Morning Jolt: Convention Delegates Are the Only Way to Boot Biden

WITH JIM GERAGHTY

July 11 2024

Convention Delegates Are the Only Way to Boot Biden

On the menu today: Yes, there are signs that Barack Obama, Chuck Schumer, and Nancy Pelosi are inching toward an attempt to push Joe Biden out as the Democratic Party's 2024 presidential nominee. But there's little reason to think that an epically stubborn 81-and-a-half-year-old man, backed by an enabling, Vogue-cover-model wife and a convicted-felon son, will heed their advice. No, if Democrats want to replace their nominee, they've got to be ready to have a nasty fight at the convention in Chicago. Read on.

The Floor-Fight Scenario

As I wrote in that other place yesterday, the only way Joe Biden is not the 2024 Democratic presidential nominee is if anti-Biden Democrats win a delegate fight. I suppose Biden might have a stroke or a heart attack between now and the convention, which would make it all moot.

But don't count on Democratic Party leaders going to Biden and convincing him he just can't win.

Yes, since yesterday's column, we've found signs that ...

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