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Jimbabwe ,

I love this idea. Open primaries are how it should be. Let the blue team do something dynamic and engaging while depriving the orange guy of his beloved spotlight AND showing the population it is least somewhat self aware.

Drusas ,

Kamala Harris has less chance of winning than Biden does. Nobody has ever been a big fan of Kamala Harris. She's not popular based on actions or personality, she's a cop, she's a woman, and she's not white.

If the intention is to truly get someone who will win more reliably than Biden, it's going to have to be another old white guy. Or at least a white guy.

It sucks, but that's where we are.

solrize ,

The more those clowns try to push Biden out, the more I want him to stay in. He’s unlikely to beat Trump, but so is anyone else they have any likelihood of nominating.

finley ,

then, when we all vote for a progressive, the dnc will just nominate a corporate centrist anyway

tal OP ,
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when we all vote

You – as in, the public – wouldn’t be part of this process. The primaries have already happened; the door for a public vote on the matter is closed. This is talking about what kind of party-internal process should happen. She’s talking about whether members of the Democratic Party would get some ability to pick potential alternatives, rather than simply party leadership simply selecting someone.

Whatever happens will happen at the Democratic convention (if Biden steps down and if anything happens at all).

tal OP ,
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Another option is for Harris to be viewed as the strong front-runner and still allow for an open process, just with the understanding that few, or even no, viable Democrats would challenge her out of fear of being ostracized. In recent weeks, Democratic Govs. Gavin Newsom of California and Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan both said they would not run against Harris.

That would be something of a pro forma process then, still selecting Harris.

Apparently Harris isn’t polling much better than Biden overall:

Public and private polls show Harris marginally outperforming Biden, but that she runs stronger than other would-be contenders with crucial demographics, particularly Black voters. Harris supporters and allies contend those surveys merely represent her floor and that support for Harris would grow once she assumed the mantle as the titular head of the party.

However, it might be that she is expected to perform better in the specific states at issue (assuming that switching up the candidate doesn’t alter which states might be swing states…that’s a substantial change).

JayTreeman ,

On 538, Harris is polling better or the same in national polls. The real issue is Trump's large lead in all but 1 swing state.

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