Replacing Biden will be a Symbol of Strength, not Weakness
If handled correctly, this will have a strong positive impact
I was going to write a post about the stupidity of the Biden campaign agreeing (and pushing for) this debate. But Josh Barro beat me to it. The one thing I’ll add to his post, the Biden campaign should have insisted on real-time fact checking for the debate.
So… let’s look at what happens when Biden withdraws from the race (the writing is on the wall). He will be clear that the important thing is not that he remain President, but that we insure as best as possible that Trump not be re-elected.
It is an incredible example of putting country before party and country before personal ambition.
And the party in general and all the presidential hopefuls in particular will, I believe, handle this change in a way where they put defeating Trump before their own personal goal of becoming President. That doesn’t mean they don’t jockey for position somewhat, but they all do so with a sincere goal of defeating Trump as the priority.
What does that tell the country? That the Democratic party, and the top politicians in the party, are sincere that they believe the most important thing is the defeat of Trump. That they do put country first.
That is an incredibly strong positive message.