The "Biden Replacement Theory": A Joke That's Not Funny

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16. ' it is objectively impossible to replace Biden at this point and have any hope of winning the general election,

regardless how young and sparkly and exciting his replacement is for at least one simple reason: Ballot Access. A new candidate can only get on state ballots after they are nominated. And by the time the new magical unicorn to be named later is nominated, the deadlines for getting on state ballots will have passed, meaning they will not be on the ballot in enough states to win the Electoral College.

Perhaps a huge write-in campaign can be launched, but therein lies another problem. See #5

5. The new Great White Hope candidate can't run a successful campaign on fumes and fairy dust. It will take money. Lots and lots of money. Biden has lots and lots of money, more than enough to fund a kickass campaign. But that's HIS campaign's money and it can't be transferred to another candidate or campaign.

Which means the new guy or gal will have to start raising money from scratch. But they can only start after they've been officially nominated. Until then, they can't ask for or spend a cent.

They'll need to raise about a billion dollars to catch up.'