US Politics, July 2024 - "Will you just drop out, man?"

NEW: After today’s House Democratic caucus meeting, @RepJeffries tells me: “We had a caucus meeting today that gave members an opportunity to express themselves in a candid and comprehensive fashion. And those discussions will continue throughout the balance of the week.”

— Nikole Killion (@NikolenDC) July 9, 2024

That seems...good? It's not "we're all on board and moving forward."

I saw a quote saying the vibe was like a funeral in there

xp - it's worse, as carne said some posts back, the public-facing backing while leaking and grumbling privately is the worst combo. All the negative stories, still going to be stuck with Biden.

IMO, it's a waste of energy now - if he was going to go quietly it would have happened and the Democrats aren't going to be willing to do anything else.

I'm holding out one hope: that polls keep coming out that are worse and worser. Mondale/McGovern/Goldwater-level bad.

they'd also have to show Harris doing measurably better than him though, if we have a couple weeks of polling showing that Biden is toast but Harris has a good shot the news will pick up on that and I feel like pretty much everyone will turn against Biden then

it won't matter. we are talking about the Democratic Party here.

unsurprisingly, I hate Biden and think he belongs in a cell at the Hague, but since “human rights” is a concept for the west to utilize in disciplining foreign colonies, that will never happen. Fuck Joe Biden.

*former foreign colonies

And the news will absolutely not report on any positive developments for the Dems. I think the last few weeks have only underscored just how badly every major media outlet in the country is positively salivating at the eyeballs and clicks of another Trump presidency.

One good angle at least

#TrumpPedoFiles is exactly what Dems should be talking about 🔥🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/WcCoehQNON

— Morgan J. Freeman (@mjfree) July 9, 2024

the longer this drags on the more it hurts the Biden, Harris, yer granny on bongos, whoever is the nominee. The schock from the SC ruling was the right time for Joe to bow out.

The (Gina) Schock was the right time for Joe to Go-Go?

Sorry…

sounds like they're now circling the wagons rather than jumping ship

the longer this drags on the more it hurts the Biden, Harris, yer granny on bongos, whoever is the nominee. The schock from the SC ruling was the right time for Joe to bow out.

― Bad Bairns (Boring, Maryland), Tuesday, July 9, 2024 4:06 PM (thirty-eight minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
is yer granny on bongos too old for the presidency?

The reporting here indicates that the Dem caucus believes Biden is toast, but doesn’t have the courage to say so publicly. After eight years of imploring Republicans to stand up to Trump. pic.twitter.com/3f4VS66xNS

— Zachary D. Carter (@zachdcarter) July 9, 2024

Yer granny on bongos from Gay Dad isn't...

watched a little of kamala at a rally and she's good! mostly because she can talk and actually make good points. she brought up comparisons between trump/biden that biden would never be able to make. it would be too much talking and information. she was going at trump hard.

biden right now in front of NATO...ehh...i already know that he can do teleprompter speeches.

The (Gina) Schock was the right time for Joe to Go-Go?

Sorry…

🐦[The reporting here indicates that the Dem caucus believes Biden is toast, but doesn’t have the courage to say so publicly. After eight years of imploring Republicans to stand up to Trump. pic.twitter.com/3f4VS66xNS🕸
— Zachary D. Carter (@zachdcarter) July 9, 2024🕸]🐦

it would be too much talking and information. she was going at trump hard.

if she did end up being the nominee I don't think Trump would even debate her because of this.

That creepy Harry Enten is back with more bad news: If Biden loses, Congress gets real hard to hold onto even one chamber of Congress.

Downballot effects of a Biden loss are clear for Democrats. The House would likely be gone. GOP has opened up an edge on the generic ballot.

If Biden loses, the chance of Democrats holding the Senate is close to zero because of the map and WV being an easy GOP pickup. pic.twitter.com/8tMK2giqDK

— (((Harry Enten))) (@ForecasterEnten) July 9, 2024

(pardon the double Congress there, just wanted to make sure it was clear I was talking about Congress)

Gotta imagine the 60-vote cloture rule disappears very quickly in an all-GOP Congress with Trump as president, these guys aren't messing around.

depends on what lisa murkowski wants to do, i guess

Biden '24 - Don't Worry, We'll Get 'Em Next Time

Jill and Hunter are committing elder abuse at this point. What a pathetic way for the sun to set on the American experiment

Fucks like him, McConnell, Pelosi, etc. don’t have to worry about the future, as they’re basically halfway between the material world and the next, Flatliners-style

Part of the problem obviously, who even wants to hear Biden talk about "the future."

correct me if i'm wrong but biden still hasn't had a casual off-the-cuff conversation with someone on camera since that debate, right? not one unscripted outdoor random conversation. biden rando convo.

He had a heart-to-heart chat with Corn Pop

i miss corn pop.

corn pop appears to joe on his shoulder. whispers to joe. gives him tips. tells him jokes.

Folks ask me if I ever think about the pas I mean the future and I just say of course! Who doesn't uh complicate I mean uh contem contemplate the uh great sleep of eternity?

Meanwhile, I can't find any Google hits for "Bidenalism," so I'm claiming it.

"I would sit there at the kitchen table in scranton, pennsylvania and my dad would say to me, Joey, I am Zarathustra the godless: where do I find mine equal?"

could he stay on as Harris's VP? Impart some sage wisdom, fireside chats, pardoning the turkeys, easy tasks

Joe would spontaneously combust if she asked him to be VP

not after 8pm he wouldn't

A+ lolz

even if you get sent back to the Minors, you're still playing ball

Really in the worst of all possible worlds with this now. Hello fascism my old friend

Eh, fuck that. It's been a horrible two weeks. Message boards are partly for croakings of doom. I'm still gonna work as hard as I can and I'm not alone.

^^^have to do something, even if it’s just writing postcards to swing districts

I'm not even sure if that's sarcastic.

Need a third to make it a triathlon:

At his rally just now, Trump challenged Biden to another debate this week. Says it will be no moderator, "man to man," "no holds barred."

Also challenged him to an 18-hole golf match.

— Amanda Terkel (@aterkel) July 10, 2024

(Also once again proof of how The Rock would eliminate a lot of problems here.)

Biden should challenge Trump to a slow mountain bike loop around Camp David

Both keeling over in 98 degree heat on a golf course would be poetic.

Meanwhile.

https://www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/national/national-politics/six-states-move-toward-trump-electoral-college-ratings