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Aaron Sorkin Proposes A New “Script” For Democrats: Mitt Romney As The Nominee
As the calls for Joe Biden to exit the 2024 presidential race continue, so to have the scenarios for what happens after that. Aaron Sorkin, the creator of The West Wing, offered what would be a West Wing-esque path for the party. In an op ed in The New York Times on Sunday, Sorkin wrote […]
In an op ed in The New York Times on Sunday, Sorkin wrote that “there’s something the Democrats can do that would not just put a lump in people’s throats with its appeal to stop-Donald-Trump-at-all-costs unity, but with its originality and sense of sacrifice. The latest senator to call for Biden to withdraw is Sen. Joe Manchin (I-WV) who, in Sunday show interviews, called for the president to “pass the torch.” He told Face the Nation, “Before the convention, I believe there could be an open primary process, and let the cream rise.” He singled out two Democratic governors in neighboring states, Andy Beshear of Kentucky and Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania, as “rising stars.” And Mr. Romney could make the case that the Democrats are putting country before party in ways that the MAGA movement will not, and announce his bipartisan cabinet picks at the convention as well.”
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