I think there would’ve been a ton of political power in the incumbent naming his successor and dumping all of his campaigning energy into promoting the successor for the election. Unless of course he picked someone with as terrible of a voting record as himself, in which case we’d be in the same position, just with less risk of the POTUS being forced to step down due to age-related health concerns or just keeling over on the job
I don’t think that’s nearly as effective as you’d think. Any plausible Democrat will be exposed to the right-wing smear machine, knocking down their popularity. It’s a gamble with much worse odds than running again.
I think there would’ve been a ton of political power in the incumbent naming his successor and dumping all of his campaigning energy into promoting the successor for the election. Unless of course he picked someone with as terrible of a voting record as himself, in which case we’d be in the same position, just with less risk of the POTUS being forced to step down due to age-related health concerns or just keeling over on the job
I don’t think that’s nearly as effective as you’d think. Any plausible Democrat will be exposed to the right-wing smear machine, knocking down their popularity. It’s a gamble with much worse odds than running again.