George Clooney pulling out of fundraising for Biden, Nancy Pelosi refusing to answer the question of whether Biden should pull out or stay in the race, and the below CNN video with Joe Tapper ripping into Biden - pro democrat media outlet, I can see a Bill Hayden, February 1983 Drover's Dog moment repeating.
Biden is getting the sort of advice Hayden got 41 years ago.
For those who weren't around in 1983 or haven't read/studied their Australian political history, some context.
When very good mate and leader of the Labor opposition in the senate, John Button went and counselled Bill to hand over the reigns to Bob Hawke because he would definitely beat the Fraser coalition government after 8 years and 3 months in office, it was the final straw for Hayden, who was pissed off his party had turned on him, not as a person, but driven by desire to obtain political power, Bill uttered these famous words at his press conference announcing he was giving up the leadership of the party;
Will Labor's 'drover's dog' have his day? - Openforum
If the polls are right, Bill Shorten will become the next prime minister, so what kind of national leader would he be?www.openforum.com.au
“I believe a drover’s dog could lead the Labor Party to victory the way the country is and the way the opinion polls are.”
Uttered by Labor’s Bill Hayden on the day the 1983 election was called, as he dramatically announced his resignation as opposition leader to make way for the irresistible force of Bob Hawke, these words are part of Australian political folklore.
Hayden had every right to feel bitter, as his last-minute supplanting by Hawke robbed him of the opportunity to become prime minister. He had inherited Labor’s leadership more than five years before, when it was reeling from crushing defeat. He had worked conscientiously to restore the party’s shattered stocks by building around him a united and talented front bench, and had overseen a major renovation of the party’s policy program.
Hawkie over the next few years was occasionally referred to as the Drover's Dog.
Yep.
I get that the US Presidential race is all about donors and dollars. And winding up funding for a new Democratic candidate to replace Biden takes immense time and effort. doing it within just a couple of months is unheard of in living Presidential election history.
I also get that under US tax laws, the millions already donated specifically to the Re-elect Biden campaign cannot be readily accessed or transferred to a new candidate for them to use.
But the noise to replace Biden is now getting so loud and so widespread that he is looking like being a dead duck candidate and campaign donations given to him will be for a lost cause anyway. The big fear here is that voters who hate Trump and what his MAGA campaign stands for will not turn up to vote because they don't think Biden is a credible option who has any chance of seeing out his full term.
The vision of Biden in that first debate cannot be unseen.
Every day that the Biden team delay getting him to stand down and the Democrats find a credible younger candidate is a gift to that criminal socio-path Donald Trump and his dangerous nut job supporters. And Australia - having handed over effective financial sovereignty of our regional defence to the US via the AUKUS nuclear sub deal - has a major stake in this of course.
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