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Originally Posted by Mathgod
Even if we are to accept the idea that he was in decline since April 2023 (not conceding it, just entertaining the idea)...
What were people supposed to do? Biden wanted to run for a second term, he refused to drop out. If there were serious primary challengers, chances are Joe would have refused the debates just like Trump did, and win the primary anyway. At that point he would have had the delegates and in control of everything anyway. I'm not sure the timeline would have unfolded much differently even if the people in Biden's orbit had encouraged him to drop out sooner.
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You add a clause to your primary rules require debate attendance to be on a ballot. You apply the same kind of pressure people did in the last 3 weeks to get him to show up to a debate to prove his competency. It would also have the advantage of if he had 1 or 2 strong debate performances going in tanking the trump debate wouldn’t have had the same affect as it could be brushed off as a bad day. (That might be a worse result if you believe the rapid decline theory)
The Democratic Party by controlling primary rules had tremendous power to get him to speak spontaneously publically. They lacked the courage to do it.