Biden Won't Quit

@porwest In a way it does. But if the delegates are the ones that actually vote in the election, then it's not really the people deciding who the president should be. Or am I wrong? I am also wondering why the Dems had a virtual thing to officially nominate Biden... Why is there no DNC thing like the RNC had?

@lovebuglena The DNC convention is coming up. There's was simply scheduled after the RNC one. They will have their convention in Chicago—of course, now with all the news that's happened, it's up in their air a bit who will be the nominee ultimately since Harris is not an automatic.

Harris the natural progression of course because she is the vice president, is already on the ticket, and controls (in Biden's absence) the campaign funds and the delegates would most likely default to her. The only way it could be someone else is if the convention becomes a brokered convention, in which case the delegates would ultimately cast votes for an alternative and it would be decided that way. There's no time for a special primary to be held, so that's not really an option. If Biden does drop out, 99.9% of my gut says Kamala Harris will be the nominee. Going a little deeper, the way primaries work is this way. Voters go to the polls and vote for the nominee they want. The winner of the primary in each state (with some exceptions) wins the delegates. The delegates are the ultimate decider of who THEIR vote goes to. In other words, the delegates are the ones who ACTUALLY vote, and they have no obligation to vote in favor of the candidate who won the primary. They always DO vote for the nominee who won the primary. But by law, they have no OBLIGATION to. Parties essentially can nominate whoever they want their candidate to be. So, really, a primary is a question to their party supporters. "Who do you want?" The votes are not binding because it is not technically an official election. It is a selection process with strong suggestion by party members as to who they prefer to be their candidate. It's really a "token" gesture of sorts. You are our party, you tell us what you want and if we all agree, that's the direction we will go. Granted there are rules and laws in place that govern the way this all works. But it's a bit convoluted. So, Biden won the primaries. He has the delegates to carry him to the general. It's basically what the roll call was for. The Biden campaign and the DNC wanted to know how the delegates were going to vote. The delegates said they would vote for the candidate who won the primaries, and that's Joe Biden. I hope that all makes sense.

Did you not read my post? He just made it clear he is not stepping down. I even cited his battleground states director's comment. I have the STRONG suspicion you are responding to the title, not the post.

@porwest No I read your post. He can say he isn't stepping down all he wants but that doesn't mean that he won't. He is shedding Democrat support. My money is on him dropping out sooner rather than later.

@NJChicaa I guess we will just have to wait and see. And by the way, I'd argue he's not shedding it. It's as good as gone when President Obama won't even support his candidacy. Beyond that, the former Speaker doesn't support him and neither does the minority leader. This is the TOP BRASS saying we want you out. His support is gone.

@porwest I don't think life is supposed to make sense. From what I understood of the events leading to biden's departure from the race, he had basically lost all support from those supposedly loyal to him.

I don't think life is supposed to make sense. From what I understood of the events leading to biden's departure from the race, he had basically lost all support from those supposedly loyal to him. @kaylachan That is exactly what happened.

And now we have the latest news of him dropping out. I have to admit, for a while there I thought he really wouldn't. But here we are. As for hating Trump so much it melts his brain, it makes no sense he would have stayed in considering Biden had no chance of winning and staying in all but guaranteed Trump would be the next president.

@porwest Same with me.

A landslide is looking more and more likely here. And I am very cautious about predicting those.

In another post I posed that very question. "What is a Democrat convention going to look like when you have a candidate no one wants?" I usually watch their conventions so I can write about them anyway for my conservative blogs. But even if I WEREN'T normally inclined to watch, this one would a MUST SEE event. Like I mentioned in the post, it will go down as probably one of the most bizarre and awkward conventions in the history of conventions.

He has DEFINITELY and WITHOUT QUESTION dethroned Jimmy Carter from that title. He's even made Jimmy Carter look like an AWESOME president compared. It's not a legacy that he will leave behind that most people in a position like his most would want, but it's a legacy he is definitely forming.

@porwest yeah well it won't be long for him to retire like he should have done B-4 stepping in the ring.