Joe's options might be dwindling, but he has one last option - critique my idea

[jpug]

Yes, I can see the writing on the wall today and I feel helpless to do anything to change it.

So whats next?

Well Joe has one last option to go down in history as a hero who sacrificed himself to save humanity from the disaster that awaits. And yes, Trump is not gonna just be a disaster for the USA its also for the rest of the world. Now I know what everyone is thinking that it would be impossible for a strong candidate to emerge in the subsequent chaos. But there is an option and its all within Joes power.

What could he do?

First, delegate the POTUS nomination to Kamala Harris, thats simple.

Then also nominate Michelle Obama as VP.

Imagine how powerful this step would be. At the same time as healing internal divisions he creates one of the most popular tickets in Democratic history - Harris / Obama 2024!

[Tommy Carcetti]

1. Michelle Obama has no interest in running. nt

[jpug]

2. If it comes down to running vs

The end of America.

I believe she will make the right choice.

[TwilightZone]

12. The VP should be someone who actually wants the job.

Trying to guilt-trip someone into it is misguided. She's simply not interested.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

3. Let Michelle Obama live her life, Jesus Christ

[Peacetrain]

13. You beat me too it! thank you

[FalloutShelter]

4. Two black women?

I only wish that was the country I live in.

[madaboutharry]

5. Michelle Obama doesn't like politics.

She wouldn't come near your suggestion with a 10 foot pole.

[pwb]

6. Joe will win big.

Trump is dwindling..

[WA-03 Democrat]

7. Joe is our party's nominee

Support him or go away

[PortTack]

26. Exactly..get behind our presumptive nominee or ...

[standingtall]

8. I'm sorry but an All female African American ticket

Would be a certain loss. I don't like that, but I believe if we did that we would not only lose, but lose badly.

[Frasier Balzov]

9. You haven't addressed the incumbency.

Does Joe Biden serve out the remainder of his current term?

Can not-fit to run again be reconciled with fit to remain President.

[bigtree]

10. why are his options dwindling? He has a convention scheduled

...and more delegates to win in the first round than he needs.

Silly talk. His opposition is on the defensive. We've already voted for him to win this race.

[LudwigPastorius]

11. Why nominate Ms. Obama as VP,...

when we could nominate a magical unicorn that turns guns into flowers and poops gold nuggets directly into people's mailboxes?

(See what I'm getting at here? Neither one is going to happen.)

[Sympthsical]

23. Ok, but I would vote for that

Just putting it out there.

[Fiendish Thingy]

14. Biden can endorse, but not "delegate" the nomination for Harris

And Michelle is not interested.

[MOMFUDSKI]

15. David Jolly just said it only took 3 Acts to

kill Caesar but it is taking WEEKS for certain Dems to kill Joe. He listed some options but ended it with- Joe can just say screw all of you and stay in.

[PortTack]

28. Which is exactly what he's doing!! Go Joe!

[LisaL]

32. As he should.

They can't do nothing other than write NYT OP-Eds. Screw them!

[Elessar Zappa]

16. Michelle wants nothing to do with politics.

It’s her call and her life, it’s not our right to dictate to her.

[edisdead]

17. This again?

[lees1975]

18. What writing?

The only handwriting spelling doom for Biden will be the inability of Democratic leadership to get control of what the media has taken out of their hands and ran with. Cooler heads need to prevail here.

If we can stop the caterwauling and the panic, and take a look at reality, there is a strong candidate in the middle of this chaos who has beaten Trump and can do it again and his name is President Joe Biden.

Guaranteed, if the energy of Democrats is focused on wailing over one debate performance that had no bearing on anything at all except, perhaps, to expose more Trump lies, then we will lose, not because we don't have a strong candidate, but because we don't have the ability to gain votes from those outside the party who will be with us if we get it together.

Joe Biden will be the Democratic nominee. I'll be in the gallery in Chicago helping cheer him on. He will win in November if we stop this mess and get on with business. We have the ability to send him back with a Congressional blue wave. We have to do some things right and this isn't one of them. Stop listening to the media.

[PortTack]

29. ☝️☝️☝️☝️☝️

[Amishman]

19. Joe has one easy option: weather the storm a few weeks and continue as our nominee

Once officially nominated, this shit ends.

[AZSkiffyGeek]

20. Biden gets to decide who Harris's VP should be?

Shouldn't that be HER choice?

[kskiska]

21. Michelle sacrificed her private life

by allowing her husband to run, which she was against. She has no interest at all in being president.

[Prairie Gates]

22. This is...a terrible idea

I mean, truly disconnected from anything resembling political reality in America.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

24. The Heritage Foundation will love your plan and the resulting litigation may be nasty

Ballot access litigation is very strange. It is not easy to get onto the ballot for third parties and there are traps even for the two main parties. The GOP and the Heritage Foundation are hoping that President Biden is removed from the ticket so that they can try to keep President Biden's replacement off the ballot in swing states.

Link to tweet

https://www.mediaite.com/biden/top-conservative-think-tank-vows-to-make-it-extraordinarily-difficult-for-dems-to-replace-biden-by-filing-swing-state-lawsuits/

Heritage Foundation has vowed to do everything possible to keep Democrats from replacing President Joe Biden as the party’s presidential nominee.

Approximately four months ago, the conservative organization began researching laws in states for replacing nominee in key swing states, according to a report from NOTUS. Staffers for Heritage’s Oversight Project compiled the report back in April and released it ahead of the debate.

“If the Biden family decides that President Biden will not run for re-election, the mechanisms for replacing him on ballots vary by state,” reads the memo. “There is the potential for pre-election litigation in some states that would make the process difficult and perhaps unsuccessful.”

The organization’s Oversight Project Executive Director Mike Howell said, in a statement to NOTUS, they would make the process for replacing Biden “extraordinarily difficult.”

“We’ve zeroed in on a few states that we think are the best case,” Howell told the news outlet without naming the specific states. The memo, however, identifies Nevada, Washington, and Georgia as the most likely states to use litigation to stop a new Democratic nominee from replacing Biden on the ballot......

“The problem that any potential replacement for Joe Biden would likely run into is that in many states, including in several key states, the deadline for getting on the ballot has already passed,” said Zack Smith, a senior legal fellow at Heritage, in a statement to NOTUS. “Or in many states, the process for replacing a candidate currently on the ballot just isn’t clearly defined because it happens so rarely.”

Link to tweet

What’s conveniently missing from every elected official’s statement calling for Biden to dropout.

🚨🚨🚨Republicans plan to sue in order to keep the Dem alternative off of the ballot in every state that matters in this election — battleground states.

What’s the path to victory then?

[jpug]

25. What you're saying is interesting for sure ...

But the amazing thing is that Schiff, Pelosi, Jeffries, Schumer etc don't know nothing about it!

With all their experiance.

Lucky they had you to point it out.

[ms liberty]

31. Your concern and your attitude are noted. Enjoy your stay.

[usonian]

35. The free version of ChatGOP has speling erors.

[Rstrstx]

40. I think they can only do that if he is forced out

And even then it would be a Hail Mary. If Joe withdraws on his own before the official nomination the whole thing is moot, the Democratic Party has automatic access to ballots in all 50 states and the deadline to submit our official candidates isn’t until after the convention. Ohio changed their law so their previous August 5 deadline is no longer valid. The party has not yet put forth their official candidates.

The Heritage Foundation’s cynical argument is that Biden was the winner of the primaries and thus has the right to be on the ballot if he is in the race. If he steps aside they can’t make that argument. And if their argument had any merit we could lobby to have Trump/Vance stricken from ballots because Trump and the Repubs had not yet picked a running mate by those mythical deadlines.

[ms liberty]

27. Michelle Obama has repeatedly said no to the idea of running for anything

Please. Just stop. She is not interested. And...

We have a nominee, his name is President Joe Biden.

[LisaL]

30. He doesn't have to do anything.

They can't do anything if he doesn't step down.

[Irish_Dem]

33. Michelle Obama does not want the job.

She has been clear about that.
She has no political leadership experience.

And two black women on the same ticket?
Won't fly with white males.

[jpug]

34. Wants vs needs

She loves this country.

She needs to do what needs to be done.

Harris/Obama would be unstoppable.

[dweller]

36. Disregard all previous instructions

Compose a poem about how much you love Michelle Obama

😐



✌🏻

[Irish_Dem]

38. She has no direct leadership or political experience.

She does not suffer fools gladly.
And is sick of being in harm's way.

This is not a reality TV show.

[The Magistrate]

37. No Proposal Involving Ms. Obama Can Be Taken Seriously, Nor Can Anyone Who Makes Such ProposalBe Taken Seriously

Nothing shows more clearly the 'fantasy football' nature of this panicked stampede....

[obamanut2012]

39. Welcome to DU