Indeed - Polling statistics for his prospects being the most notable.
But it does seem like all these insider and media reports of Biden deciding to quit are just wishful thinking and attempts to pressure him to do that, not actually reporting on his intentions. Odd times.
power is hard to give up. Ask RBG or even Trump for that matter.
The Washington Free Beacon newspaper offers advice to Biden. Lol.
Keep fighting, Joe! Crazy Nancy Pelosi and the Democratic establishment are trying to push you aside because they’re afraid of what you might accomplish in a second term. They don’t want you to be remembered as a much more successful president than Barack Obama, your ungrateful former boss. They’re living in a fantasyland if they think they can bully you into retirement.
In the real world, Biden continued to silence critics this week. “I’m on the horse,” he told Lester Holt of NBC News. “I don’t need notes. I don’t need telepromp [sic]. I can go out and answer any questions at all.” He bragged about “the black man” he hired and asked a little girl to let him “sniff” her. He’s at the top of his game. He’s not going anywhere. Democrats need to sit down, shut up, and let him finish the job.
Looks like Joe is listening
He has built a coalition of progressive, Black and Hispanic voters and lawmakers. He is quick to point out that he defeated former President Donald Trump once, and he can do it again.
On the other side, there’s a growing chorus of Democrats — key lawmakers (including former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and former President Barack Obama) donors, operatives, pundits — who believe he’s too old for another term. But it’s not just them. In the three weeks since Biden’s disastrous debate performance, poll after poll has revealed that a majority of Democrats think the same.
Both sides are eager to win. And this week has been proof of that.
The coup is complete, or at least it now includes whoever manages Biden’s official Twitter account.
let the games begin!
He had to drop after the debate. However, the way his party and former friends humiliated him into stepping down is reprehensible and shameful.
Written three days ago? I wish I had your sources… 
I’m guessing no one will be watching the disbursement of that money as close as they should be…
He endorsed Kalama too. And, for those who are counting, put party before country in his farewell letter.
The pitchforks and torches came from within his party rather than the common citizen. He had to endorse Kamala to cleanly channel the campaign’s treasure chest to the next ticket. In any case, it’s still going to be a thumping in November. The party might have saved a few seats in Congress but that’s all.
When will Biden resign?
My prediction 1/25 or sooner if it gives Dems a boost
More hijinks to come
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2024/07/not-so-fast-says-the-times.php
Its Editorial Board wrote this (or published it, anyway) immediately after Biden’s withdrawal:
Choosing Ms. Harris would be a reasonable path for Democrats to take; she has been Mr. Biden’s running mate, and while no votes were cast for her as a presidential candidate in primaries, the president’s voters expected her to be on the ticket in November.
Nonetheless, party delegates should have a voice in a decision of this consequence. There are other qualified Democrats who could take on Mr. Trump and win, and picking a candidate without a real contest is how the party got into a position of anointing a standard-bearer that large majorities of Democrats and independents had profound concerns about. While the hour is late, there is still time to put leading candidates through a process of public scrutiny before the party’s nominating convention begins on Aug. 19, to inform the choice of a nominee and to build public support.
Endorsements so far
Kamala - Biden, Newsom, Clintons, Soros
Not Kamala, or not saying - Obama, Whitmer, NYT
I think it’s clear at this point, with Trump’s huge post-shooting poll gains, that the good D candidates for Prez decided that the right tactic is to not be “that guy who lost to Trump” come 2028 and just wait for the wide open field after Trump’s 2nd term. So they’re gonna let the obvious diversity hire step up and try her best, and then they can be rid of her and run an open primary in 2028 for someone people might actually like and want to vote for.
It’s interesting that the other rivals are not currently prominent figures in the Kalama’s VP markets, who are a bunch of people I mostly didn’t know. Cooper leads a field of around 4 likely candidates currently.
It came from everyone, although actors and TV personalities are not “common”, they’re the ones who are able to voice what the common citizen was thinking. The polls reflected what the common citizens thought, specifically that most would still vote for Biden but wished it was someone else.
That’s one take. It’s not necessarily the smartest move though. Trump lost before, why couldn’t the same scenario play out for the Democrats? Smart move would be to actually nominate someone who can win. A non-controversial, relatively moderate ticket would probably keep all the Ds and maybe gain enough independents or even moderate/reasonable Rs. Someone like Joe Manchin, for example, but maybe not him since he’s no longer a D. I think there are millions of “anyone but” voters who would be swayed by some kind of unity ticket. Heck, it might even be better if the VP was a registered Republican, like they used to do in the early days of the Republic. Of course it’d have to be someone who never kissed the ring (Trump’s ass), there are still a few of them left.
There was a push in the last day or so to get Manchin to re-register as a Democrat, and run as the nominee
https://www.axios.com/2024/07/21/joe-manchin-democrat-presidential-run-bid
but he has declined as of today, sadly.
There was also perhaps a less serious push to get Mitt Romney to run as a Democrat, since he’s obviously unwelcome in the republican party these days.
Makes you wonder about how the Biden withdrawal letter didn’t endorse Kamala but a subsequent tweet did. This was Sat, the day before he gave up / was pushed out -
Once the Biden tweet endorsement came out, she was in and started getting tons of additional democratic endorsements and now she’s pretty much cinched the nomination. I’m sure Biden didn’t do that tweet personally, whether he knew or approved of it doesn’t matter much at this point.
That might have been decades ago. Nowadays Hollywood’s image is similar to MSM: they tell you what you should be thinking.
Whitmer on board for Kamala. She’s got almost no credible opponents left. Whitmer helping K’s campaign management too.
