Sunday President Biden used Selma’s iconic Edmund Pettus Bridge to mark the 58th anniversary of Bloody Sunday as a backdrop for what really sounded like a re-election speech. It was there that in 1965 John Lewis was almost beaten to death by Alabama State Troopers as he attempted to peaceably march to Montgomery to protest for voting rights.
President Biden hasn’t announced he’s running for president, but it’s been widely reported that the Democratic National Committee is looking to Gov. Murphy to be part of a team of prominent Democrats to help the 80-year-old incumbent fend off any primary challenges.
“Biden aides said some Democrats are still being asked to join the effort, but they have already enlisted more than 20 national figures,” reported the Washington Post. “They include such influential governors as Gavin Newsom of California, J.B. Pritzker of Illinois, Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan, Wes Moore of Maryland, Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania, and Phil Murphy of New Jersey.”
Such a heavily stage-managed non-contest would no doubt delight the party’s corporate types who don’t want messy moral debates about just what Democrats should stand for. This contingent thinks it should suffice to be able to say they are not Donald Trump. There’s also the argument put forward that a primary challenge only weakens an incumbent.
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