Subject: Re: Politico on the Biden coup + NYT
That's not actually true

It's not? When did you cast your primary ballot for Kamala Harris as the candidate for President?

Because Biden had won (nearly) all of the delegates, the party had no mechanism to deny him the nomination over his objection. The choice of the voters was extremely relevant. As long as Biden remained in the race, he would be the nominee - no matter what anyone else wanted or said.

And he wanted to run...until he was paid a visit by Don Pelosi, wasn't he?

And obviously it doesn't mean you're going to win. So while party leaders could not - and did not - take away any of Biden's delegates, they could make it clear to Biden that he had damaged himself beyond repair with his debate performance, that his campaign was a lost cause, and that they wouldn't be contributing much to him going forward. So the choice was his - he always had the ability to remain in the race, but he wasn't going to win.

LOL, okay. This is the Noble Choice Narrative. The problem with it is that Joe Biden wasn't the one who actually made The Noble Choice in the first place. It was made for him, and carried an "or else" threat.