• jj4211@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Given the timing that nearly all the primaries are done, his replacement would necessarily be someone no one even has the chance to vote on. This is a tremendous risk.

    However, if he announced someone like “announcing my new chief of staff: Obama”…

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      5 months ago

      That would be interesting and I’m frankly open to it.

      I don’t think people not voting is a big deal because frankly we didn’t have a legitimate primary season this cycle anyway. More importantly, if Biden himself voluntarily stepped down and endorsed someone else, then that at least channels those votes through Biden.