Why is it so terrible for us to have a CHOICE in the Democratic primary?

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93. I think that there is something else going on

with threads like this. I was just thinking about starting a thread to discuss what might be a RW strategy regarding polls and calls for replacing Biden on the ticket.

Depends on who sponsors and publicizes the polls. I consider nearly all corporate media to be right leaning precisely because they are corporate owned. So, when unreliable polls show Trump and Biden in a dead heat, or Trump ahead of Biden, I'm beginning to think that the intent is to undercut support for Biden among Dems. The media push those polls and also push Biden's age and supposed Dem dissatisfaction with Biden. Then social media - including some dubious posts and threads on DU - start promoting the idea of replacing Biden and use buzz words like "having a choice" in the primaries.

Creating bias against Biden in polls and calling for him to be replaced serve two purposes. One is to create division among Dems over whether Biden can win. One disgruntled side could choose t9 sit out the general election. Another is the hope of actually getting Biden replaced by another candidate. That idea gets pushed with buzz word phrases like "giving Dens a choice" in the primaries. Why replace him? Because Biden CAN win against Trump. Therefore, try to knock him out of the running.

There is another possibility regarding media promotion of dubious polls and Biden's age. Most of the mainstream media are right leaning corporate owned entities, but they don't want Trump again. Trump might not be the candidate by 2024 due to his legal and financial troubles. Major Republican donors are dumping Trump. A number of Republicans and former Republicans who left the party because of Trump would like to put up a different candidate against Biden. If they do, the bias against Biden that media are now promoting would pay off in a general election between Biden and a last minute replacement of Trump.