Just One Thing: Bye-Den - Joe Biden drops out
Joe Biden will not be the Democratic nominee for president.
Biden said on one occasion that he’s only get out if a medical condition stopped his campaign and on another occasion that he’d only get out if the lord almighty came down and told him.
Well, she did, apparently. Nancy Pelosi, I mean. You add that he got COVID again, and, the thing that I said would convince me he might get out, that Hakim Jeffries, the black congressman who would be speaker of the House if Dems had the majority, expressed his concerns to Biden, and, well, I would have lost my bet that he’d stay in.
Biden has endorsed his vice president, Kamala Harris, to be the nominee, and she probably will be. I think Dems can’t win with her and can’t go around her.
Biden's doubts about Harris' chances delayed his exit (axios.com)
Gradually, then suddenly: Why Biden finally dropped out - POLITICO
I wasn't trying to be sarcastic when I noted last week that the short video of Biden walking slowly and unsteadily up the "short stairs" into Air Force One could be the perfect punctuation at the end of his political career, or at least this campaign. Everything that the nation had come to understand about his unfitness for the job was captured in these few seconds (if the debate performance weren't enough.)
Today's Guests
Fluid at this point...
Probably:
NBC News Radio and iHeartRadio national correspondent Rory O'Neill on next steps for Democrats
Adam Frisch, Democratic candidate for CO's 3rd Congressional District (who publicly called for Biden to get out)
Adam for Colorado
Nick Stephanopoulos is a professor at Harvard Law School who focuses on elections, the Constitution, and the administrative state. Sounds like a guy I wish I’d been able to take a class from
Nicholas Stephanopoulos - Harvard Law School | Harvard Law School
Opinion | The Ground Is Shifting Under Biden and Trump - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
Election Law for the New Electorate by Nicholas Stephanopoulos :: SSRN
The statements
Biden, then Trump, then Obama below.
Here's Jared Polis: Governor Jared Polis’s Statement on President Joe Biden’s Announcement
Other Stuff
I'm going to keep this fairly short because I need to spend my time reading. Will mostly offer links and short comments:
Former Colorado Rockies great Todd Helton was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY over the weekend. Producer A-Rod was there. Todd Helton hits home run with Hall of Fame induction speech (denverpost.com)
SEE BELOW FOR TODD'S SPEECH
Rep Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) has passed away due to pancreatic cancer. My mom (and most people's moms) used to tell kids, "If you don't have anything nice to say about someone, don't say anything at all." Therefore, I have nothing further to say about Rep Lee.
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas dies at 74 - ABC News (go.com)
A remarkable move by America's first black president refusing to endorse who would be America's first female (black/Asian) president: Barack Obama Declines to Endorse Kamala Harris in Statement Praising Biden Withdrawal | National Review
Interesting looking at this, published just a couple of hours before the news. Most of it is still applicable: Six-Chart Sunday (#26) – Gradually Then Suddenly (substack.com)
Putting a chuckle in here just because we need one: Entire Microsoft Network Goes Down After Greg Removes USB Device Without Clicking 'Eject' First | Babylon Bee
This is very hard for me to believe: Kamala Harris Faces Potential Challenger for Democratic Nomination (msn.com)
Trump is now saying that he wants the next debate to be on Fox News:
MAGA Inc, the major superPAC supporting Donald Trump, is out with their first anti-Harris ad:
Donors might not love Harris but they sure hate Trump: Kamala Harris raises nearly $50 mln after Biden endorsement | Reuters
I wondered right away why Biden's announcement was by a letter on Twitter rather than on camera. Maybe it's just too bitter a pill to swallow?
Another issue GOP will bring against Harris: EXCLUSIVE: Bail Fund Promoted By Kamala Harris Helped Free Serial Domestic Abusers | The Daily Caller
An example of how Trump can be dumb enough to lose. Feels like the "adult supervision" is losing its grip on him.
One more non-political brain-cleanser: Why do dogs look like their owners? | Live Science
Today's Video
Very interesting pro-Trump ad
Your Monday wakeup video
Are Olympic athletes beds (in the Olympic village) really made with cardboard?
(Read the comments too)
TODD HELTON'S BASEBALL HALL OF FAME INDUCTION SPEECH