Yeah, as I tweeted earlier, it's as simple as joking about sending Grandpa Mumbles to the home. Biden might be able to "survive" another debate or two if he's pepped up on a drug like modafanil. He's still been incoherent lately, but more wide eyed and louder. I suspect doping
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I assume the VP keeps campaigning if the primary candidate dies during the campaign. That's unprecedented in US history but I can't see how it would go otherwise
If they can win during a time of crisis with no real structural change promised, the aging party hierarchy can perhaps make it to their death-beds believing they defeated the Russians, held the line on socialism, etc.