Friendo: “There’s a silver lining in the Biden debate catastrophe.
“If the debate had happened after the Democratic Convention, we’d be toast. But now, 18 weeks before the 11.5.24 election, the debate about whether Biden can be replaced can actually happen.”
HE to Friendo: “Yes, and good for that. But Biden should have bailed last March, Lyndon Johnson–style. (LBJ quit on 3.31.68.) Then there would have been a solid historical precedent.”
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