- Oct 20, 2022
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There is no procedure for “removing” Biden without his consent but I think Biden will step aside if he has been convinced it’s for the good of the Country - I have no doubts about that.Think it's too late and the damage is done.
They should have gone for Trump after this election and should have replaced Biden
If they lose they have done it to themselves
Last night was so bad question should be about how they can go about removing Biden now.
However, that will leave it to the Democratic Convention on 22nd August to vote for a new Candidate completely (The modern Conventions tend to rubber stamp the results of the Primaries) otherwise the Impala will stay on top of the ticket (which would be awful imo and just as bad for the Dems)
I don’t think it insurmountable -
Presidential candidates used to be elected at the Party’s Convention - The Primaries earlier in the year (which put Biden as the preferred Democratic Candidate) are a relatively modern process and didn’t really become prominent until the early ‘70s to stop Presidents being elected by the party elite instead of the people - There is no provision for Primaries in the Constitution, America’s sacred cow.
In this case, the polls clearly say Biden has lost the support of floating voters (who will swing this election one way or another).
Also, the delegates elected to the Democratic Convention unlike Republican delegates, are free voters in the Democratic Party rules - they are not tied to the Candidate they voted for in the Primaries. They can vote for whoever stands at the Convention. Of course another Candidate could present him or herself to the Convention but it would be a very brave Democrat that would challenge a sitting Democrat President at the Party’s Convention and disastrous for the Dems if it went pear-shaped.
Getting Biden to ‘step down’ isn’t the real issue. The real question as @lasvegan somewhat smugly pointed out, who is there to replace him?
(Also if Biden isn’t deemed fit to continue as Presidential Candidate, that would raise a very thorny problem of whether he is fit for the last 7 months of his first term.)