Dear President Biden:
I understand all the calls for you to step aside. I also find them arrogant and judgmental.
The certainty with which newspaper columnists, editorial boards, and Medium writers prognosticate, displays arrogance.
Branding you as selfish if you don’t step aside exhibits judgmental attitudes. How do they know what’s in your heart and mind? If you truly believe you are still the best person to run the country and have a legitimate chance of keeping Trump from returning to the White House, staying in would not display selfishness (but perhaps stubbornness).
You can dispense with all that.
I find the notion of an open convention appealing if the DNC can come up with a fair process without it being a free-for-all or other form of spectacle.
So Joe, here’s a way for you and all those calling for you to step aside to have your cakes and eat them too. If you believe in your heart that you just had a bad night at the debate, be courageous. Take a risk. Release your delegates but do not withdraw. Make your case at the convention, along with a reasonable number of others invited to make their case for themselves. No one should be seen as running against the others. No comparisons with or criticisms directed at the others. Let the delegates decide, no matter how many ballots or rounds of speeches with reducing fields it takes, to come to a nomination.
Tell Kamala, she’s free to throw her hat in the ring so no one can accuse you of sidelining her.
Perhaps require a super-majority to win the nomination.
In this way Joe, no one can reasonably call you selfish. If you don’t prevail, you can go out with your head held high and set an example for future election processes. If you do prevail, all the pundits can write their mea culpas.
In any event, even if you fail, you will be admired for your courage, and anyone worth their salt will see you as a success.
Sincerely,
Gregory Maidman (aka Marcus)
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1wRight on, Melissa. Perfect analysis. It’s VP Harris because, the money, black woman, traveled across the nation for 4 years, etc. But, i think the drop dead deadline is this so called virtual delegate conference call to officially nominate our Presidential candidate coming soon