Biden's out, Harris in...wait a minute, not so fast!

 Biden is one of few presidents to end a reelection campaign; Who were the others?

No other president seeking reelection has dropped out so late. President Harry S. Truman, after serving the better part of two terms, pulled out of the 1952 race in late March, after failing to win over a majority of voters at the New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary. President Lyndon B. Johnson later dropped out of the 1968 election, amid low approval ratings.

Does that make Harris the new Democrat Nominee? No!

Biden was not formally named the party nominee. At the DNC Convention the following month, during a virtual roll call would be when Biden was expected to be the official nominee.

Harris, who is the only candidate who can directly tap into the Biden war chest under federal campaign finance rules, stands as the party’s favorite to win the nomination.

Democrats are starting with an open convention.  An open convention means delegates could cast their ballot for any candidate. The candidate who gets a simple majority wins the nomination. If no candidate gets that simple majority, superdelegates will also vote. Biden can't pass his delegates off to Harris or any other candidate. In that regard, Harris is on her own and has to win the delegates on her own. It's not yet clear if anyone will challenge Harris for the Democratic nomination.

Polls have shown very little difference from Biden. Across recent polls, Harris trails Trump by two percentage points nationally on average, 46 percent to 48 percent. This is an improvement over Biden’s standing in the race: He trailed Trump by three percentage points in the polling average, 47 percent to 44 percent.

Will this be the shortest blog I ever wrote?

 I said all along Biden would not be president in 2025. Turns out he made my prediction come true. Blogger, owned by Google, refuses to allow me to post the image. So click the link below to view. I am looking for another blog provider that does not restrict my free speech.

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Presidential Assassination Attempts

Most victims of Presidential assassinations or attempts have been Republican, Trump being the latest victim (with two democrats). Here's what I know of these assassinations:

Assassin: Richard Lawrence, Target: Andrew Jackson 

Verdict: Not guilty by reason of insanity (He was British born non-partisan and claimed to be King Richard III)

Assassin: John Wilkes Booth, Target: Abraham Lincoln (R)

Booth, a Democrat and Confederate sympathizer shot and killed Lincoln and was killed himself a few days later.

Assassin: Charles Julius Guiteau, Target: James Garfield (R) 

Guiteau, a self-described Republican loyalist was convinced that Garfield was going to destroy the Republican Party by scrapping the patronage system.

Assassin: Leon Czolgosz, Target: William McKinley (R) 

Czolgosz, an Leftist Anarchist shot and killed McKinley and was Executed 45 days after McKinley's death by electric chair.

Assassin: John Schrank, Target: Theodore Roosevelt (R)

German born Schrank suffered from Hallucinations. He shot Roosevelt point blank and had it not been for the 5 page speech folded up in the president's spectacle case, The assassination may have been successful

Assassin: Lee Harvey Oswald, Target: John F. Kennedy (D) 

Oswald, a self-described Marxist and Soviet sympathizer shot and killed Kennedy and was killed himself a two days later.

Assassin: John Hinckley Jr., Target: Ronald Reagan (R) 

Hinckley, a schizophrenic shot and injured Reagan trying to impress actress Jodie Foster and was found not guilty by reason of insanity.

Assassin: Thomas Matthew Crooks, Target: Donald Trump (R) 

Crooks used an AR-15-style semi-automatic rifle that was allegedly purchased by his father to fire eight rounds from a rooftop around 400 feet north of the stage. He wounded Trump on the right ear, killed an audience member, and critically injured two others. He was killed by a Secret Service Counter Assault Team sniper immediately after the shooting. Crooks was a registered Republican, However, on January 20, 2021, at the age of 17, he donated $15 to the Progressive Turnout Project, a liberal voter turnout group, through the Democratic Party donation platform ActBlue. His donation was made the same day Joe Biden was sworn into office. *

* as of this writing, this is an ongoing investigation. Information may be redacted or added as details come in.