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  1. I can't say this clearly and often enough: People who want to defeat Trump should make a Plan B beyond nominating Biden. A contingency in case, say, the US is in an unpopular war in Lebanon, or facing $8 gasoline, or Gaza is still being destroyed when it's GOTV time in Michigan.
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      I'm writing this assuming that defeating Trump, and avoiding a fascist turn is a strategic priority. But fascism is multifaceted, and Biden no longer convinces those for whom the Muslim ban was the worst aspect of Trumpism.
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        And Biden is perilously close to losing those for whom family separation was the worst aspect of Trumpism.
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          Coast and hope for the best is not a strategy. What is the contingency plan if something goes sideways in the next 10 months? Something predictable like the things I listed?
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            One alternative is to scare Biden into courting the voters he's alienating. This is what the Sanders and Warren candidacies did in 2020. Because of them, Biden held back from his instincts to always pivot right.
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              Another is to make sure party elites know that pulling the rip cord and having Biden renounce a candidacy is always an option.
              oh my god twitter doesn’t include alt text from images in their API
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                Haranging reluctant voters (not me this time, I understand the game theory implications of a Biden-Trump race for future options) is not a strategy. Finding ways to coerce Biden into courting them is. Finding alternatives if he's lost them is.
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                  What is the Democrats' strategy for unringing this bell? x.com/aayoub/status/1714845070405333384?t=KzAijQDzEo_W2m_lIR1vxA&s=19
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                    If defeating Trump is on your to-do list for 2024, you don't need to conclude that Biden is damaged goods today to make a plan for what to do if he becomes so. It happened to 2 of the prior four Democratic presidents.
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