Quote Originally Posted by Alan View Post
Based upon health concerns, low approval ratings, lack of big money Democratic donor support and the very real possibility that Biden will be positively linked to his son's influence peddling scheme, I suspect he will bow out of the race early next year after granting a blanket pardon to Hunter in hopes all investigations will go away before the money trail is fully explored.

Based upon Harris's even lower approval ratings and virtually non-existent Democratic donor support, I suspect she will step away from politics as soon as Biden bows out of the race.

I would then expect Newsom's campaign to raise his profile nationally to take off while a few other ambitious Democrats throw their hats into the ring as well.
Quote Originally Posted by iris lilies View Post
Diane Feinstein is dead.
Wouldn't it be interesting if whoever runs the DNC solves the problems I mentioned above by convincing Harris to resign from the Vice Presidency so that Gavin Newsom could appoint her to fill Feinstein's seat? He's said that he will only appoint a woman of color so she's qualified, plus she could probably turn that into a long career which her current path probably can't guarantee.

Then, those nameless folks who run the party could tell Biden he must drop out of the upcoming race so that Newsom can take his place, thereby solving several problems at once. I don't think it's much of a stretch to believe some of those folks think Feinstein's death couldn't have come at a better time.