One person familiar with President Biden’s thinking cautioned that he had not yet made up his mind to leave the race, after three weeks of insisting that almost nothing would drive him out.
Yes, it’s being driven by the donors and media, but they are still responding to voters. It’s unfortunately spontaneous and disorganized, which is why I think he’s going to be the nominee, but I don’t think you can deny the public matters in this.
Not vote for him. The donors seem to be awfully concerned about that, for the reasons you mentioned.
Note that I’m not saying this actually demonstrates that the voters have representation. We’re just being placated. What I’m saying is it creates the perception of rank-and-file influence, and that would be disastrous for the Democrats because they can’t have voters thinking they matter or getting any ideas. This extends the illusion of so-called democracy, so it’s not revolutionary, but it’s also a disaster for the Party itself because it also makes voters feel empowered to take further actions in the future.
If they remove Biden it lessens the contradictions in the short term, but in the long term it will only raise them when voters realize they don’t control the donor class.
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“Publicly weak” to whom?
The voters.
Yes, it’s being driven by the donors and media, but they are still responding to voters. It’s unfortunately spontaneous and disorganized, which is why I think he’s going to be the nominee, but I don’t think you can deny the public matters in this.
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Not vote for him. The donors seem to be awfully concerned about that, for the reasons you mentioned.
Note that I’m not saying this actually demonstrates that the voters have representation. We’re just being placated. What I’m saying is it creates the perception of rank-and-file influence, and that would be disastrous for the Democrats because they can’t have voters thinking they matter or getting any ideas. This extends the illusion of so-called democracy, so it’s not revolutionary, but it’s also a disaster for the Party itself because it also makes voters feel empowered to take further actions in the future.
If they remove Biden it lessens the contradictions in the short term, but in the long term it will only raise them when voters realize they don’t control the donor class.