I like it!

And, I think Biden would, too.

There are certain things you should expect from your president. I ought to care more about you than I do about me. I ought to care more about what's right than I do about what's popular. I ought to be willing to give up this whole thing for something I believe in, because if I'm not, then maybe I don't belong here in the first place.
~Kevin Kline, "Dave"

the time I selected arbitrarily was 100 days because it's typically a measure of presidential agendas, but really any fixed point would do for the purpose. no, the idea wouldn't be a cure-all and would have some of the same drawbacks as all the other options, but I think it would help communicate the 3 things that in my view are most critical to biden's potential re-election:

1. unlike his opponent, Biden is in this race for the good of the country, not just himself.

2. unlike his opponent, Biden is capable of both SPEAKING the truth TO the public and HEARING the truth FROM the public.

3. unlike his opponent, Biden is a president for every American, not just his friends and supporters.

I hear what you're saying. I just think that, at this late stage of the game, Biden has a much better chance of being re-elected than any of his potential replacements have of beating Trump.

Of course, if Biden doesn't take my advice and get out there and often, starting yesterday - at the WH and beyond - in unscripted settings where he can persuade everyone that he is well enough up for the job of being president, even if it won't be for a full second term, then he probably will be replaced on the ticket and Trump will probably win.

Have you noticed how relatively disciplined Trump has been since the debate?

You may have missed the point of [8]. Which is to say that there are no potential Democratic candidates whom I think are capable of replacing Biden as president AND beating Trump amongst the commonly mentioned alternatives.

My secondary point was to say that the Democratic bench can be called 'deep' only if you consider the older guys. Which no one is, including me. Ahem.

Or, are y'all hiding under the covers!? You won't beat Trump that way!

It's always nice to see a music video in the headlining pieces!

This is a great Clash tune. Unfortunately, this clip sounds terribly pitch-corrected.

When will producers stop seeing music with their eyes and get back to listening to music with their ears.

I don't understand how anyone could think that great natural voices sound "better" if they are pitch-corrected to perfect pitch according to 440Hz standard tuning. What they sound like after this kind of processing is robotic and emotionless.

Pitch-correcting or auto-tuning a great natural voice only serves to remove all of the glorious imperfections and microtones of a human voice that give it the artistic expression and personality that allow us human listeners to emotionally connect with a song.

Adidas has a new commercial out in the UK that is being played during football matches where Hey Jude is being played in reference to one of the players - Sir Paul McCartney's beautiful natural voice has been horribly auto-tuned and it sounds terrible! Sacrilege!

Music is all about creating and feeling emotion. Nowadays, pitch correction and autotuning are sucking the life out of modern recordings AND, most disturbing of all, out of re-releases or YouTube uploads of our favourite classic recordings, too!

Time for real music lovers to stand up and be counted among those who are calling for the use of pitch correction and auto-tuning to be disclosed when it is used on a singer's voice in recordings - whether vinyl, cd, YouTube, or digital streaming platforms - and during live performances.

If you are a real music lover or artist with integrity, please sign Fil Henley's petition to disclose the use of pitch correction on a singer's voice!

Not being on the ballot in Ohio would seem to be a huge problem, no?

Name one!

Seriously, name a prominent Democrat who you believe is ready to be POTUS AND capable of beating Trump who isn't in the same age group as Biden.

I would agree that the Democratic bench is fairly deep in the sense of who actually could replace Joe Biden but, it's also very old ... Jerry Brown, John Kerry, etc. :)

I'm not sure picking a vice president to Harris would be such a "subdued" thing at the Democratic convention. What makes you think so?

Indeed.

Harris hadn't made much in the way of a splash in her own presidential campaign (other than one memorable debate moment against Biden himself) and doesn't exactly have her own wide base of support or popularity within the Democratic Party.

I hope that one memorable moment you are talking about isn't the one memorable moment I recall. Which is the one that underlined how ill-prepared she was to be a presidential candidate, let alone VP or POTUS.

That's a novel thought. It would be great if they both pulled out of a second debate, if Biden replaced the event with another unscripted event, widely televised.

I think this is very true. Just ask Hillary! They will both be in a very unhappy club of two, for the rest of their natural lives.

Now, THAT is an open question!

I think the answer to that question is ... Yes, for better or worse, at this point in the campaign for the presidency, Biden is the only Democratic candidate who is capable of beating Trump, regardless of whether other potential Democratic candidates are actually capable of being POTUS. That's just my gut feeling and it could very well be wrong.

I don't think that is an open question at all.

Clearly, more rallies like the Great Rebound Rally in North Carolina will not be enough to erase or even dull the memory of that disastrous debate.

The Biden campaign has a lot of work to do in order to recover from that "bad night" in front of 50 million voters. That workload will necessarily include many great rallies, many unscripted and widely televised events where Biden is interacting with journalists and voters. It will necessarily include Biden going before the cameras and press at the WH, whether at the Brady press podium or elsewhere in the WH, on a regular basis or even on a bi-weekly mini-presser basis where he will take unscripted questions in a setting that doesn't turn into a rude free-for-all of reporters shouting out questions that makes everyone look pathetic.

These events should take place immediately - a great opportunity was lost yesterday and today, already - and often between now and when early voting begins.

If Biden isn't able to do any of this and he remains the candidate, then it's pretty much game over and Trump wins.