Yes, they could have, but none of the names people have in mind when they say this would have taken that bullet. Why would Newsom/ Whitmer/ Mayor Pete/ Shapiro risk taking an L, starting from zero campaign funds, when they could just run a typical campaign in 2028? At the end of the day, I think we’re all aligned that this was caused by the stupidity and hubris of Biden and his handlersthere's only 7 swing states, and she lost all of them. it was unlikely biden lost any more states than that, with trump as the opponent
not to dwell on this, but yeah. biden trying to run again/sticking harris in there was a massive failurethey could have literally crafted a ticket from any 2 democrats in the entire country, and they went with the VP of an unpopular incumbent. they should have said fukk it, blew it up, and went with a whole new ticket
