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In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: albaby1 ✶❂ SILVER
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Subject: Re: Bash and Tapper get an A,
Date: 06/28/24 12:48 PM
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Then there's Kamala Harris. What to do with her?

Friedman's naivete isn't in assuming that the Democrats have rules in place if Biden were to voluntarily withdraw from the race. It's in assuming that the convention would quickly rally around a replacement.

Leave aside that it's exceptionally unlikely that Biden would drop out. And that it's exceptionally unlikely that if he did drop out, he wouldn't tell his delegates (who are all Biden loyalists) to vote for his own chosen successor (which would almost certainly be Harris) - that he would allow a true "open" convention.

If he did do that (which he almost certainly won't), the result would be a bloodbath. Not a quick "let's all rally round for the greater good" anointment of a replacement candidate.
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