US Politics Thread

[MellowJoe]

Who'd have thought it would have come to this...

 

[MillionMilesAway]

Count Binface appears to be energised by this.
It remains to be seen how he thinks it will help with that pesky hand dryer.

 

[meltonblue]

I think if this works out and whoever is the successor manages to turn things around and beat Trump, we might in time come to view this as one of the more selfless and presidential acts of service. It had to be hard for him to come to terms with the fact he had to do this.

I hope for a Whitmer or a Newsom as I think they would represent the best chance of beating Trump. Newsom would make Trump look a fool (even more than he does already) on any debating stage, and so Trump would do everything in his power to avoid that.

I think it will be Harris, and while I reckon she may have a marginally better chance than Biden did, I worry that would be a frying pan and fire kind of outcome.

She polls much worse against Trump than Biden does.

 

[SebastianBlue]

I think if this works out and whoever is the successor manages to turn things around and beat Trump, we might in time come to view this as one of the more selfless and presidential acts of service. It had to be hard for him to come to terms with the fact he had to do this.

I hope for a Whitmer or a Newsom as I think they would represent the best chance of beating Trump. Newsom would make Trump look a fool (even more than he does already) on any debating stage, and so Trump would do everything in his power to avoid that.

I think it will be Harris, and while I reckon she may have a marginally better chance than Biden did, I worry that would be a frying pan and fire kind of outcome.

I actually think Harris would by default expose the deep racism and misogyny inherent to Trump and the MAGA party—they wouldn’t be able to stop it from consuming the campaign, as we are even seeing with J.D. Vance’s wife right now.

And she is far, far smarter than Trump, Vance, and most of the MAGA politicians at the forefront of that campaign, so would also highlight the idiocy and chaos of the “movement” at pretty much every point without even really trying.

I think Whitmer would also be a great pick from a competence standpoint, but I am not sure she will disrupt the Trump campaign in the same way.

I am still to be convinced by Newsom, if I am honest, but I should probably not go in to my reasons right now.

Otherwise, as usual, you and I generally agree on the ramifications of this decision.

All of that said, I think I’ll just go for that nap I mentioned before I go down the rabbit hole with other posters actually sharing very questionable opinions! ;-)

 

[denislawsbackheel]

What now for America that Biden called it a day ? anybody who watched him walk up steps must have known for quite some time he wasn’t well.
He wants to endorse Kamala Harris as President candidate

He has to doesn’t he?

 

[MCFC Wirral]

Trump still wins for me but Biden needed to go.

 

[TinFoilHat]

Harris
Whitmer

That would do me. Trumps court losses have been down to strong women standing up against him. A pair of strong women would do the same at the ballot box.

 

[Mr Kobayashi]

Trump still wins for me but Biden needed to go.

Do you want Trump to win?

 

[St.Pauli support]

Who'd have thought it would have come to this...

Yeah, no way democrats have had any detailed plans how to win US presidential elections! Surely the timing isn't scripted at all since 2+ years but just develops as we write.
Can't believe no one calls this soap.

 

[threespires]

We've had the expected classy comments from the orange shit gibbon .