The Unfolding…
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This story is a helluva thing…
Even as minds turn to a list that includes Harris, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, Whitmer, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, California Gov. Gavin Newsom, Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly, Georgia Sen. Raphael Warnock, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and even relatively new Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro and Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, none have gone public with anything but words of support for Biden. They worry about being called traitors. They worry that it might make Biden dig in more.
A debate watch party in Los Angeles on Thursday night happened to feature Harris’ husband Doug Emhoff, Pritzker, Whitmer and Beshear. There were other high-profile attendees – by a few answers in, Rob Reiner was screaming about losing and Jane Fonda had tears in her eyes, according to people in the room.
There’s plenty more, much of it gossip but making the point by volume that this has been a big topic in elite Dem circles for a while. I’m pretty shocked that Emhoff managed to corner three prospective rivals/running mates at the same Hollywood party (how many times does Andy Beshear spend a Thursday in LA, I wonder?); why exactly those four people in that room in order to watch Biden either soar or crash?
Anyway, we’re obviously in the gossip/rumor/strategic leaking stage of this thing. We might could be on the brink of one of the most consequential weeks in American political history. Or it may very well be nothing.