Article originally appeared on www.westernjournal.com.
It was supposed to go so smoothly.
On Sunday afternoon — as good patriotic Americans were doing literally anything else but following political drama out of Washington — President Joe Biden artfully dropped the news that he wasn’t going to be seeking a second term, after all.
A few hours later, he officially endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris, seemingly precluding an ugly convention fight.
Except the two biggest names in Democratic politics not named Harris and Biden — former President Barack Obama and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi — didn’t endorse Harris when they paid tribute to Biden’s decision to withdraw.
And then, hours later, news broke that retiring independent Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia was so alarmed by the prospect of a Harris candidacy that he was considering rejoining the Democratic Party and challenging Kamala for the nomination.
So, yeah — this is going just about as smoothly as literally everything else …
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