The oligarchs are gathering, reforming in the shadows even as Biden fails and stumbles. Politics is a rough trade and the more power that is available the sharper the knives. And the democrat oligarchs are moving swiftly to retrench and recover their lead.
Biden was never an oligarch despite a half century service in the Senate. When he became VP he was understudy to Obama who despite appearance most definitely is an oligarch. Now Biden is fading his own VP Kamilla Harris (who is not an oligarch) is being sidelined by others who definitely are. Gavin Newsom, Gov of California is and has already begun his pitch. I will take a separate post to examine his links to the core of the Democrat Party in the next few days.
But suddenly as in a horrible fairy tale, rising from her political grave comes The Hillary. God but you have to admire the lady’s resilience!
Now it is not out of the question. Certainly earlier this month in an interview with the Financial Times she was taking a loyal view “ First of all, I expect Biden to run. He certainly intends to run. It would be very disruptive to challenge that”. So pretty clear then.
But in an interview on Tuesday morning after a frenetic few days following Biden’s disaster of a debate, the clarity of the FT interview was becoming more nuanced. Now she “could not imagine” running again. Not entirely definitive. She sees the gap widening. Changes lead to changes. Kites are being flown. New York is slipping and she might regain it. She has recognisability (good and bad), knows everyone, and is as sharp as a knife on policy issues. The donors can be expected to switch over without too much complaint, and she could revive the ol’ Clinton machinery in an instant.
I mean she couldn’t …..could she? This election is bonkers!
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