POLITICS
Why Democrats Need To Risk Winning — For Once
Democrats need to focus on beating Trump by shaking up the race, or all may be lost
I hadn’t really planned to watch the debates. I can’t stand listening to Trump speak, and I figured Biden would be tedious at best. I could always watch it later, or at least bits and pieces, if it was warranted. It would be covered widely, so I wasn’t likey to miss anything. Still, I ended up tuning in, just for the beginning—out of curiosity, I guess. I didn’t last 30 seconds. Biden shuffled out like he was entering the Day Room at the senior center, then started muttering and trying to clear his scratchy throat.
“I can’t watch this shit,” I said as I turned off the television.
The news reports that followed didn’t do anything to allay my fears that we were in trouble. At the time, I didn’t think there was even a remote possibility that the Party might find a spine and move to replace the incumbent president with a suitable replacement. That would be an unusual and unprecedented move in an already unusual and unprecedented election cycle. But there doesn’t seem to be any rhyme or reason to what normal looks like these days, so really, it’s anyone’s guess what happens next.
