By The FirstMichigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer -a possible replacement for Joe Biden should he choose to abandon the race- is now warning fellow Democrats the president can no longer win her battleground state after his debate performance.
“Even more revealing is how word of the call reached me: from someone close to a potential 2028 Whitmer rival for the Democratic presidential nomination. This person said Whitmer had phoned O’Malley Dillon with more of an unambiguous SOS: to relay that Michigan, in the wake of the debate, was no longer winnable for Biden,” reports Politico.
“That such political bladework is already taking place illustrates how badly her rivals want to wound Whitmer, by portraying her as being disloyal to Biden in his hour of need. Yet it also captures what an extraordinary, and extraordinarily precarious, moment this is for the well-stocked bench of Democratic governors who are eager to succeed Biden,” adds the website.
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