If Biden is going to be replaced by another candidate, it needs to happen right away. Every minute spent on arguing this is important time lost to a secondary issue.
My worries are:
1) shifting candidates mid-stream will have worse consequence than "damn the torpedoes full speed ahead!" (Biden's slipping poll numbers don't guarantee better poll numbers for his replacement);
2) it'll result in Dems wanting to go shopping for their favorite candidate ("Buttigieg is good with...", "well Harris says things I like"...) and other shit that doesn't matter the slightest fuck this election cycle.
It doesn't matter at all who the candidate is, ultimately this is about who shouldn't be president (Trump) and not who should be. Dems need to settle on which candidate real fucking fast and not second-guess it.
That's just it. Democrats won't unite together for one person, regardless of who that person might be. There are times like this, when Democrats probably need to be more like sheep, despite my dislike of that. But, that is how Republicans have won so many elections regardless of how bad their candidate may have been.
I don't think Biden won't step down due to being egotistical. I think the man doesn't see a candidate who can lead the way at this point and the Democrats are proving him right. If they ditch Harris, it will make the Dems look worse and while I'll vote for anyone who runs against Trump, even some of my Black female friends don't like Harris. They might hold. their nose and vote for her, but will the white males without college degrees who might be persuaded to vote for someone like Governor Beshaer, who was able to win in a conservative state also vote for someone like Harris? I doubt it. They might be persuaded to vote for an old white man like Biden, but not a minority woman who some people say has a voice that sounds like chalk across a blackboard. No, I didn't make that claim, but I've heard it often.
What about the low news information folks? They might not even know about all of this criticism of Biden. We who post on this site are the exceptions. My own son, who always votes for Democrats, rarely keeps up with the news, and he's a smart, college educated person. Do you think the people who never watch or read the news, unless its Fox or Newsmax are going to vote for Harris, even if they don't like Trump? The guy across the street from me is a double hater, who voted for Trump twice. I can't imagine him voting for Harris or anyone perceived as progressive and every vote in my state is important, being a purple state. He will probably either vote third party or sit out the election. He's a good person, almost 80 years old, but too stubborn to vote for just anyone against Trump. Dems are doing this to themselves. We are fucked. If Biden gives in to the demands, I simply don't see the party uniting behind one person. That one person should be Harris, since she's the VP, but too many people don't like her, so I don't see her winning. Hope I'm wrong, but at this point the Dems might be better off uniting behind one old man, in order to help keep a much worse old man from damaging the country.