A Right Wing Cannot Flap Alone, or, Donald Trump Screwed the Putsch

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Now, with Kamala Harris as our nominee (and she has the delegates for the nomination), there has been an explosion of financial donations to the Democrats and immediately improving poll numbers... but like, the reasons why we didn't have that support already are so frustratingly weak that we should have had that support all along!  Harris will be a fine President, but Biden's been great.

 Biden would have to keep being great for another four years. This was the can that got kicked down the road five years ago, when Biden was not quite old enough for it to be a serious problem. If Biden looks and sounds as old and frail as he does now, what would that be like in another year, or two, or three, with all those accumulated pressures of office? He might feel compelled to resign in the midst of a second administration, which would be a lot more disruptive, generally speaking.
Unlike the GOP, the Democratic Party is not a cult of personality, and Joe Biden does not fit the same role within it that Trump does within his party. I think, in most ways, a Harris presidency will exhibit strong continuity with Biden's, in terms of policy positions and administrative goals. Biden's administration has been solid and effective, overall, and the change at the top is unlikely to result in any kind of dramatic repositioning.