[Senator Clay Davis]

And there really is no one to parachute in, for a multitude of reasons, but the biggest one is they've already missed the window to build up a candidate. If they had a real primary season, especially one where Trump was running unopposed, they could have used that singular media focus to help any sort of relative unknown to get some face time and build them up. Now we're entering the dormant period of the campaign over the summer, so you've lost the most important marketing period for a candidate who isn't already some extremely well known entity. Throw in the chaos that would be an open convention, and the actual solutions here are very limited, if there even is one.

The Dems need someone with instant cred, without any major baggage or flaws, which is who exactly? Michelle? Maybe, I guess, but again why would she put herself through the ringer? She's already done that life, if she had any interest in doing it again she would have at least done a senate run by now. Newsom? Limited appeal to the swing voters who will decide the election. Maybe call up RFK? Sure it's a bad choice too, but if Trump avoidance is the goal then he might be the best option (side note: it'll be interesting to see if RFK gets a poll bump because of this).