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Replacing Biden carries risk but also possibility
Nominating Harris would be a risk. To run an 81-year-old with a 38 per cent approval rating who just got trounced in the first debate would also be a risk.
Ezra KleinLast week, after the first presidential debate, MSNBC’s Alex Wagner interviewed Governor Gavin Newsom of California. “You were out there getting a chorus of questions about whether Biden should step down,” she said. “There is a panic that has set in.”
Newsom’s reply was dismissive. “We gotta have the back of this president,” he said. “You don’t turn your back because of one performance. What kind of party does that?”
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