GUEST COLUMN, Dick Morris
The announcement by the White House that President Biden is suffering from Covid, provides a timely and convenient exit strategy for the president.
In effect a presidency that was born in Covid, got elected through Covid is now about to exit gracefully through Covid.
As all of America, focused on the failed assassination of Donald Trump, the number of Democrats calling for Biden could withdraw has steadily mounted. Now 21 members of the House and Senate have called on Biden to pull out.
The most significant desertion, California congressman Adam Schiff, the Democratic Party’s candidate for senate in the largest state in America.
In a statement warning that that Biden could not defeat Trump, Schiff made clear that he was heading to exit the Biden candidacy. How convenient for Biden to get Covid just as the pieces fall into place for his exit.
Schiff is not just a congressman running for Senate, he is Nancy Pelosi’s protege. He would not have jumped ship on Biden if Nancy had not ordered or at least approved of it.
As Trump piles up an insurmountable lead, catalyzed by the bullet that bore his name, it will be increasingly hard for the Dems to find a sacrificial lamb to run. Gavin Newsom might be an option. He has just the right combination of ambition and stupidity to take up the challenge.
Before shots were fired in Butler, Pa, it seemed that Obama was playing a game to get a fourth term via Michele. But now, it might be even more remote that he or she will take the bait.
Who will the Democrats run?
Most likely Kamala.
That way they can at least stem defections from their base and create a narrative of racism to explain their coming defeat.
