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We turned it on before it started and the first person I see is Gavin Newsom talking to reporters. I see two possibilities.

  1. Dems replace Biden with Newsom
  2. Dems throw the election by doing nothing.
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I've thought for a long time now that they're happy to lose this one and let Trump deal with the looming economic crisis (which the Fed will make a point of allowing).

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Now I think that's maybe a 50% chance. If they don't give Biden the boot or at least try to they are throwing it for Trump.

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Their big problem now is that they also have to skip over Kamala somehow.

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Exactly! They have two problems. Jill Biden and Kamala.

The party of diversity and feminism prefers the opposite

They will have to pay her off or blackmail

Kamala is very ambitious. She ran in 2020 but suspended her campaign before Iowa.

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I think that's right. They can buy her out or offer her a Supreme Court spot or something like that. It should be doable.

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Can you imagine... her on the supreme court? Just hearings would be comedy gold.

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I mean, didn't Sotomayor already say that she couldn't say what a woman is because she's not a biologist?

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Wasn't that Ketanji Brown Jackson?

So pathetic, either way.

Oh god, I don't even want to imagine how toxic a Kamala vs. Trump election would get....

Newsom is what you expect from a political candidate. He's also terrible but that doesn't matter... clearly. Newsom could run circles around most politicians. He's quick, slick, and smart. He's a terrible governor and will make a terrible president. I think he will be one. Either in this election or the next one.

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Looks like Newsom has the perfect CV to run the country then, oversized ambition and proven incompetence he is the right pick

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He's also tall and looks like a serial killer... aka the complete package.

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Lot of hair products

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Some pundits I watch brought up an interesting point. They don't think the top Democrat alternatives like Newsom and Whitmer want to run. Instead, they have their eyes set on 2028, where they think the path will be easier. They'd rather sacrifice their party this cycle than run now when the chances are lower.

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Newsom positioned himself by hosting Xí Jìnpíng, politicians are not famous for being patient or thinking long term I would be surprised if it was to wait for four more years

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That seems a little odd to me, too. However, if they think this presidential term is going to be a trainwreck, then it's better to let the opposition party have it. Let the public get pissed at them and swoop in as the savior later.

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Anything's possible. I think they'd at least want to be the one who stepped in for Joe in 2024, so that they'd have a head start in 2028.

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Seems like the two most likely options.

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