I only watched about 15 minutes of the debate last Thursday. It was painful to watch. The next leader of the free world is either a senile old man or another old man who lied the entire night. Everybody knew this was the choice for several months now but I was hoping that Biden would show some life and convince the undecided that he at least can make it through another four years. After all, he had time to prepare and supposedly people helping him prepare. I don't think it is hard to counterattack Trump and all his lies. Yet it looks if nobody prepared him. So either Biden is really senile or he had idiots helping him.
So the question for the Democrats is: Should and can they replace Biden? If so, who should replace him? If they had a good replacement available, I would say yes, go for it. But Harris is terrible and most democrats don't want her or believe that she can win. But who can? Three governors: Shapiro of Pennsylvania, Whitmer of Michigan and Newsome of California seem to be the three politicians who are mentioned the most. Shapiro is Jewish and given the problems with Israel right now, I don't see him in a good position to run. Newsome is attractive to many but I think he comes across as too slick and beholden to the left wing of the party for the moderates to accept him. Whitmer maybe a good choice since she likely would win Michigan, a swing state that the Democrats must have. But she is not that well known nationally and coming from a state with many Arabs, will it hurt her the opposite way for Shapiro?
I know this whole thing may not happen anyway since Biden won landslides in the primaries. He would have to pull out himself after listening to others. This is unlikely. Also bypassing Harris would make it seem like the Democrats did poorly in the last four years also. But if say Biden drops out and Harris is not nominated, I nominate Jon Stewart! Stewart would destroy Trump in a debate. It would not only energize the base but I think it will bring in independents who want no more politicians. Yes, the same people who voted for Trump in 2016 just because they want a big change. Stewart may not be a great leader but he wouldn't be worse than Biden and Trump. He is intelligent and full of energy. He also did a lot for the 9/11 responders. It is a longest of long shots but I think the Democrats may need a hail Mary at this time.
