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Why Are Democrats So Afraid of No Labels?
Maybe they need a new candidate
Thomas B. Edsall has an excellent opinion piece in the New York Times called “Has No Labels Become a Stalking Horse for Trump?” Edsall is one of my fave opinion columnists because he goes really deep into topics. In this case, he explores the history of No Labels, its future plans, and its possible effects on the 2024 election.
As I was following him down this particular rabbit hole, I found myself thinking “Why are Democrats working so hard to protect a weak candidate like Biden? Why don’t they just get a new candidate? There are plenty of possibilities.”
Two-thirds of Democratic voters don’t want to vote for Biden. Two-thirds! I know that I’m math challenged, but I’m pretty sure that two-thirds is more than half.
Imagine if this were any other candidate and more than half of Democratic voters said they didn’t want that candidate to run and if they ran, they wouldn’t vote for them. Would Democratic movers and shakers try to protect that candidate from competition? Of course not.
But this is Biden, the Trump Slayer. He must be protected at all costs so that he can slay Trump again. Except that the Trump Slayer is much older and frailer than he was in 2020. That’s what normal aging…
