“As long as Joe Biden still believed, there could be no Plan B,” the Washington Post reports.
“The boss had earned that much. Vice President Harris approved no discussions. Campaign advisers did not break ranks in public.”
“But some key preparations were still put in place for the most spectacular transformation in recent American political history — a flash-bang midsummer swap at the top of a presidential ticket, an outpouring of volunteer energy, a rebound in the polls and a flood of campaign cash best described in fractions of $1 billion.”
“The national party bosses quietly consulted their rule books. State party chairs met in secret. Others operated without orders to prepare the ground.”