Don’t accept the logic of “Trump is operating at 40% so it’s fine that our guy is at 30%” The point is you don’t need a perfect candidate to come up with a candidate who is way better.

Tonight’s speech is going to harden Democrats’ spines. The best argument against the party replacing Biden was fatalism: if you’ll lose anyway, may as well lose conventionally. But no Democrat watching that speech thought Trump unbeatable. It was an antidote to fatalism.

Sherrod Brown is a big tree to fall. Carries huge weight among Senate Democrats. In a fight-for-his-life reelection in Ohio. x.com/mviser/status/…

I’ve conducted 14 focus groups since the debate. Some top lines from the swing voter groups: 1. Almost ALL want Biden to step aside. They don’t think he can do the job for four more years.

Mr. Trump’s senior team would prefer that Mr. Biden remains in the race…After the debate, the Trump team decided to hold back advertising that could further damage Mr. Biden, according to one person briefed on the Trump campaign’s internal discussions” nytimes.com/2024/07/20/us/…

Trumpists are just obviously terrified that Biden might step aside.

Some extremely dumb ideas in here but using ranked choice voting if there is a contested convention is a good idea.

One reason I doubt there’ll be a “mini primary” now is that I don’t think the other major candidates would run. There’s not enough time for them to win support. The process would be too unclear. Party is too exhausted. Harris looks too strong. (People shouldn’t underestimate how

We’re all looking for the former (and future) top appointees and advisors of mine who did this.

An actual hero. This is what America First looks like when it’s a lived ethos, rather than a mask for narcissism and ambition.

In a world increasingly filled with leaders who have changed laws, killed people, and stormed parliaments to cling to power, Joe Biden just flipped the script.

Biden endorses Harris. Nothing stops other Democrats from challenging her at the convention. But it’ll be a very hard challenge to win.

The Democratic "elites" got here long after the voters. What the debate did was to make it impossible for them to ignore what the voters already believed. I take nothing away from those who wanted Biden to stay in. Everyone here was acting in good faith, under difficult

So what're the odds Donald Trump backs out of the fall debate?