A convention fight is a pure pundit’s fantasy
10 months ago

A convention fight is a pure pundit’s fantasy

Raw Story  

A snarky aside from a Republican special counsel, lackluster presidential poll numbers and a pass on a Super Bowl interview have plunged certain pundits into full-blown, sweaty-palmed panic. Klein and Linker propose instead that Biden release the delegates he wins in the primary to choose the Democratic nominee at the party’s convention in late August. I would like to think that Biden will see the only way to preserve his reputation, record, and self-respect is by announcing, somewhat as Lyndon B. Johnson did in March 1968, that he’s withdrawing from the race.” Moreover, a brokered convention is a unicorn, a beguiling chimera that gets conjured by nerds every cycle but never materializes in the modern world because its existence is incompatible with real life. If Kamala Harris won, people would complain that Joe Biden put his thumb on the scale, even if he didn’t. It’s time to shelve the childish fantasies and focus on the task at hand: Supporting Joe Biden to defeat Donald Trump.

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"Unity" broke down at the Republican National Convention long before Donald Trump took the stage
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Salon  

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Associated Press  

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Here's What Voters Thought Of The 2020 Presidential Conventions
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Huff Post  

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Joe Biden nailed it down.
54 years, 11 months ago

Joe Biden nailed it down.

Slate  

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Firstpost  

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4 years, 4 months ago

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India Today  

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