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 Photo Illustration by Erin O'Flynn/The Daily Beast/ReutersWhile the debate over Joe Biden's future has raised many questions, it has made one thing much clearer. It is time for Americans to get used to the idea of President Kamala Harris.
For Democrats who are advocates that their party stay the course with Biden as candidate, one of the leading arguments you will see or hear made these days is that should anything make it impossible for him to continue with the campaign or as president, Harris is fully ready to assume the reins of power. It is a point made with increasing frequency by Biden-Harris supporters on social and other media platforms these days.
A widely-circulated Google document, entitled "Unburdened by What Has Been: The Case for Kamala," has caused quite the stir among Democrats and on social media. The buzz around the VP may only increase given the distinctly lukewarm-to-negative response to Biden's ABC News interview Friday night, which, far from reassuring his supporters, has done little to silence calls for him to withdraw from the race.
Read more at The Daily Beast.
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In the week since his disastrous debate, President Biden has been grimly determined to stay in the race, but has he done enough to turn the tide of dissent in his party?
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 AnadoluMinnesota Rep. Angie Craig has become the fifth House Democrat to call for President Joe Biden to drop out of the 2024 presidential race, saying "there is simply too much at stake."
Craig, who is the first openly LGBT member of Congress from Minnesota and the first lesbian mother to serve in Congress, said in a statement on X that she had not arrived at her position easily.
"As an elected leader, I feel a responsibility to be honest about what I believe, even when it's hard to hear. President Biden is a good man & I appreciate his lifetime of service. But I believe he should step aside for the next generation of leadership," Craig wrote.
Read more at The Daily Beast.
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