Biden out, Harris in? Why this risky, unprecedented move could be the circuit breaker the Democrats needed
- Written by Emma Shortis, Adjunct Senior Fellow, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University
President Joe Biden’s decision to step aside as the Democratic nominee in this year’s presidential election certainly had a sense of inevitability about it.
Yet, it is still unprecedented in the modern era for a sitting president to drop out of a presidential race this late in the process. We are really in uncharted waters for American...
