The prosecutor vs. the felon

President Biden has let go of his candidacy to focus on being president during this time of major international chaos. President Biden put her in charge of the southern border and, Republican lies aside, illegal crossings are down dramatically and violent crime is at lows we haven’t seen in decades.. She’s met with world leaders and represented America brilliantly during a time when China, Russia, and Iran are moving aggressively against nearby democracies and here in America the GOP has embraced naked authoritarianism. She worked side-by-side with President Biden to bring our economy back from the worst collapse since the Republican Great Depression, rebuild our infrastructure, support democracies around the world, extend affordable healthcare to millions more Americans, lower prescription drug prices, pass the first consequential gun safety law in three decades, and appoint the first African American woman to the Supreme Court. Moving from the “smoke-filled rooms” to a primary system in the 1970s may have seemed like a more small-d democratic option than having elected delegates make the decision, but the reality we all see now is that it was precisely that decision that removed the guard rails of each party’s elders and let Democrat Donald Trump strut in and eat the GOP alive. While the Democratic Party hasn’t yet had to deal with a Trump type of demagogue, I hope that whatever changes or tweaks that emerge from a reevaluation of our current primary system would respect voters and democracy, prevent a repeat of “Berniecide,” and also prevent an ultimately destructive person from ever again seizing a presidential candidacy.