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Come on. This wasn’t “Biden just decided to step down and we can’t force him to run.” He stepped down kicking and screaming. The party was inflicting pain until he stepped down and would’ve escalated the pain.
The party forced him out to get a new candidate. Anything else is pure fancy.
And none of that matters a jot. Doesn't matter how much pressure was put on him behind the scenes. That's normal politics. He stepped down. He could have chosen not to, no-one could have forced him. Being briefed against, or maneuvered against is politics 101. You may not like that, but that is the situation. Being pressured is a legitimate political tactic. Happens everywhere. David Cameron called the Brexit referendum because he was facing internal political pressure form his own back benches. It was still a legitimate referendum. Liz Truss stepped down because of huge pressure from her own side. Her ousting was perfectly legitimate.
It is telling you touch on parliamentary politics which have totally different norms compared to the American political system.
Do they? Are you sure about that? The legal frameworks are quite different, but the underlying politics is basically identical.
You are the chosen of your party with all the support in the world, until you are not. Then they brief against you and pressure you to step down/change course.
I'd suggest my position seems to more accurately reflect what is actually happening than yours. It is being seen as legitimate by the Democrat base.
It probably won't be enough to beat Trump, in any case.
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