Dan Gillmor on Nostr: -- The Times writers are all doing magicians' hand waves to get from a Biden ...

-- The Times writers are all doing magicians' hand waves to get from a Biden withdrawal to a Democratic ticket that a) draws support from the party's disparate factions; b) doesn't emerge from a convention blood bath that tears the party to shreds; and c) will reassure the public at large.

I don't think most of the arrogant, above-it-all people who write and edit the Times have given much thought to any of the details.

They panicked, and reacted as panicky people do -- and are still doing.

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