I feel relieved and invigorated

[onandup]

No more uncertainty. A fresh ticket. Taking on Rump.

This is a good day.

[samnsara]

1. i would have stayed with joe til the end but if this was HIS decision

..then I will honor it and back Kamala. i LOVE JOE....

[Ocelot II]

2. I would not call it a good day. A lot of people are very angry and feel betrayed.

However, at least we have some certainty (although a running mate must still be chosen) and we can proceed.

[Silent3]

7. I think that feeling is much sharper on DU than out among Democrats in general

Beyond that, I think we can rightly trust nearly all DU members to do the right things to defeat Trump, pissed or not.

[Irish_Dem]

30. Yes I agree.

DU is not a representative sample at this point.

And yes time to move forward and defeat Trump.

[BuddhaGirl]

32. +1

Exactly!

[Goodheart]

16. Betrayed by whom? This was Biden's decision.

He had the delegates. Nobody could force him out.

[LeftInTX]

42. I feel like the "cloud of doom " hanging over us has been lifted, but that's about it.

The doom was the constant bashing of Biden by Democrats, back and forth stuff, uncertainty, rumors, gossip and people trying to get him to withdraw. It's over. We move on.

But that's about it. Reality will set in regarding all the details in the coming weeks.

I'm pissed of course.

Oh well, Biden's debate is now in the history books etc etc etc. No more talk about "Biden's old age". It all seems so superficial. CBS News now talking about Kamala's skills. The media will find something.

[Arazi]

45. They're going to tear Harris apart

What happened to Biden will look like a love-fest now that the media and the big $$ donors feel empowered.

The kingmakers are mad with bloodlust. Im afraid this is going to get ugly unfortunately

[LeftInTX]

46. Yeah. I did not support this decision. But it's over and it's time to move on.

I've never seen anything like it. There was tremendous pressure from Democrats who just painted Joe as ugly. The Democrats will get behind Kamala, so that's good. Joe was taking it from both sides.

[redqueen]

52. That would happen no matter what.

Kamala gives us the sharpest contrast against the felon. That is an advantage.

[wryter2000]

3. It is not a day for celebration

And you appear to be cheering that our president was kicked to the curb.

[DontBelieveEastisEas]

18. When in the course of human events it becomes necessary to change the position, it is no kicking to the curb,

it is simply passing the torch.

The majority of Dem voters wanted Biden to step aside. I believe they saw something at that first debate, and then at his follow up events that let them believe the passing of the torch was needed, while giving all the love in the world to Biden.

[Southern Blue]

48. One bad day?

I believe a lot of dems were incredibly disappointed after that debate, but I also believe they were and are mostly still behind the Biden/Harris ticket. Well, until a few hours ago when our primary votes were completely ignored by our party and Biden felt he had to step down.

I'm usually an optimist, but not so much at the moment. May the gods help us!!!

[StarryNite]

4. Yeah, it's always a good day when we find out our votes didn't count.

[StarryNite]

10. Me too. They are crawling out of the woodwork today.

[kerry-is-my-prez]

17. You voted for Harris. They cancelled my primary

so I did not get to vote in Florida. I hope them cancelling primaries will not become a regular thing. The Dem party didn’t even announce it. I had to search for that info because I was wondering when the heck was our primary.

[DontBelieveEastisEas]

19. If you found new. profound information after you already voted, you wouldn't want your vote to have you locked in.

The majority of Dem voters wanted Biden to step aside. I believe they saw something at that first debate, and then at his follow up events that let them believe the passing of the torch was needed, while giving all the love in the world to Biden.

[we can do it]

5. Did you just poop💩?

[wryter2000]

23. Now there is a reply worthy of the OP

Thank you.

[Sogo]

8. I'm right there with you.

Go Kamala!!

[lees1975]

9. I'd wait until after November 5th to say that.

Until then, all bets are off.

I feel sorry for the more well known, Congressional Democrats who were behind pushing Biden out. If the election doesn't go well, such as we get a majority Republican congress, or we don't win the White House, their poltical careers are over and done.

[TomSlick]

11. President Biden did what we knew he would do.

At the end of the day, we knew that Joe was going to do what he thinks is best for the country.

It's a new game. Everyone pull up your socks and tighten your chin strap. We have a championship game to win.

[Goodheart]

12. This is a GREAT day.

I wish the Biden diehards could see it that way, too.

[wryter2000]

24. I wish the Biden backstabbers could keep quiet for just one day

[Goodheart]

25. You mean Biden shouldn't have issued a letter today calling for himself to bow out?

This was Biden's decision.

[wryter2000]

29. Riiiiight n/t

n/t

[MorbidButterflyTat]

40. Plus a zillion

[Southern Blue]

50. With all due respect

BS!

[kerry-is-my-prez]

13. The uncertainty was killing me. I'm relieved.

I was pretty sure that Biden would drop out but was hoping it would be under his own terms and not some clown show. I will be invigorated tomorrow. I do feel for Joe even though I felt he needed to drop out.

[ismnotwasm]

14. I feel absolutely disgusted

It’s a shit day

[DontBelieveEastisEas]

20. There was new information. Dem voters overwhelmingly wanted him to step aside. nt

[wryter2000]

26. Yeah, new information

For months, maybe years, the MSM has pounded nothing but Biden's age. Then...big surprise...people polled say he's too old. Or maybe the new information that there was a feeding frenzy in the media. Yeah, I guess that's pretty new.

[DontBelieveEastisEas]

33. This was not about age, it is about cognitive abilities that first came into view on debate night. nt

[Biophilic]

56. And never showed up again. Amazing.

[DontBelieveEastisEas]

57. Oh, it did, many times nt

[Biophilic]

58. Really? Thanks for the propaganda.

[BuddhaGirl]

37. Or maybe people are realists. Pragmatic, even.

This is the right move for the country and for the preservation of his legacy.

[XanaDUer2]

21. I feel he was bullied out

[DontBelieveEastisEas]

34. I feel he was father-timed out. Not age, but the effects of time on him as an individual. nt

[MorbidButterflyTat]

41. He was

[ViewObsessed]

47. I was ridin' with Biden

[lamp_shade]

22. So do I.

[honest.abe]

27. Same here!

This is like a massive shot of B12 in the arse!

[Sky Jewels]

51. Really?!

II would think that voting for “Not Trump” would be all the motivation you’d need.

[ImNotGod]

31. I will feel relieved and invigorated when I see our party fully behind a candidate without infighting and falling for

corruptible influences.

[Self Esteem]

35. Give a week before proclaiming no more uncertainty.

[Intractable]

36. Count me as someone facing this setback with optimism. Harris has the potential to re-energize us.

Joe was the best president of my lifetime, and I wanted it to continue.

His performance at the debate rocked my world. I suddenly had doubts that he could win, and the doubts persisted.

I'm ready to go forward. I did my grieving after the ill-fated debate.

[True Dough]

38. I will feel relived and invigorated

when Trump is soundly defeated in November -- and only then!

[MorbidButterflyTat]

39. No it isn't

Has there been an official announcement that Harris is now the nominee? How does that work? And now we have to suffer through how much BS to determine a VP candidate? Who decides? The blackmailers? The MAGAts? Whoever throws the most money around? Do we all get to pretend to vote the primaries again?

I cannot believe the cavalier attitudes toward this colossal fuck up.

[Lunabell]

43. I was all for Biden staying in the race.

But, I also said that he knows his own mind and would do what is best for this country. This is his decision and I respect it. I also respect his decision to endorse Kamala Harris. I'm ready to move on.

Just like I was ready to move on when Bernie lost the nomination in '16. I knew then that that orange blob of flesh would destroy our country and I was right then and I am right now.

Let's get this done and quit fighting the last election, so to speak.

[Raftergirl]

44. I feel reenergized and ready to engage again. I had been feeling very stressed out and I like Joe and he definitely had

my vote again. But I’ve been disengaged for months now and basically had decided to stay that way until I voted in November. It just became to depressing. Now, I’m very excited to have a new ticket in November and H and I are going to start giving again. We were waiting until after the convention before today’s announcement.

[Sky Jewels]

49. So do I.

The campaign was starting to feel like a slow motion train wreck. I have some hope now.

[RobinA]

53. I Feel Like

the small chance we could beat Trump is finished. There is no chance Harris will win, so no, not a good day.

[Desert grandma]

54. Glad you are happy.

Interesting that you just joined last month. Many of us think this is a terrible day. We will vote blue but have lost trust in the process.