Can he recover from this or does someone need to quickly have a hard talk with him? Or with Jill?
Who (other than Harris) is ready to immediately step up? I'm not saying I'm fans of all of these people, but I think possible/likely candidates are Newsom, Whitmer and Mark Kelly. Beshear is probably on the B-list. Shapiro is still light on experience. Who else?
I was thinking earlier, "Damn, it's late for a change." But there's actually precedent. On March 31, 1968, incumbent LBJ shocked the nation with "I do not believe that I should devote an hour or a day of my time to any personal partisan causes or to any duties other than the awesome duties of this office–the Presidency of your country. Accordingly, I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as your President." Things quickly went bad for the Dems, though. RFK was assassinated in June, Humphrey lost to Nixon in November and the rest, as they say, is history.
Who (other than Harris) is ready to immediately step up? I'm not saying I'm fans of all of these people, but I think possible/likely candidates are Newsom, Whitmer and Mark Kelly. Beshear is probably on the B-list. Shapiro is still light on experience. Who else?
I was thinking earlier, "Damn, it's late for a change." But there's actually precedent. On March 31, 1968, incumbent LBJ shocked the nation with "I do not believe that I should devote an hour or a day of my time to any personal partisan causes or to any duties other than the awesome duties of this office–the Presidency of your country. Accordingly, I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as your President." Things quickly went bad for the Dems, though. RFK was assassinated in June, Humphrey lost to Nixon in November and the rest, as they say, is history.