Trump Has Unified The Republican Party

and whats next for the Democrats

Stories I’m reading…

Biden left feeling angry and betrayed by top Democratic leaders wavering on his campaign — NBC News

My take: For all the stories about the infighting during the Trump Admin, the backstabbing and disloyalty in Dem party is pretty astonishing.

Biden’s $230 million Gaza pier quietly shuts down, US senator labels project ‘national embarrassment’ — via Fox News

A new moment for Biden? One Democratic adviser says: ‘He’s being receptive’ — via CNN

How Lara Trump found her place in the family business — via Washington Post

Typically, the co-chair is just dispatched to raise money and glad-hand at GOP gatherings, “like a best supporting actor or vice president,” said Sean Spicer, who spent six years as a senior RNC staffer before serving as Trump’s press secretary.

“I don’t think, outside of Republican Party geeks, anyone could name a previous co-chair,” Spicer added. “Lara is what party officials dream of when they think of this role.”

Biden says cooling political rhetoric doesn’t mean he’ll ‘stop telling the truth’ about Trump — via AP News

My take: I knew it wouldn’t last…

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Biden dropping out logistics matter…

For months I have said there is no way — no way that Biden would yield the nomination. Wednesday started to change my mind. Earlier in the week, President Biden said that he would consider stepping aside if there was a medical reason. Then, Wednesday, he was diagnosed with COVID (no mask, but that’s another post). His off-ramp was clear — whatever the latest CDC guidance is (4 days, 5 days?) is what he has to make a decision. The top brass of the Dem movement (Obama, Schiff, Jeffries, Pelosi, Schumer, Sharpton, etc) have been privately (private, yeah, right) urging him to give up.

But but but…..it’s not as simple as just passing the torch. Mechnanics matter; logistics matter. First, you need a new candidate (apparently, Biden won't endorse his loyal VP), which presents a whole set of logistical issues. Next, you have to have a convention for the process to play out—and then you actually have to run a campaign (imagine that). The logistics of all of this are a BFD, to use Biden language.

Here are the big issues: