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Re:Joe Biden stands down as Democratic candidate by klyrs on Sunday July 21, 2024 @05:21PM (#41028247)
> ...but neither do I think some sort of automatic anointment of Harris is what people want either.

Regardless of what people want (and FWIW I agree that Hilary getting rammed down our throats was highly anti-democratic) at this stage of the game, Harris is the only person who can benefit from Biden's warchest. Barring somebody like Dwayne Johnson deciding to enter politics and stealing the show, Harris is the solitary candidate who is poised to hit the ground running with an adequate campaign today. And with so little time before the election, I think the only choice Democrats have today is to hold their noses and vote.

Re:Joe Biden stands down as Democratic candidate by SV_BubbleTime on Sunday July 21, 2024 @06:25PM (#41028805)
There is less than 3.5 months, I’m not sure what people want. It is a very short time to run a new candidate.

Unless they had some tricky campaign finance exception, it had to be Harris.

Re:Joe Biden stands down as Democratic candidate by ericjmorey on Sunday July 21, 2024 @09:57PM (#41030201)
How was it anti-democratic for the person that was winning primary elections by wide margins being nominated?
Re:Joe Biden stands down as Democratic candidate by hn_throwaway_99 on Sunday July 21, 2024 @10:13PM (#41030306)
I highly recommend reading https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/11/02/clinton-b... by Donna Brazile. A summary also at https://www.cnn.com/2017/11/02/politics/donna-brazile-dnc-bo....

Hillary Clinton basically took control over the DNC through financial dealings that Brazile (who took over as head of the DNC after these dealings) characterized as "if not illegal, then at least unethical".

Re:Joe Biden stands down as Democratic candidate by kagakuninja on Sunday July 21, 2024 @10:03PM (#41030239)
Many people are butt-hurt their guy didn't win and don't like her.
Re:Joe Biden stands down as Democratic candidate by klyrs on Monday July 22, 2024 @01:38AM (#41031200)
Nah. She stole it, it was wrong, and if democrats had policed their own after that happened, they might be having an easier time batting down complaints of political persecution today.