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Remember in 2016 when people wondered "How the fuck did we end up with these two candidates?" then again in 2020 and once again this year until Biden finally dropped out?
Well, turns out great things do happen when you finally listen to the entire country crying out loud to pick someone who is actually suitable. It's 8 years late, but better late than never.
In all honesty, I think Biden gets the credit.
2016 was a shit show and both RNC and DNC fucked it up.
Biden stepped in in 2020 to defeat Trump.
He chose Harris and hinted that he would do one term.
He made good on that and here we are.
That man is a strategist.
So his debate was 4D chess, saying none but god almighty would get him to step aside?
I'm glad he did, and it's commendable, but I don't think this was a master plan. It was responsible resignation in the face of an unwinnable fight
Look at it this way: if it was the intention all along, how else would you convincingly play it?
The goal is to get the Republicans locked on Trump and save the Democrats from the infighting that cost them 2016.
I couldn't come up with a better plan if I tried.
You think Biden somehow tricked the GOP into having Trump as the nominee?
Yes you could. If he bailed three months earlier, for example.