Non-unique – Trump inevitable – Dems just ruined their best arg – Democracy – with No matter who the new nominee is, Trump still wins

[Helen, Politico Magazine, 7-21-24, “15 Experts Predict What Biden’s Dropout Means for the 2024 Election”, , Accessed 7-21-24, AMH]

‘It doesn’t matter whom the Democrats pick. They can’t stop what’s coming.’

It doesn’t matter whom the Democrats pick. They can’t stop what’s coming. Donald Trump will win in November, because voters remember what life was like during his term and it beats the past three years on every metric, from cheaper groceries to fewer wars. The Democrats thought they could overcome that straightforward pitch by harping on Trump as a threat to democracy. But how can anyone run with that line after the Democrats have thrown out the results of their own primary under pressure from donors and other privileged insiders? By caving to their demands, Biden has fatally undermined the central theme of his whole campaign so far — preserving democracy.

Kamala Harris will try to energize supporters by touting the chance to make history as the first woman president. That will fall flat. Biden could have resigned his office and allowed Harris to run as the incumbent, but he chose not to, for one simple reason: We all want to see a woman president, but not like this. If that breakthrough is tarnished by an illegitimate process, whether a forced resignation or a convention coronation, it will forever make feminism’s great political victory hollow.