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I'm pretty sure I predicted that as soon as Biden was replaced, all the anguished whining about Biden would be replaced with anguished whining about his replacement (which was precisely what happened). Invariably that prediction was met with "HOW DARE YOU SAY WE SHOULD NOT REPLACE BIDEN" which is a whole new sentence.
The thing of taking Biden's most massive and unforgivable sin (Gaza) and blaming it instantly on Harris also because why not she was in the building also, and how flawlessly that worked, is a big giveaway that it was never about addressing actual flaws in the actual Democratic candidate in the first place.
I mean, if you were a Democrat you would be still collecting campaign contributions and trying to figure out how to weather this current storm without it really upsetting your retirement account. I do think that a big part of the problem is that with a few rare exceptions, establishment Democrats and establishment Republicans are both largely shitty and craven, and so they are equally unmotivated to try to stop Trump in a real sense now that shit's getting increasingly and increasingly real. Just listen to Pritzger talk something about his frustration trying to get any kind of support now that he's stuck his neck way out in an absolutely vital fight which we have to win.
What we needed was major criminal trials on day 1, oriented around Jaunary 6th. What we needed was AOC leading the oversight committee. At an absolute bare minimum, stuff like that. There's a lot of hate that goes towards the Democrats that is undeserved (and often specifically engineered to benefit Republicans and then bought into by suckers), but I do think it mostly only works because there's a pretty solid grain of truth "Well you fucking guys are clearly not the answer, so why do you expect my support." for it to all get artfully wrapped around to give additional strength.