This is another fine mess, Oliver!

 

"What to do, what to do. The old saying is you got to dance with the one you came with. Well Democrats, grab your partner and enjoy the dance. I know we sure will."  

As one of my former co-workers would say when the train really came off the tracks (so to speak), "This is a mess of biblical proportions." Where we are right now in this 2024 campaign season is just that - only if you are a Democrat. That was a pretty smart move back in 2020, picking the often passed over Joe Biden to be your torch bearer. Even smarter, to pick the unelectable Kamala Harris as his Veep. A few shenanigans with the voting process, and whammo - we have an octogenarian and an idiot running the country. Anybody but Trump. As funny as it was for the Democrats back then, it ain't so funny right now. 

And now, after last week's stunning debate debacle, the Democrats would love to deep six Joe and Harris and start fresh. But they can't. They are stuck with Joe and Kamala for the duration of the campaign. As Joe continues to wander down this one-way street called dementia, not even the most heartless power grabbing wife in the world (Dr. Jill), can prop him up enough to make him look alive and somewhat cognizant. Is it really too late to get someone else on the ballot? Maybe not just too late, but maybe even impossible.

Normally someone could come up with a scheme to Article 25 Biden before the election and then have Harris be the standard bearer. One small problem - her poll numbers are worse than Biden's (still). Plus - Harris has demonstrated to the American public time and time again, just how worthless and bizarre she is. It is not just the southern border she has mucked up - it is everything she has been assigned to do.

What should Trump and the Republicans do while this circus plays itself out? Nothing but keep going after every single vote they can. Campaign until like Trump is 10 points behind. Take nothing for granted. After the last election, most, if not all of us, remember the gremlins which popped up in the vote counting. 

Jill, escorting Joe to a campaign rally, is breathing fire. "Not only are we not dropping out, but we are also still going to debate again in September." Really? Wow! What is the definition of insanity? Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different outcome. There is no reason to think the September outcome will be any different than the last one. There is not enough Red Bull or kick-some-more juice that could animate Joe enough to win a debate. Chances are, he would just drift off into la-la land again, and talk to his imaginary archrival, Corn Pop.

I can just see the powers that in the DNC, looking at each other, and in Laurel and Hardy fashion, saying "This is another fine mess we are into to". What to do, what to do. The old saying is you got to dance with the one you came with. Well Democrats, grab your partner and enjoy the dance. I know we sure will.