In May 2005, an infamous video was uploaded to the internet. It showed a World of Warcraft team all with a common objective, planning how to defeat the opposition. When one player, Leroy Jenkins made history by deciding he knew better than the rest of the team.
In 2024, we have a contingent of donors and elected officials that have decided to form the Leroy Jenkins caucus. With no plan, they have decided to panic and rush into a decision without no clue as to the consequences while putting the country, democracy, and the rest of the ticket in danger.
This morning, we see again, that the LJC is causing more harm than good.
The race for the presidency remains statistically tied despite President Biden’s dismal debate performance two weeks ago, a new national NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll finds.
Biden actually gained a point since last month’s survey, which was taken before the debate. In this poll, he leads Trump 50% to 48% in a head-to-head matchup. But Biden slips when third-party options are introduced, with Trump holding the slightest advantage with 43% to 42%.
Those numbers, though, do not represent statistically significant differences, as the margin of error in the survey is +/- 3.1 percentage points, meaning results could be 3 points higher or lower.
So while they are thrashing and trashing the nominee of the party, the country is essentially non-plussed. Imagine what would be happening if the same energy was being directed at..checks note..the OPPOSITION, the guy that confused the current and former President over and over.
Back in the non-West Wing World:
Most Democrats want Biden to drop out, but overall race is static, poll finds
Washington Post/IPSOS - Biden 46%/Trump 46%
67% of voters think Joe Biden is too old to be President
Yet, 92% of Democrats say they will vote for President Biden
If the Leroy Jenkins Causcus wants to tell us voters don’t matter, that their dollars are the only thing that matters because John Roberts said so in Citizens United , just get out there and say it with their chests!!! Say they think their money or electoral fears matters more than democracy.
Citizens United remains the root of all of this, and Democrats totally underestimated the gambit. It was they first salvo in what is now a Judicial coup d’etat, shrinking the power of voters year by year to the point now where donors think their money is the only thing that matters. It has to stop.
I can’t wait until these folks lose and find out they don’t matter more than the American people and the party base. The GOP base made their donors fall in line. Maybe this is the moment that the Democratic base does it.
Finally, I think anyone that thinks if they get to decide who isn’t in the race, they will not also decide who replaces the President, is not paying attention.
VP Harris is not their choice. So just understand, that this is just the first of many battles. The bullies will never be satisfied until they have the controller in their hands and are dictating everyone else’s decisions. It won’t stop with appeasement.
Show me an example where this “trash your nominee/President” has done anything other than create a wave for the other side. They are cutting ads for their opponents for free. Unless they plan on switching parties, this had to be the dumbest political strategy that is repeated over and over in history.
1968, 1972, 1980, 2010, 2016.
It doesn’t work. It is the definition of insanity.
It is time for Democrats to make a decision. Are they going to continue acting like gamers who have nothing to lose, or start acting like a party interested in winning. A party that respects the voters and the nomination process. A party that stands strong in the face of adversity.
It is time for the party to buck up, get out there and fight. The time for worrying has past. The time for doing has arrived.