Now that it no longer makes any difference, leading Democrats have finally come clean about the ousting of Joe Biden from the 2024 White House race. The backstory has it all: anguish, delusion, behind-the-scenes plotting, suspicion, and recriminations. It’s all very much like one of those unbearable reality TV shows with the motley collection of insecure, talentless narcissists vying for the grand prize. Only, in this real-life Washington, DC, version, the cast is old and ugly rather than young and beautiful. On Jan. 17, The New York Times recounted the story of a modern American palace coup, putting to rest, once and for all, the Democrats’ pre-election narrative that Biden’s retirement from the campaign was some bold and selfless gesture that took the party by surprise.
Even before the June 27 presidential debate – an unmitigated disaster…