Game, set and match Trump if the Democrats endorse Harris after Biden's withdrawal and follow his mistaken recommendation.
Harris would lose all the rustbelt swing states Biden won in 2020 and probably lead the Democrats to their worst defeat in the Electoral College since Dukakis as well as losing the popular vote.
Newsom would be just as bad, Democrats only hope now a rustbelt governor like Shapiro or Buttigieg
You cannot possibly know that at this stage and are just 'wish' casting
I think this is the right decision but it makes me feel unaccountably sad. I think Biden is an enormously decent man and his presidency has been a great success. when he was campaigning in 2020 I was always impressed by his decency and empathy. It's sad it has to end like this.
If the Dems do win the White House in November then Biden will go down as one of the truly great Presidents.
Defeated Trump then stood aside to help defeat Trump.
Very reminiscent of George Washington stepping down to allow the republic to thrive.
My fellow Democrats, I have decided not to accept the nomination and to focus all my energies on my duties as President for the remainder of my term. My very first decision as the party nominee in 2020 was to pick Kamala Harris as my Vice President. And it’s been the best decision I’ve made. Today I want to offer my full support and endorsement for Kamala to be the nominee of our party this year. Democrats — it’s time to come together and beat Trump. Let’s do this.
My fellow Democrats, I have decided not to accept the nomination and to focus all my energies on my duties as President for the remainder of my term. My very first decision as the party nominee in 2020 was to pick Kamala Harris as my Vice President. And it’s been the best decision I’ve made. Today I want to offer my full support and endorsement for Kamala to be the nominee of our party this year. Democrats — it’s time to come together and beat Trump. Let’s do this.
They've got to pick a new face like Buttigieg to stand a chance
Exactly, he is articulate and from a Midwest state and has some charisma.
Harris has the elitist air of liberal coastal entitlement Hillary had, with the charisma of Kerry and the ideology of Dukakis, Trump would love to run against a limousine liberal like her in the rustbelt where she has about as much connection with the white working class as you would expect a former California lawyer to have
Not at all, Trump currently leads Harris by 5%, 44% to 38.5% on average with Kennedy on 10.5%, Stein on 2% and West on 1.5%.
You'd be wiser to stop pretending you know the future for just a short time, until we've seen some polls based on something stronger than sheer hypotheticals.
Obvs Biden doesn’t know how to tweet. Bit strange that the endorsement of Kamala came on Twitter some time after rather than in formal letter he releases.
The logic must be that trying to sew this up for Harris ASAP and avoid any further blue on blue is better than trying to get a better nominee in a contested convention.
If he wanted to give Harris the best shot he would have stood down as President, but that would involve admitting he is too old for the job, whereas now he can at least blame his withdrawal on having lost confidence of party/media, and continue denying the idea of him having dementia or the Dems covering it up.
Game, set and match Trump if the Democrats endorse Harris after Biden's withdrawal and follow his mistaken recommendation.
Harris would lose all the rustbelt swing states Biden won in 2020 and probably lead the Democrats to their worst defeat in the Electoral College since Dukakis as well as losing the popular vote.
Newsom would be just as bad, Democrats only hope now a rustbelt governor like Shapiro or Buttigieg
Harris is a prosecutor that represents law and order against the convicted criminal leading the Republicans.
John Kerry was also a prosecutor, fat lot of good it did him against Bush!
The people who did everything they could to keep Biden in the race beyond the time it was sensible to do so should feel ashamed of themselves.
I would just caution that in my experience of dementia it is not as simple as telling someone with the condition to change course
There can be anger and dismay, even denial from the patient, and key is the actions of the family and those family members closest which I hope in this case proves to be Jill Biden who without doubt would have had a difficult and highly emotional task
Well, I'm delighted that Biden has endorsed Kamala. What the Dems need to do is quickly line up behind her - starting with pubic backing from Mr and Mrs Obama, Pelosi, the potential VP candidates, and other Dem bigwigs.
If Trump is to be defeated, I reckon it's pretty important that the Dems show complete unity behind one candidate as from now, and that's got to be Harris. They haven't got the time to mess about with any contest.
I think this is the right decision but it makes me feel unaccountably sad. I think Biden is an enormously decent man and his presidency has been a great success. when he was campaigning in 2020 I was always impressed by his decency and empathy. It's sad it has to end like this.
If the Dems do win the White House in November then Biden will go down as one of the truly great Presidents.
Defeated Trump then stood aside to help defeat Trump.
This. 1000x this.
He will be liberal hero for the ages if standing down allows Dems to beat Trump 2.0.
Although personally I will be as rich as croesus if Vance somehow becomes nominee.
They've got to pick a new face like Buttigieg to stand a chance
Exactly, he is articulate and from a Midwest state and has some charisma.
Harris has the elitist air of liberal coastal entitlement Hillary had, with the charisma of Kerry and the ideology of Dukakis, Trump would love to run against a limousine liberal like her in the rustbelt where she has about as much connection with the white working class as you would expect a former California lawyer to have
She was born to an immigrant mother and a black American father before blacks got civil rights. Her politics are in the middle of the Democratic party and she was tough on crime. You are just projecting sexism and racism on to her politics.
Game, set and match Trump if the Democrats endorse Harris after Biden's withdrawal and follow his mistaken recommendation.
Harris would lose all the rustbelt swing states Biden won in 2020 and probably lead the Democrats to their worst defeat in the Electoral College since Dukakis as well as losing the popular vote.
Newsom would be just as bad, Democrats only hope now a rustbelt governor like Shapiro or Buttigieg
Harris is a prosecutor that represents law and order against the convicted criminal leading the Republicans.
That's the old days. These days the Republicans quite like lawbreakers
The logic must be that trying to sew this up for Harris ASAP and avoid any further blue on blue is better than trying to get a better nominee in a contested convention.
If he wanted to give Harris the best shot he would have stood down as President, but that would involve admitting he is too old for the job, whereas now he can at least blame his withdrawal on having lost confidence of party/media, and continue denying the idea of him having dementia or the Dems covering it up.
I think Harris stands a better chance of winning as the current VP rather than President . The first woman President might help and she will eviscerate Trump on the abortion issue .
No stepping down from POTUS, no endorsement of Harris. "Over to you Pelosi you sort this shitshow out "
“I will speak to the nation later this week.”
The VP market is very interesting. Is Shapiro really a shoe in ?
The failure to endorse Harris shows that Pelosi has got her way on a contested convention, so that's moot.
He's endorsed Harris now. I just don't see how anyone else gets a look in at this point.
Trump gets a look in if that is the case certainly, in fact he is odds on to return to the White House against Harris
thing It will be interesting to see if that changes over the next couple of days. One thing is for sure, the Democrats are going to have the younger, spritelier candidate. Trump is not wearing well either, that nomination speech was awful, but so far he has had the shelter of Biden's health issues overriding his. That is about to change.
The people who did everything they could to keep Biden in the race beyond the time it was sensible to do so should feel ashamed of themselves.
I would just caution that in my experience of dementia it is not as simple as telling someone with the condition to change course
There can be anger and dismay, even denial from the patient, and key is the actions of the family and those family members closest which I hope in this case proves to be Jill Biden who without doubt would have had a difficult and highly emotional task
It was hardly kind to put him through the last few months, let alone to run the risk of putting him through the remainder of the campaign up to polling day. And that's just considering the effect on Biden himself. There is quite a lot at stake in this election.
Game, set and match Trump if the Democrats endorse Harris after Biden's withdrawal and follow his mistaken recommendation.
Harris would lose all the rustbelt swing states Biden won in 2020 and probably lead the Democrats to their worst defeat in the Electoral College since Dukakis as well as losing the popular vote.
Newsom would be just as bad, Democrats only hope now a rustbelt governor like Shapiro or Buttigieg
You cannot possibly know that at this stage and are just 'wish' casting
They've got to pick a new face like Buttigieg to stand a chance
Exactly, he is articulate and from a Midwest state and has some charisma.
Harris has the elitist air of liberal coastal entitlement Hillary had, with the charisma of Kerry and the ideology of Dukakis, Trump would love to run against a limousine liberal like her in the rustbelt where she has about as much connection with the white working class as you would expect a former California lawyer to have
Agreed that she is not the candidate they would ever pick if starting from square one, but I think you overstate the case. Hillary had decades in the public eye as a GOP hate figure. Harris is mostly an unknown. She’s made very little mark as VP positive or negative, which means there is room to improve at least.
Game, set and match Trump if the Democrats endorse Harris after Biden's withdrawal and follow his mistaken recommendation.
Harris would lose all the rustbelt swing states Biden won in 2020 and probably lead the Democrats to their worst defeat in the Electoral College since Dukakis as well as losing the popular vote.
Newsom would be just as bad, Democrats only hope now a rustbelt governor like Shapiro or Buttigieg
Harris is a prosecutor that represents law and order against the convicted criminal leading the Republicans.
That's the old days. These days the Republicans quite like lawbreakers
Yes, but middle ground voters don't. The Republicans these days are like European fascists of the 1920s, full of disdain for democracy and fetishization of violence.
They've got to pick a new face like Buttigieg to stand a chance
Exactly, he is articulate and from a Midwest state and has some charisma.
Harris has the elitist air of liberal coastal entitlement Hillary had, with the charisma of Kerry and the ideology of Dukakis, Trump would love to run against a limousine liberal like her in the rustbelt where she has about as much connection with the white working class as you would expect a former California lawyer to have
Wait a minute, so you are saying that she cannot connect with the rust belt because she has no connection with the white working class but New York billionaire property mogul who lived a gilded life, clubbing with celebs, never lifted a finger in hard graft is down with the blue collars?
Whilst I think he actually does have it down with them, like Boris and Farage with people from a different background it does presume that she doesn’t win over other key groups that compensate for this. Let’s see how things go when she has the push from the Dems and the liberal media in the US.
Game, set and match Trump if the Democrats endorse Harris after Biden's withdrawal and follow his mistaken recommendation.
Harris would lose all the rustbelt swing states Biden won in 2020 and probably lead the Democrats to their worst defeat in the Electoral College since Dukakis as well as losing the popular vote.
Newsom would be just as bad, Democrats only hope now a rustbelt governor like Shapiro or Buttigieg
I think you're making too many assumptions too quickly.
No, he’s been very consistent in his absurd predictions.
They've got to pick a new face like Buttigieg to stand a chance
Exactly, he is articulate and from a Midwest state and has some charisma.
Harris has the elitist air of liberal coastal entitlement Hillary had, with the charisma of Kerry and the ideology of Dukakis, Trump would love to run against a limousine liberal like her in the rustbelt where she has about as much connection with the white working class as you would expect a former California lawyer to have
You've really got it in for Kamala, haven't you? Every day you repeatedly slag her off. Is there something we should know?
Did she refuse to dance with you at the Epping Tory ball or something?
The people who did everything they could to keep Biden in the race beyond the time it was sensible to do so should feel ashamed of themselves.
I would just caution that in my experience of dementia it is not as simple as telling someone with the condition to change course
There can be anger and dismay, even denial from the patient, and key is the actions of the family and those family members closest which I hope in this case proves to be Jill Biden who without doubt would have had a difficult and highly emotional task
It was hardly kind to put him through the last few months, let alone to run the risk of putting him through the remainder of the campaign up to polling day. And that's just considering the effect on Biden himself. There is quite a lot at stake in this election.
Again you do not know just how stubborn Biden himself was
I have seen evidence in the last 12 months of two elderly widows with dementia refusing all attempts to help them and in one case locking herself in her home for days before social services and the family had to act to protect her
Of course there is the personal level and national level but the personal level has to be resolved first as in this case
I feel like I should finally start political betting, because it seemed obvious to me many many months ago that he’d stand down in between the primaries and convention.
Anyway who’s the Hesletine to stalk the Harris horse? Does anyone fancy going against the Don? One wonders whether Harris threatened the 25th unless he endorsed her. Or has everyone else looked at it and thought, meh… you can lose to him.
At this unprecedented juncture in American history, we must be clear about what just happened. The Democrat Party forced the Democrat nominee off the ballot, just over 100 days before the election.
Having invalidated the votes of more than 14 million Americans who selected Joe Biden to be the Democrat nominee for president, the self-proclaimed ‘party of democracy’ has proven exactly the opposite.
The party’s prospects are no better now with Vice President Kamala Harris, who co-owns the disastrous policy failures of the Biden Administration. As second in command and a completely inept border czar, Harris has been a gleeful accomplice — not only in the destruction of American sovereignty, security, and prosperity, but also in the largest political coverup in U.S. history. She has known for as long as anyone of his incapacity to serve.
Regardless of the chaos in the current White House, our adversaries around the globe should be reminded that the U.S. Congress, the U.S. military, and the American people are fully prepared and committed to defend our interests both at home and abroad.
If Joe Biden is not fit to run for President, he is not fit to serve as President. He must resign the office immediately. November 5 cannot arrive soon enough."
I sincerely hope so. And if Trump is defeated Biden's decision today may be the most consquential one he has ever taken, and for which he deserves all of our thanks.
The people who did everything they could to keep Biden in the race beyond the time it was sensible to do so should feel ashamed of themselves.
I would just caution that in my experience of dementia it is not as simple as telling someone with the condition to change course
There can be anger and dismay, even denial from the patient, and key is the actions of the family and those family members closest which I hope in this case proves to be Jill Biden who without doubt would have had a difficult and highly emotional task
It was hardly kind to put him through the last few months, let alone to run the risk of putting him through the remainder of the campaign up to polling day. And that's just considering the effect on Biden himself. There is quite a lot at stake in this election.
Again you do not know just how stubborn Biden himself was
You seem to think you're the only person here with experience of dementia. Absurd.
Andy Bashear doesn't strike me as the type of guy to leave an elected position midway through. He seems very traditional in that sense. Could be wrong tho. He would be a great pick. Appeals to Dixiecrats. Could help win back a few wwc
I feel like I should finally start political betting, because it seemed obvious to me many many months ago that he’d stand down in between the primaries and convention.
Anyway who’s the Hesletine to stalk the Harris horse? Does anyone fancy going against the Don? One wonders whether Harris threatened the 25th unless he endorsed her. Or has everyone else looked at it and thought, meh… you can lose to him.
I hope (and think) the Dems will get their act together now. Sort out the VP as quick as possible and attack Trump all out. They have the material to work with.
Speaker of House Mike Johnson: "Biden must resign immediately". BBC News.
Biden should stay in office just to draw fire on this.
Republicans want Biden out immediately and Harris in, so it would guarantee her as the candidate. It would be extraordinary to me if the Dems fell into the Kamala coronation bear trap. But then again they have been utterly inept in almost every way the last few years so alas perhaps they will.
The latest 538 polls had Harris polling better than Biden in some polls, with others showing the opposite.
"Currently" means nothing. Every poll is outdated now. Hypothetical polls are different to real ones.
What can be reasonably predicted now is that: 1. Approval of Biden will recover to a degree now, just as the approval ratings of every retiring president improve in their final couple of months after November, provided that they conduct themselves with grace. 2. Harris's polling will improve by virtue of: - her new status as Biden's nominated heir - the fact that her candidacy in a hypothetical poll would no longer imply a disloyal challenge to a president running for a second term - the newfound unity amongst Democrats, for I doubt if she will face any serious challenge - potentially a strong VP pick to join Harris on the ticket
No stepping down from POTUS, no endorsement of Harris. "Over to you Pelosi you sort this shitshow out "
“I will speak to the nation later this week.”
The VP market is very interesting. Is Shapiro really a shoe in ?
The failure to endorse Harris shows that Pelosi has got her way on a contested convention, so that's moot.
He's endorsed Harris now. I just don't see how anyone else gets a look in at this point.
Trump gets a look in if that is the case certainly, in fact he is odds on to return to the White House against Harris
Have you considered the Women's vote, have you considered Kamala 's ethnicity and that Trump is going to appear utterly bonkers when debating Kamala.There might also be a sympathy vote for the Dems in respect of Biden's capitulation. Don't forget "Crooked Joe" ( and only Trump believes he is crooked) has gone for the good of country and party, and although Trump now believes he is probably Jesus having survived an assassination attempt, he is not.
You may be right of course, but I don't believe you have considered anything other than hypothetical polling and made some bizarre extrapolation from Nixon/ McGovern.
In an earlier thread (and by earlier I mean last year) I suggested that Harris had been much more ‘present’ in the media and in public. She was tweeting or commenting on matters in a separate capacity, almost as if she was preparing the ground for a run.
For those talking of a run by Gavin Newsom, I’d suggest you haud your wheesht. Newsom was married to Kimberly Guilfoyle who is, of course, now engaged to Don Jr.
I’m nit suggesting that she would use here knowledge of the candidate against him buy, nor make any spurious allegations, but hey, you know, shit happens.
My fellow Democrats, I have decided not to accept the nomination and to focus all my energies on my duties as President for the remainder of my term. My very first decision as the party nominee in 2020 was to pick Kamala Harris as my Vice President. And it’s been the best decision I’ve made. Today I want to offer my full support and endorsement for Kamala to be the nominee of our party this year. Democrats — it’s time to come together and beat Trump. Let’s do this.
Can anyone clear up a strange comment Kamala Harris made a couple of days ago? She said "I've never been to Europe" but she definitely has been to Europe on several trips as vice president. So why did she say that? Maybe it was some sort of joke that isn't immediately apparent.
Can anyone clear up a strange comment Kamala Harris made a couple of days ago? She said "I've never been to Europe" but she definitely has been to Europe on several trips as vice president. So why did she say that? Maybe it was some sort of joke that isn't immediately apparent.
I think this is the right decision but it makes me feel unaccountably sad. I think Biden is an enormously decent man and his presidency has been a great success. when he was campaigning in 2020 I was always impressed by his decency and empathy. It's sad it has to end like this.
If the Dems do win the White House in November then Biden will go down as one of the truly great Presidents.
Defeated Trump then stood aside to help defeat Trump.
I really hope so. I hope everyone gets behind Kamala and she can win, because Trump demonstrably does not care about democracy, he has a Supreme Court opinion that Presidents can commit crimes, and he himself is already a convicted criminal.
But I don't think she can win. I don't get all the negativity about her personally, but that it has been there this whole time cannot entirely be erased now, there's a bit of sexism or racism to overcome, there's a resurgent Trump with a fully united GOP behind him (whilst the Democrats are demoralised and conflicted), at best lukewarm polling which suggests Trump may win outright and lots of State houses and lawmakers explicitly saying they would have ignored the law last time and thrown out results had they been in place then.
All the best to her though, and Biden eventually did the right thing - I get why he did still run, for a while it looked like he was robust enough to do it again, but in the end he was not.
Can anyone clear up a strange comment Kamala Harris made a couple of days ago? She said "I've never been to Europe" but she definitely has been to Europe on several trips as vice president. So why did she say that? Maybe it was some sort of joke that isn't immediately apparent.
She saying 'yeah I haven't been to the southern border, but there's a ton of places I haven't been, I can't go everywhere". Would of made more sense to mention somewhere she actually hasn't been.
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If repeated in November that would be the lowest Democratic voteshare in a general election since McGovern's 37.5% in 1972 when Nixon crushed him by a landslide. Trump would win the popular vote and the biggest GOP victory margin since Bush 41 over Dukakis in 1988
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2024/president/us/general_election_trump_vs_harris_vs_kennedy_vs_stein_vs_west-8510.html
Much closer to the election there would have been no chance to change the nominee and early voting starts only a few weeks later.
I fucked up this market too.
But, if he'd kept it together another 4 months he'd have made it.
He fucked up the debate and its aftermath. Noone else.
Harris has the elitist air of liberal coastal entitlement Hillary had, with the charisma of Kerry and the ideology of Dukakis, Trump would love to run against a limousine liberal like her in the rustbelt where she has about as much connection with the white working class as you would expect a former California lawyer to have
Lock down in the New Zealand bunker, with gold, canned goods and firearms more like…
If he wanted to give Harris the best shot he would have stood down as President, but that would involve admitting he is too old for the job, whereas now he can at least blame his withdrawal on having lost confidence of party/media, and continue denying the idea of him having dementia or the Dems covering it up.
Haven't you noticed how volatile politics have become since he started standing in for Mike?
There can be anger and dismay, even denial from the patient, and key is the actions of the family and those family members closest which I hope in this case proves to be Jill Biden who without doubt would have had a difficult and highly emotional task
If Trump is to be defeated, I reckon it's pretty important that the Dems show complete unity behind one candidate as from now, and that's got to be Harris. They haven't got the time to mess about with any contest.
He will be liberal hero for the ages if standing down allows Dems to beat Trump 2.0.
Although personally I will be as rich as croesus if Vance somehow becomes nominee.
(Clinton lol!)
https://x.com/keiranpedley/status/1815089099050799595
It will be interesting to see if that changes over the next couple of days. One thing is for sure, the Democrats are going to have the younger, spritelier candidate. Trump is not wearing well either, that nomination speech was awful, but so far he has had the shelter of Biden's health issues overriding his. That is about to change.
Make of that what you will.
But I could see no way for Biden electorally except downwards; every tic or minor mistake he made would become a massive story worldwide.
Now there is at least a chance of moving upwards, even if it is remote.
And there is a difference between polling between hypotheticals, and polling between actual candidates.
I’d love to se him debate Vance. Polite evisceration.
Whilst I think he actually does have it down with them, like Boris and Farage with people from a different background it does presume that she doesn’t win over other key groups that compensate for this. Let’s see how things go when she has the push from the Dems and the liberal media in the US.
Americans, eh?
Did she refuse to dance with you at the Epping Tory ball or something?
I have seen evidence in the last 12 months of two elderly widows with dementia refusing all attempts to help them and in one case locking herself in her home for days before social services and the family had to act to protect her
Of course there is the personal level and national level but the personal level has to be resolved first as in this case
Anyway who’s the Hesletine to stalk the Harris horse? Does anyone fancy going against the Don? One wonders whether Harris threatened the 25th unless he endorsed her. Or has everyone else looked at it and thought, meh… you can lose to him.
https://x.com/SpeakerJohnson/status/1815093011669516433
"Speaker Mike Johnson
@SpeakerJohnson
At this unprecedented juncture in American history, we must be clear about what just happened. The Democrat Party forced the Democrat nominee off the ballot, just over 100 days before the election.
Having invalidated the votes of more than 14 million Americans who selected Joe Biden to be the Democrat nominee for president, the self-proclaimed ‘party of democracy’ has proven exactly the opposite.
The party’s prospects are no better now with Vice President Kamala Harris, who co-owns the disastrous policy failures of the Biden Administration. As second in command and a completely inept border czar, Harris has been a gleeful accomplice — not only in the destruction of American sovereignty, security, and prosperity, but also in the largest political coverup in U.S. history. She has known for as long as anyone of his incapacity to serve.
Regardless of the chaos in the current White House, our adversaries around the globe should be reminded that the U.S. Congress, the U.S. military, and the American people are fully prepared and committed to defend our interests both at home and abroad.
If Joe Biden is not fit to run for President, he is not fit to serve as President. He must resign the office immediately. November 5 cannot arrive soon enough."
He would be a great pick. Appeals to Dixiecrats. Could help win back a few wwc
"Currently" means nothing. Every poll is outdated now. Hypothetical polls are different to real ones.
What can be reasonably predicted now is that:
1. Approval of Biden will recover to a degree now, just as the approval ratings of every retiring president improve in their final couple of months after November, provided that they conduct themselves with grace.
2. Harris's polling will improve by virtue of:
- her new status as Biden's nominated heir
- the fact that her candidacy in a hypothetical poll would no longer imply a disloyal challenge to a president running for a second term
- the newfound unity amongst Democrats, for I doubt if she will face any serious challenge
- potentially a strong VP pick to join Harris on the ticket
You may be right of course, but I don't believe you have considered anything other than hypothetical polling and made some bizarre extrapolation from Nixon/ McGovern.
For those talking of a run by Gavin Newsom, I’d suggest you haud your wheesht. Newsom was married to Kimberly Guilfoyle who is, of course, now engaged to Don Jr.
I’m nit suggesting that she would use here knowledge of the candidate against him buy, nor make any spurious allegations, but hey, you know, shit happens.
Plus, Biden gets to make a woman president.
https://nypost.com/2021/06/08/kamala-harris-dismisses-criticism-for-not-visiting-us-border/
https://edition.cnn.com/2022/03/09/politics/kamala-harris-poland-romania/index.html
https://www.npr.org/2024/02/15/1231464219/kamala-harris-munich-nato-trump
He could argue he is fine to continue now, but another four years at his ( or Trump's age ) is a stretch.
Maybe he does go just to give her some level of incumbency bonus/profile.
Besides, I think the context of her comment is clear: she says she had not been to Europe in the 76 days mentioned in the question.
But I don't think she can win. I don't get all the negativity about her personally, but that it has been there this whole time cannot entirely be erased now, there's a bit of sexism or racism to overcome, there's a resurgent Trump with a fully united GOP behind him (whilst the Democrats are demoralised and conflicted), at best lukewarm polling which suggests Trump may win outright and lots of State houses and lawmakers explicitly saying they would have ignored the law last time and thrown out results had they been in place then.
All the best to her though, and Biden eventually did the right thing - I get why he did still run, for a while it looked like he was robust enough to do it again, but in the end he was not.