USA 2024 presidential election

"You want a president that needs their hands held?!" Would be the republican rallying call

100%. It would most likely be Kamala. I think she's a poor candidate and wouldn't be that confident about her winning but like you said i think the sheer drama of a replacement, a new candidate, a new energy alone will bring a big boost. Hopefully it would be enough.

What I do know though is this panic and uncertainty can't continue and I think Biden has to go purely for that reason. If you're sticking with Biden then stop the leaks from the party and unrest, hunker down and back the candidate like Republicans do with Trump. Or get rid of him and get someone in. Because this whole unrest and keeping Biden in is the worst of both worlds and just portrays weakness and uncertainty to voters

Someone mentioned that Republicans would attack regardless

But that’s why the candidate needs to be someone who can absolutely reduce these attacks and expose these clowns for what they are, hell is there any comedians who are quick witted who can run?

Like I said, someone who can stand there and laugh at Trump and say “ok boomer” or “I see you fallen asleep again”

Trumps biggest weakness is his age, Americans it seems have no issues with him being a liar, a rapist and a criminal

But age is an issue for both candidates

it’s not about attracting attacks, those will come regardless of who is running

It’s about being able to ruthlessly and quickly and in quick witted manner swat these attacks especially in debates, something that Biden couldn’t do as he was too busy rambling away on unrelated tangents and mangling his numbers which made him look terrible

Comedians might be good at that as they regularly deal with hecklers

We live in a tick tock age where it no longer matters (fml what have things come to) if the candidate is a rapist criminal who lies, what matters is their age and on how many phones the video of the put down of opponents appear on

Democrats badly need someone who car ran physically and verbally laps around Trump and trigger him to implode on stage, as when Trump loses what little control is when his ugly little Nazi white supremacist comes out

Just seen this

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4777222-biden-replacement-democrats-battleground/

The memo singled out four Democrats who bested Biden’s results by roughly 5 points overall across the battleground states: Sen. Mark Kelly (Ariz.), Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro and Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.

Mark Kelly would be an interesting candidate:

• Former Astronaut
• Has won statewide in a swing state
• Wife survived a political assassination - unlike Trump, she was severely injured

Yeah I don't think America is ready for a directly elected gay President. The ethnic minorities in particular might be tough to win over. Shame though as I'd say he'd be a good one.

If Harris, who would be the VP? Would that be a way Pete could get on, or would they go with the more establishment Newsom.

Well, it does give trump the chance to call astronaut's losers as well (and no doubt mock his wife for being shot).

I know nothing about Harris. She seems like the most silent VP in a while. I do wonder though if the chance to eject the first woman president might energise voters. To be fair it didn’t count for much in 2016 with a much better candidate in Hillary.

I wonder would Josh Shapiro actually be a decent shout as a candidate. Some of his pros are that he's young and dynamic. A very good charismatic speaker who'd run rings around Trump. He's Govener of Pennsylvania which if he won that would be a big boost and he polls well in other battleground states.
Cons are that he's a very pro Israeli jew which might not go down well with many Muslim and left wing voters.

Harris/Shapiro. West and East coast.

the thing to remember is be it Biden Harris etc is that the people behind them are out of a job if someone else comes along. There will be a lot of inertia to keep things the way they are, the Dems must know they are likely out on their ear in Nov so the only small thing they have now is that they get President Harris for 4 months as a minor win ?

Biden is a lame duck at this stage so smart people will be trying to look over the horizon trying to find their life rafts and no doubt existing donors are mad finding out they have been throwing money down a pit

That would be a major factor in the choice of candidate I'm imagine