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Senator Chris Murphy from Connecticut is now suggesting that President Biden should have hung up his political cleats much earlier, a sentiment echoed by several embarrassed Democrats following Vice President Kamala Harris’s recent flop on the presidential stage. In a candid moment on NBC’s Meet the Press, Murphy made it abundantly clear that, looking back, an earlier exit from the race would have been prudent for Biden.
Biden made the gracious decision to withdraw from the race back in July, leaving Harris scrambling with only 107 days left on the clock. And surprise, surprise—she couldn’t rally enough support to dethrone President-elect Donald Trump. It’s like handing a rookie quarterback the keys to the Super Bowl offense with only a few minutes left in the fourth quarter. Spoiler alert: it didn’t end well, and now even some Democrats are feeling the heat and looking for someone to point fingers at for the disaster.
Chris Murphy on MSNBC describes the election as a "cataclysm for Democrats" which he attributes to the party "not listening to" poor people
(not sure Sherrod Brown would agree with this diagnosis … ) pic.twitter.com/TZ0w8go1zB
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) November 13, 2024
Less than a year after the defeat, the Democrats are engaged in polite finger-pointing, with former Speaker Nancy Pelosi lamenting the lost opportunity that wasn’t. She took a moment in a New York Times interview to lament that had Biden stepped aside earlier, there might have been a chance for a fresher face to emerge in the race. What a revelation! A party that didn’t switch horses in midstream found themselves galloping toward disaster. Who would have thought?
Murphy believes the party’s focus should have been on the administration’s crusade against corporate power, boasting about the antitrust lawsuits against big players like Amazon and Meta. These efforts are likely a fierce rallying cry for what is essentially a battle against capitalism, which is curious given how most Americans view corporate giants as the engines of job creation and innovation. The Democrats seem to be against the very thing that keeps the economy running, while Murphy insists they should’ve shouted their anti-corporate achievements from the rooftops. Good luck with that strategy!
In a party looking for fresh faces to lead them out of the political wilderness, the irony is palpable. With souls like Biden looking to stash away their political ambitions for the good of the country, and strategists contemplating shifting tactics for upcoming elections, one could ponder—the Democrats could clearly use a lesson in seamless leadership transitions and strategic planning. Who’s writing the playbook for this team, anyway? Because so far, it looks like all they’re doing is rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic.
