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originally posted by: Blue_Jay33
Oh the memes and jokes that will be coming now
What are you talking about? Everybody knew he’s on drugs and could see easily as they wore off
What does it take for a bloke to see it?
originally posted by: nugget1
I honestly don't think the Dems want the presidency this time around; the country is in far too great a shambles to straighten this mess out in four short years.
originally posted by: Degradation33
Headlines of last three hours?
Vox - biden-trump-debate-democrats-replace-nominee-whitmer-moore-newsom
NBC - can-democrats-replace-joe-biden-ballot
WSJ - Democrats-replace-biden-president-explained
Forbes - hese-are-the-likely-democratic-presidential-candidates-if-biden-drops-out-as-rough-debate-prompts-calls-to-stand-down
Slate - presidential-debate-cnn-biden-drop-out-replace-nominee
AP - biden-replacement-democratic-ballot-dnc-rules-
Politico - can-democrats-replace-biden
Sacramento Bee - Time to replace Biden with Newsom
The last time there was a brokered convention in U.S. presidential elections was in 1952 for the Democratic Party.
A brokered convention, also sometimes called a contested convention, occurs when no single candidate has secured a majority of delegates prior to the first ballot at a party's nominating convention. This leads to multiple rounds of voting and often involves negotiations among party leaders and delegates to determine the nominee.
Key points about the 1952 Democratic convention:
It took place in Chicago, Illinois.
The main contenders were Adlai Stevenson, Estes Kefauver, and Richard Russell.
It took three ballots to nominate Adlai Stevenson, who was not an announced candidate going into the convention but was drafted by the party.
Stevenson won on the third ballot with 617.5 votes, just over the required 615.5 needed for nomination.
It's important to note that while there have been close calls since then, no major party convention has gone beyond the first ballot in selecting its presidential nominee since 1952. Modern primary systems and changes in party rules have made brokered conventions much less likely, though the possibility still exists in theory
Yes, an incumbent president has lost his party's brokered convention. This rare event has happened once in U.S. history:
In 1856, President Franklin Pierce lost the Democratic Party's nomination at a brokered convention.
Key details:
Pierce was elected president in 1852 and sought renomination in 1856.
The Democratic National Convention was held in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Pierce faced strong opposition within his party, largely due to his handling of the Kansas-Nebraska Act and the growing sectional divide over slavery.
The convention went through 17 ballots.
On the 17th ballot, James Buchanan emerged as the nominee, defeating both Pierce and Senator Stephen Douglas.
This made Pierce the only elected president to be denied renomination by his own party.
It's worth noting that while this is the only case of an incumbent president losing a truly brokered convention, there have been other instances where incumbents failed to secure their party's nomination through other means:
In 1884, Chester A. Arthur sought renomination but lost on the fourth ballot at the Republican convention.
In 1952, Harry Truman briefly sought renomination but withdrew after losing the New Hampshire primary.
These cases, however, don't fit the strict definition of a brokered convention as we understand it today.
Would you like more information about any aspect of this historical event or related topics?
originally posted by: andy06shake
a reply to: EyeoftheHurricane
What are you talking about? Everybody knew he’s on drugs and could see easily as they wore off
Just tell us what the drug is, since ""everybody"" knows, as you claim?
That's what I'm talking about.
Biden tanked big time.
And if he was full of drugs.
I'm apt to go with that being a couple of blue Valium.
Given that piss-poor performance.
What does it take for a bloke to see it?
See what exactly, daft unsubstantiated claims, that never came to pass?
I do not have a clue what you are going on about as to an earpiece.
And if you are going to reference Gateway Pundit stories a link might be nice.
Biden just threw rocks, and trotted out a $10k 1st time homebuyer freebie (which amounts to less than zero in the current inflationary market).
originally posted by: EyeoftheHurricane
originally posted by: andy06shake
a reply to: UKTruth
I wish you could simply tell us all what drug that is mate.
Because they dont exist and senility cannot be cured via any drug I've ever heard of.
And i suggest punting the rhetoric that Biden was full of drugs to be a coping mechanism.
If he had done well that is exactly what we would be hearing screamed from the rooftops.
It was not Biden but the drugs he was on.
Anyhoo as I've already suggested Biden did terribly no two ways about it.
Coming back from that debacle is going to be rather a task, if at all possible.
Still a lot that can happen in the time left to come all the same given the caliber of both candidates.
What are you talking about? Everybody knew he’s on drugs and could see easily as they wore off, even the earpiece lol Gateway Pundit did a story on him reaching for the earpiece to adjust it midstream…
What does it take for a bloke to see it?