This is where the Dems are truly fucked. The obvious argument to debunk Biden's argument is the one that they can't admit to. That there was no actual primary process. That they spent all their energy on propping up this failing old man and lied to their voters about his state. So now the falling apart old man gets to play the trump card. He gets to use the argument they can't refute. It's hilarious to watch.
Eh, that's how the shoved Hillary and Biden in to run in the last two elections, neither of them would have ever been the nominee if their DNC primary system was at all relevant. It's nothing Dems don't already know.
I think where they're fucked it they really just don't have anyone to run. Instead of focusing on bringing up candidates people might actually vote for after 2016 they've just kept doubling down on having some shitty household name with a D next to it being enough when that's not the case anymore. They got lucky being able to cover up a lot of election shit with COVID in 2020 but I think they realize that's not going to work a second time and anyone with half a brain in the Democratic Party isn't going to step into the middle of all this shit. This is a rough office to inherit right now and likely the end of whoever it ends up being's career.
Very few of the names getting tossed around to replace Biden make any real world sense. Newsome is young enough it's stupid for him to insert himself into this, especially with how things are in CA right now. He can move to a cushy Senate seat after his governorship ends and in a couple years he'll just be an electable face with a recognizable name but most people will have forgotten how fucked up CA was under him.
Michelle Obama is living the dream life. It makes zero sense for her to subject herself or her family to all the shit that goes with being President, let alone how much of a clusterfuck she'd inherit.
Doubling down on the Biden farce or Kamala make way more sense. They can keep her on enough Xanax and wine spritzers to make it through 3 months of election season and the mainstream media will fall right back in lockstep with soft balling her along.
The other handful of names I see getting floated by major media sources make little sense either. Whitmer, PA's governor, or Pete Buttigieg. Other than trying to fill in more than 2 names on a new article, I don't think anyone is taking them seriously as replacements. Whitmer isn't exactly popular outside her home state and people only remember the name from the busted FBI plot which isn't going to help her any in getting elected. The governor from PA doesn't even have name recognition and Mayor Pete's campaign attempts were a disaster as has been his current position in this administration.
And that's really all they've got. There's no big up and coming people in the party. Just a lot of tired old dinosaurs that have all failed miserably at running for higher office already. The younger big names the DNC only keeps around for progressive rhetoric, they're people the DNC knows it can't control.