Biden must step down. But not like that!
As always, it’s interesting what opinions straight reporters feel free to include as fact, although in this case laundered through the “some people are saying” construction:
Harris has been roundly criticized, even ridiculed, by her opponents for not giving an interview so far in the campaign. It’s been part of a broader attack on the Democratic Party as being undemocratic and closed off, especially for the handling of President Biden’s stepping aside.
The way the political press seamlessly transitioned from “OLD MAN BIDEN MUST STEP DOWN” to “BUT MUH BLITZ PRIMARY!” is something. The thing is that the next person to explain what method of replacing Biden between July 21 and the convention would be more “democratic” than delegates voting for the candidate voters had chosen to replace Biden is he was unable to serve will be the first. There’s a reason any attempt to articulate an alternative ends up in farce that would obviously be more arbitrary and less democratic — it’s just a bullshit talking point from some combination of Republicans mad because they can’t run against Biden anymore and pundits who wanted their stupid Zendaya/Ben Sasse primary because the Dems-in-disarray stories would have written themselves.