Why is the pundit class so desperate to push Biden out of the race?

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Why is the pundit class so desperate to push Biden out of the race? | Rebecca Solnit
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Biden is not a popular candidate and not who the Democratic party electorate necessarily wants: instead his whole candidacy and presidency has solely been not being Trump. This condition is fully transferrable to any candidate with support of the party.

Biden may not be a popular candidate on Lemmy, but he absolutely was prior to that debate showing with the general public. It turns out moderates and independents make up a large portion of the voting block and they aren't all drooling at the prospects of Bernie Sanders. They WANT a boring president.

They want a competent president. Biden has been showing these signs for quite some time to a lot of resistance towards anyone willing to acknowledge it. But now? Shit I've seen hard leftists express willingness to support Kamala Harris so I think people are mostly on board for not-Biden in general.

he absolutely was prior to that debate showing with the general public

Only 25% of Democrats wanted him to run, he is not a popular candidate