Between the two most mentally fragile candidates we've ever had.
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Replying to @davidrieff @DamonLinker
For better or worse, the American voters have never discriminated against mentally fragile politicians.
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Replying to @HeerJeet @DamonLinker
You know perfectly well what I mean (and it's not that).
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Replying to @davidrieff @DamonLinker
Just pulling your leg. But in all seriousness: it is a problem with that the American president has so much power and partisan polarization means people will support even manifestly unfit candidates.
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Replying to @HeerJeet @DamonLinker
Of course I hope I'm wrong about Biden. But I don't think there's anything unique to the US either about manifestly unfit candidates - think López Obrador & Bolsonaro - or radical polarization where, in the hemisphere, Canada, Costa Rica, & Uruguay seem to be the only exceptions.
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Replying to @davidrieff @DamonLinker
The thing with Biden is that he has a network of people around him who will ground him and he is much more willing than Trump to defer to expert advice. I think we'll have a placeholder presidency, which many people seem to want.
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A "placeholder" presidency with Susan Rice, Samantha Power, Larry Summers and more delights.
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Exactly! The Empire Strikes Back.
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Yes, the goal will be Obama Redux. But Biden lacks Obama's personal popularity and ability to defuse criticism from the left. Combine that with 20% unemployment, uprisings against police violence, etc. and you have a formula for a very rocky presidency.
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I agree, which is why I disagreed with 'placeholder.'
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Yeah, to clarify "placeholder" in the sense that Biden has no distinct political identity aside from generic Dem (and, what is perhaps the same thing, Obama Redux). Lack of distinct political identity means he'll tryto placate various party factions (we're already seeing that)
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