(07-18-2024, 12:14 PM)mikesez Wrote:

(07-18-2024, 11:46 AM)flsprtsgod Wrote: No, they would have an open convention and a nominee would be voted in by the delegates at that time. We'd see rounds of brokering and dealmaking to get people behind one candidate or another and likely 2 rounds of voting, 1 to reduce  from five or six candidates to a two person race and then a final vote to determine the candidate.

If Biden drops out, he eventually has to move the money he raised.  Legally he can claim he might run for something else and so he needs to keep it, but most likely he will give it to the new nominee whenever that is solidified, or he will give it to the party   Legally he could also return the money, but he won't. 

I have a hard time imagining that anyone besides Harris would even nominate themselves.  While I'm sure one of the thousand or so delegates would attempt to nominate someone else from the floor, by far the most likely scenario would be Harris winning a majority in the first round of voting.  The wildcard is if Biden publicly encourages someone other than Harris to run. I don't think he will.  These are the same people who all stood aside for Hillary in 2016.  They see the value in it.  They think Trump will likely win regardless, this is about saving their chances in Congress.

If it weren't for the fact that the Democratic Party loathes Kakala Harris you would be right. But the fact is that she is despised and was only put in as the VP candidate last time because they thought it would be the death of her career. I have no problem believing that any of the Dem governors would be put in that chair before Harris, she can't even win her own party, much less lead it.

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(07-18-2024, 01:35 PM)homebiscuit Wrote:

(07-18-2024, 01:24 PM)jagibelieve Wrote: I'm thinking that Biden drops out of the race sometime this weekend or at the latest next weekend.  The list of democrats, including some high profile democrats calling for him to drop out is growing daily.  The MSM is even starting to echo the same thing.  He will definitely wait until the weekend after the RNC is over to avoid giving President Trump more fuel for his speech tonight.

The question is though, does he just suspend his re-election campaign or does he step down from his position?  If it's the latter, can we really survive 6 months of   president kakala?

President Jill won’t allow it. It’s an open secret that she loathes Harris.

Interesting that we chose that same word, "loathes", that is how most of the DNC feels about her. It's not a secret at all that they want her out too.

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