The Rumors Are Flying That Joe Will Go
As early as this weekend?
I freely admit I spend too much time scanning various news sources this election year. And after the election I hope to stop completely. At least that’s my fantasy. But one of the results of this obsession is you see rumors emerge and this morning one was widespread.
Apparently Joe Biden is now seriously considering a Kamala Harris run and her chances if he steps down. If this is true, his recent diagnosis of Covid (yesterday’s big story, along with J.D. Vance pretending he is just a regular guy who never backed abortion bans with no exceptions), may be a factor.
He did state that a medical condition would be the thing that might make him reconsider running. But unless his illness is a lot worse than anyone is saying, I doubt that’s the kind of thing he was talking about.
It’s more likely that he finally heard from sources outside his inner circle that his chances were dwindling. And those sources may have included Pelosi, Hakeem Jeffries, and Senator Schumer, the de facto Democratic leaders in Congress.
It would be hard to ignore their advice.
All of this is taking place against the backdrop of a Republican Convention where every speaker is playing fast and loose with the facts, that is to say, lying.
