Not really, seems like he's going to get replaced if he has to be dragged out screaming so they want to be on the record advocating for him because in this scenario they think the statements won't affect the actual outcome but in hindsight they can say they weren't the one "splitting the party"
If they said nothing people would just say it was the progressives (I know, meaningless descriptor) that called for biden to be replaced and cost the dems another election.
Again they're making the mistake of trying to argue withing dems framework where Clinton ran a great campaign and leftists were just to sexist to support her.
Or they could just say nothing and accomplish the same thing
Not really, seems like he's going to get replaced if he has to be dragged out screaming so they want to be on the record advocating for him because in this scenario they think the statements won't affect the actual outcome but in hindsight they can say they weren't the one "splitting the party"
If they said nothing people would just say it was the progressives (I know, meaningless descriptor) that called for biden to be replaced and cost the dems another election.
Again they're making the mistake of trying to argue withing dems framework where Clinton ran a great campaign and leftists were just to sexist to support her.
There is no scenario in which they won't get blamed. The democratic machine will invent some justification for punching left