What is disgusting to me is the failure among some to rally behind a very successful President because of one bad night

[LeftInTX]

61. I'm really pissed at the media. The DNC is against what they are saying for good reason.

The media does not seem to understand how modern presidential nominations work. They seem to think a bunch of people can just throw Joe out.
They think if Joe drops out that the convention would "just nominate someone".
Unfortunately, the convention could be shit show of fighting over a new nominee.

Convention delegates are not always the brightest.
Some have "drama and power issues" within their local parties.
At my state convention, we had a few crazies who filed for delegate.
Many won. The state convention's focus for us is about who controls the state party for the next two years, the SDEC (State Democratic Executive Committee) are hard fought races.

We also vote for our Democratic National Committee reps, although the SDEC is more "local" and "personal".

National delegate is like, "Well the position is temporary and we already have a nominee", so even if this person is a pain, it's better that they are a delegate than on the SDEC.
Delegate is a once in a lifetime event for lots of people.

You could get a faction who wants to nominate AOC. You could get Bernie. Liz Warren.
Sometimes delegates will do stuff "for show", like nominate someone crazy like Cornel West.
There would be a camp for Kamila
There would also be infighting between a camp for Gretchen Witmer vs Gavin Newsom.
You could get a group of Blue Dogs who want to nominate Joe Manchin etc or bring RFK Jr into the fold.
Someone from Texas would nominate Julian Castro because they feel he was wronged...

No, no, no....