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Jantje_Smit » 12 Jul 2024, 8:38 am » wrote: ↑

12 Jul 2024, 8:38 am

So, do you think there will be a second debate, any predictions?

 


 

I can't see how either party can even think about it right now until Democrats resolve their internal issue over who they will nominate.  Sure, Biden's in the driver's seat right now but that can change the day he makes his next major gaffe.  And Jill won't let him as long as he can keep getting both his presidential salary as well as control over the $200 million in campaign funds, even as donors are trying to freeze almost half of their pledged contributions.

Democratic donors freeze $90m in donations as long as Biden is at top of the ticketGustaf Kilander and Oliver O'Connell  Fri, July 12, 2024
 Some wealthy donors have told the largest Biden-supporting Super PAC that they’re withholding around $90m in donations as long as the embattled president remains atop the Democratic ticket, according to a report.Two sources told The New York Times that the donations now on hold include contributions of eight-figure sums. This comes after Biden’s disastrous debate performance on June 27.An adviser to the PAC told the outlet that they expect the donations to resume when the uncertainty about the state of the party’s ticket has passed.

This, more than anything, will be the reason Biden is forced to drop out.  The question will be whether or not those donors will be willing to support Kamala with that money, or hold it pending if and when a new candidate is named at the convention.  And the wealthiest liberal donors will likely hold off releasing that money until they see how Biden's replacement handles his or herself in a debate against Trump, assuming he's willing to even do another one.
But Trump will hold all the cards now in laying out the ground rules this time.