Second, nobody wants Kamala Harris. Harris is universally recognized to be a political liability who isn’t up to the presidency. Her approval ratings have been worse than Biden’s for their entire term in office. She had consistently bled staff and suffered endless negative leaks, signs that she not only is not respected but that people who work for her don’t see her as a ticket to the presidency even as the break-glass option for an 81-year-old man. Harris can’t be fired for the same identity-politics reasons that she got the job in the first place, but that doesn’t mean anybody, even in the Democratic Party, is daft enough to want her as the only thing standing between them and a second Trump term.

Third, there’s no consensus on who would replace Biden.

[No? Dan concedes that Michelle Obama would likely unify the party if she’s willing to step in, and it would also solve the Kamala Konundrum for Democrats as well. He remains skeptical that she will give up her cushy life at the moment, but Adam Baldwin isn’t buying that argument in tomorrow’s Amiable Skeptics show. I’m still amiably skeptical of the idea, but not as much so as I was a few months ago. — Ed]