reasonably replace Biden at this point. If he had a competent VP during his time in office, that would be a good option. Unfortunately for the dems that they have Kamala.
Is there some super-popular Governor or Senator that would have a shot?

If you were an up-and-coming Democrat superstar, would you want to step into this shitshow?

 

[Divine right to rule]

If you were an up-and-coming Democrat superstar, would you want to step into this shitshow?

Probably, yes. Taking on evil orange man, even as a lost cause, would make me instantly recognizable to the whole population. If I lose, most people would understand and blame the DNC for nominating Biden in the first place. And if I would win, I would have a strong mandate because I won with a huge handicap.

 

[Hitman One]

Now, America, this is a really difficult conversation to have but you know that you're always welcome back home with your father's new family, the Commonwealth. You've done really well and we're all so proud of you. 247 years is an amazing attempt for a new country, and look at all you've achieved in that time!

Let's be honest though, things are looking kind of bleak just now. I mean, a lunatic orange conman and a demented jurassic paedophile? Come on, you can do better than that. Maybe one day you can strike out on your own again, but just know we're always here for you if you want to come home. Maybe, after a few years, we could even try to sort out your sister, Canada? You two used to be so close, you'd like that, wouldn't you son?

Your loving dad,
Charles III

 

[Mr. Zed da Robot Poon Fed]

I’ll just paste this from the other forum post since it’s relevant here.

Is it even a smart idea to do that at this point? For four years, the Democrats have been bitching about Our Democracy™ just to have a quasi-Gerald Ford scenario where the popular vote of the Democratic primary is completely wiped out in favor of a candidate no one wanted or voted for. In order to keep consistency, if neither Biden nor Harris became president, then Dean Phillips would be the person to run.

 

[Super-Chevy454]

Bring back Al Gore or get Jeb!, sure he would switch sides

In the case of Jeb, I doubt he would be that suicidal.

 

[IAmNotAlpharius]

if the democrats were smart they’d just divert all funds to critical house and senate races

 

[Ghost of Biden]

if the democrats were smart.

Let’s not get ahead of ourselves, the democrats have been known to put the cart before the horse.