Vice President Kamala Harris is the main alternative to replace Joe Biden if he decides not to continue his campaign for re-election as president of the United States, according to seven senior sources in the Biden campaign, a group familiar with current discussions on the issue between the White House and the Democratic National Committee.
Biden’s performance in the first debate last week against Republican rival Donald Trump, at times inappropriate and widely criticized, created a wave of panic that he was unfit to serve a second term and prompted calls for his resignation from key campaign advisers, he writes. Reuters.
Some influential Democrats have floated alternatives for the Biden nomination besides Harris, including the names of popular cabinet members and Democratic governors such as California’s Gavin Newsom, Michigan’s Gretchen Whitmer and Pennsylvania’s Josh Shapiro. But trying to ignore Harris is an illusion and almost impossible, Reuters writes, citing sources who wished to remain anonymous.
If he is named the party’s nominee, Harris, 59, would also take money raised by Biden’s campaign and acquire campaign infrastructure, the sources said. According to the same sources, Harris is the most popular of all alternatives.
In a Reuters/Ipsos poll Published on TuesdayHarris led former president Republican Donald Trump by one percentage point, 42 percent to 43 percent, within the poll’s 3.5 percentage point margin, a strong statistical result for Biden.
In addition, he has already been vetted for national office and has survived serious challenges from Republicans, they said. Also, the man behind Biden’s victory in 2020 told MSNBC that he would support Harris as the Democratic nominee if Biden withdraws, Reuters writes.
Author: Marina Konstantinou
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