So we let the rich donors run the party now?

[Sympthsical]

21. Now that we're a bit freer to discuss this

I think we need to stop pretending this was all because a couple of donors were getting into a snit.

Our party leadership clearly saw something was up. It clearly was related to the President's health. And they decided the risk was perhaps too great to continue to tolerate when Donald Trump remains an existential threat to the country.

I respect Nancy Pelosi far too much to not at least trust that she was crunching numbers, probabilities, and possibilities before she and the other party leaders decided to set events into motion. And it is becoming increasingly clear that those events were set in motion not long after the debate - before we were deluged by stories about donors.

It wasn't one thing. It was many things. Yes, donors losing confidence is one pillar. The leadership's evaluation was another. Then there was polling among voters where two-thirds of Democrats were not ok with things. Blend in some swing state polling that was truly alarming.

I understand people are sad/angry/hurt and want a scapegoat. But why scapegoat when we already have the actual villain?

Time.