• jordanlund@lemmy.worldM
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    7 hours ago

    No, there wasn’t. A primary in 50 states takes roughly 6 months to run. They had ONE.

    Biden bowed out July 21st.

    The convention was scheduled to start August 19th.

    30 days. You can’t run a 50 state primary in 30 days. 1.66 primaries per day.

    Moving the convention wasn’t an option due to state deadlines for candidates.

    • HasturInYellow@lemmy.world
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      8 minutes ago

      The mistake still lies with the Dems (including Harris) for having prepared for seemingly nothing that is happening despite them writing out in detail what they would do. They did not prepare a good candidate, just assumed that one would appear or that Biden would run. When Biden ran, and his numbers sucked, he didn’t back out. That is all the fault of Dems.