General Discussion

... but from the outset I was very unhappy that so many great leaders in our party choose not to run because the "conventional wisdom" was that it was Hillary's "turn." I did not see the strange Hillary-Bernie contest as a real primary of the type we needed.

And yes, the primary in 2020 was a real primary from which Biden emerged as a solid candidate who promised to be a bridge to the next generation. When he broke that promise the "conventional wisdom" that other leaders must stand aside for the incumbent kicked in. He is a spectacular president who was a very, very weak candidate. And we absolutely did not have a robust primary. Our votes were rubber stamps on a done deal. And for the majority of the people in my little information bubble, our votes were an incredibly unenthusiastic rubber stamp.