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Originally Posted by nfotiu
Biden is the President and ultimately holds all the cards. If there wasn't a path to move on from him until the debate, it would be self defeating to go public with any concerns. I'm sure some groups were pressuring him in private all along.
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Pretty much. An incumbent president has more power in the party than the insiders and donors. Until his performance in the debate undermined Biden’s support, a move against him would have failed and weakened the Dems. Which is why it didn’t happen.