So is it all just a simple divide and conquer play?

[Think. Again.]

With 2016 still very fresh in everyone's mind, is the Democratic party just under attack with a well-orchestrated re-run of pitting potential candidate supporters against each other?

[Irish_Dem]

1. This kind of strategy has PutinGOP fingerprints on it.

Not saying they are behind it.
But it is exactly what they would do.

[Think. Again.]

6. It seems to me that...

...without the "concerns" of supposedly Democratic voices, Biden and his administration (including his back-up Harris if needed), would be gliding toward a win at this point.

Any true Democrat would see that a vote for the old white guy (which is a safer bet) is also a vote for the young Black woman. What more could they want?

[Irish_Dem]

8. We only know what they don't want.

Not what they want.

[Think. Again.]

10. No, at this point I don't know what they don't want, at all.

Their stand to make a switch to an unknown, unfunded, "other" instead of a hugely successful incumbent with even poll numbers, this late in the game, makes absolutely no sense.

[Irish_Dem]

12. We know what they don't want.

They do not want the current candidate.

What we don't know is why.

OR what their plan b is.

[Think. Again.]

13. And a year from now they'll be screaming...

..."Why did all those probable Biden voters give up on the Dems and vote third party????"

[Irish_Dem]

17. It is going to have to be an extremely good explanation for all of this.

[Marcus IM]

2. As easy as Tic tack toe.

Propaganda works. Fact.

Corporate owns the means of production.

[tinrobot]

3. Would people like Pelosi and Schiff fall for that?

I would hope not. But yes, there is an opening for divide and conquer that can and will be exploited.

It's in our best interest to stay united against the GOP, no matter what happens.

I need more antacid.

[Think. Again.]

7. We haven't heard from Pelosi, but obviously schiff did.

[Irish_Dem]

9. Yes hard to believe Pelosi would fall for manipulation and tricks.

She is a shrewd cookie.

I don't know what is going on.
Only a list of guesses.

[tinrobot]

11. Yeah, she doesn't freak out over one debate.

It's deeper than that.

I have a list of guesses as well.

[Irish_Dem]

15. I am compiling a list, would you like to add to the list?

(Compiled with the help of other DU members.)

Possible explanations for what seems to be going behind the scenes:

1. Unknown information about current candidate.
2. Internal polling
3. Billionaire donors are done with Joe, he is too much on the side of the regular American. Like they hated FDR.
4. Putin/GOP. Divide and conquer strategy.

[Think. Again.]

16. She didn't freak out at all and has not said anything except that Biden is runnin out of time...

...to make HIS decision.

[MOMFUDSKI]

4. Yes. And are the Dems once again holding a

knife in a gunfight?? Stop it!!

[GreenWave]

5. The demagoguery against us will be horrific

GQP will say their candidate had a close brush with death and they stood by him. The other one minced some words and they dumped him.

[edisdead]

14. yep.

And it is closer to is than we think.