Does anyone on DU have lingering frustrations over Joe's decision?

[Self Esteem]

23. 100%. They did Joe dirty.

Those who attacked him publicly in hopes of damaging him to the point he quit are not heroes. They did some severe damage and the only reason we're not fucked two ways to Sunday on this is that Biden told those openly pushing him to resign to pound sand and threw his full support behind Harris.

Remember, those who did their best to kneecap Biden, including a octogenarian former Speaker, didn't want Harris as the nominee. They wanted to turn the nominating process over to an open convention - and some, who are now patting themselves on the back, wanted a mini-primary and did not want what actually happened: the support of Harris as the nominee out of the gate.

But because Biden is a far more decent man than many in his own party, he did what needed to be done. He realized the attacks from his supposed allies were killing his campaign (way more than the debate did) and he backed out - but only on his terms and those terms were simple: he's out and Harris is in. I have no doubt that if the party rejected the idea of rallying around Harris, Biden would have stayed in the race because he's the only one it seems who saw that it was the only viable option.

Because I promise you, if the same people who knifed Biden in the back did the same thing to Harris out of the gate, she'd be just as doomed.