Subject: Re: Politico says it out loud about Biden
There are a lot of people with influence in the democrat party (and in the GOP). Superdelegates. The people with the money. Unions. Party honchos like Axelrod. More. All of them are going to look at Biden and do a risk/benefit analysis of dumping the nearly $1 billion dollars it costs to elect a US President.

That is true, and it's utterly irrelevant to whether Biden is the nominee or not. Because unless those folks actually support another candidate in the primary, then Biden will be the nominee. He doesn't need their support to win the nomination. He's got $90 million and no credible opponent. Again, you can't beat someone with no one - and unless these "people with influence" actually use their influence to get someone else into the race and support them against Biden, Biden is going to be the nominee.

Once he's the nominee, all those "people with influence" are going to line up and support him - because any realistic 'risk/benefit' calculation means that you can't ever decide to "sit out" a Presidential election. Even if the candidate is not ideal, even if they're not your first choice - or far from your first choice - you still have to participate. Even if Biden isn't leading Trump in the polls throughout the campaign, he's unlikely to ever be so far behind that anyone is tempted to just bail on the race - especially with both the House and Senate being tight contests.