The first US presidential debatestarring the current president, Democrat Joe Biden, and Republican Donald Trump, ended with victory for the second, according to experts. A meeting in which both participated in tense moments, with insults, disrespect and some other lapse from Biden.
All this adds to the concern in recent months regarding the figure of the current president, with other moments such as the confusion of Britney Spears with Taylor Swift or even the case of his son, Hunter Biden, accused of illegal possession of a weapon. of fire. Situations that Doubts increase as to whether he is the ideal candidate to lead the United Statesone of the world’s leading powers, over the next four years.
Doubts are starting to emerge from the American press itself, which is questioning whether it is time to step aside. Was the debate the beginning of the end of Biden’s presidency?he asks The New Yorker. Joe Biden is my friend. He is also a good man and a good president. He should drop out of the race.Thomas L. Friedman’s personality The New York Times. Despite this, the one who does not hesitate to present himself is Biden, who on Friday was clear that he was not going to give up.
In fact, the prestigious media has even asked him to drop out of the presidential race. She has done it through a opinion article, signed by the Editorial Board from the middle. The greatest public service Biden can perform now is to announce that not continue running for re-electionthey write in the column.
He is not the man he was four years ago. His argument relies heavily on the fact that he beat Trump in 2020. That already It is not a sufficient reason to explain why Biden should be the Democratic nominee this year. Despite considering Trump a major danger to democracy, they do not believe Biden is the ideal man to confront him. Regarding the last debate, they criticize that he was the shadow of a great public servant. More than once he had trouble getting to the end of a sentence.
Can they change Biden?
In case from the Democratic Party decided to change the candidate, There will be time until November. Although there has not been any similar precedent recently, a mechanism could bring about this change. But, for this, It will be Biden who will have to resign, or a member of the formation throws a rdago during the party conventionwhich this year takes place starting August 19.
What is clear is that the rules of the Democratic National Committee They do not have any way for their leaders to launch an operation of this type. For this, therefore, We will have to refer to the convention if Biden does not give up his candidacy. In the primaries, in which he barely had any opposition, the current president convinced the 95% of the nearly 4,000 delegates who meet.
The rules of the convention also handle the option of the candidate renouncing his party’s designation. Something that, beyond the procedure that seemed in the most recent elections, would lead to various votes during, perhaps, more days than initially planned for the convention. AND, In that case, Kamala Harris’ name stands out above the rest..
Kamala Harris, possible replacement
If this happens, what is known as open convention, in which a candidate is chosen on the fly and after intense negotiations. To find a precedent you have to go very far back in time, until 1968. By then, the convention became the scene of strong protests over the Vietnam War. The chosen candidate, Hubert Humphrey, had no option before the candidacy of Richard Nixonof the Republican Party.
Meanwhile, logic suggests that Vice President Kamala Harris will take over if Biden decides to step aside and designate her as successor. Something that, on the other hand, would not be binding on the party members. And, after that, more doubts: Who would be Harris’s second in command? On the table, the names of the governors of California, Illinois, Pensilvania o Mchigan.
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