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The Democratic Party is in the midst of a possible crisis as doubts about Joe Biden’s ability to serve have escalated after his poor debate performance against Donald Trump.
The party is now in a state of alarm, with increasing talk of Biden resigning.
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This early scheduling of the debate suggests that this was always part of the plan from the beginning.
Daily Mail reported:
According to Democratic bigwig, Obama campaign guru David Axelrod, the Biden team scheduled one of the earliest presidential debates in history (June 27 on CNN) to prove to naysayers that Joe’s not going anywhere.
But the gambit carries tremendous risk.
While an efficient debate performance by Biden could help rally Democrats behind him – a significant misstep would only stoke more replacement chatter.
Former Clinton advisor and polling expert Mark Penn suggested the CNN debate will be Biden’s last chance to reassure voters he’s fit for the job.
Now DailyMail.com has learned that if Joe stumbles in that first face-off with Trump or if his polling numbers keep falling, it’ll take a united front of the liberal grandees to make Joe throw in the towel.
‘The only people who could force him out would be Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer,’ one Democratic strategist told DailyMail.com. ‘It would have to be the four of them collectively.’
And the process would be high risk.
Yet, there is another potential issue to consider. Biden might adamantly resist stepping down and persist in his campaign until Election Day. Should Biden decline to step down, it would create a challenging situation for the Democratic Party.
They would be forced to deal with not only a determined incumbent but also the possibility of backlash from leftists if Kamala Harris is overlooked for the nomination.
“That person would not be Vice President Kamala Harris, according to sources, who observed that Harris has already had to fend off a push to replace her on the ticket,” Daily Mail reported.
“Strategists theorize that Democrats would have to hold a public event to symbolically transfer power to the new candidate. Biden, Obama, Clinton, Schumer, and Pelosi would publicly introduce and endorse the anointed nominee,” the news…
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