Not asking for a reason, but given how much crazy stuff has been happening week after week and multiple crazy twists and turns I’m curious.
This is directed at both the Hard Replace Factions(Kamalaists and those who want someone else like Whitmer or Newsom), Ridin-With-Biden Loyalists, and the fence sitters.
This isn’t about how likely either the switch or the polls are, just the reactions you’d have if after a month of crisis and a last minute switch it did nothing for the polls.
Yeah I think Whitmer would probably be able to stop Trump. Given she was the target of her own kidnapping and assassination attempt, she could negate Trump’s assassination boost by pointing the finger at MAGA itself. This is in addition to the fact she is very popular in Michigan, which is a very-important swing state.
But, like you said the money is the problem and I think an open primary could get very ugly. Also, dumping Harris for a white woman comes with its own problems.
All that said, I do think Harris has some strengths and could actually beat Trump, but the dems would need to rally behind her and divert all attention to what Trump & MAGA want to accomplish with Project 2025.
I suspect if they had full hindsight for how long this dragged out they’d have either immediately gone for a new primary or sent everyone out to kick Biden, OR keep the lid on the situation firmly down like they did for the first day and a half and rally around behind. Either would be better than the dragged out battle which has dominated the media and if it does result in Biden out will land the next weakest candidate on top. It’s also given time for the Republicans to adjust their strategy and start prepping for Kamala attacks, they were completely caught off guard and unprepared for that possibility for weeks, they won’t be caught off guard at this point.