Embed Notice

@Ash_Kvetchum @LovecraftEnthusiast @BowsacNoodle @monsterislandcolonizer @sickburnbro "Imo, [as of this RNC] he still imagines he'll use the system to correct the system."

That's entirely possible, especially since he and his brain trust haven't had a lot of time to think things through in light of the assassination attempt and the blatant, at best depraved indifference the SS had towards his safety (was going to add "and his supporters in the crowd" but he's not know for that sort of concern).

Another interpretation is one of my favorites about "diplomacy," that now "is the time to say 'nice doggy' while searching for a stick." He's expected to do the sort of call for "unity" I've heard he's made, and I'm not sure there's any harm in doing it so long before the election.

With Joe Biden himself only taking a few days to go back to "Trump is an existential threat/won't someone rid me of this turbulent Trump" mode (see NAACP speech), and so many on the prominent Left being so obviously disappointed, he's got plenty of time to make the case "I tried, but 'unity' isn't working."

I mean, two and a half months till the election, [insert Electoral College then Congress finalizing dates], then inauguration, second half again around the same amount of time.

And he's got two tasks and one big constraint, win the election, govern afterwords, and avoid giving the GOPe an excuse to join the Democrats in impeaching and convicting him.

I think that was one of the biggest constraints in his first administration; look at how traitor McConnell slow rolled the approval of his political nominees to the point he'd never have filled all those slots, and made sure to never formally let the Senate go into recess preventing temporary recess appointments per the Constitution.