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☆ Opinion | Imagining a Brokered Democratic Convention if Biden Drops Out
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-03 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

As a presidential candidate, she dropped out of the 2020 primary race before the first contest because her candidacy was not appealing to the primary electorate. Moreover, Ms. Harris usually polls more poorly than Mr. Biden does among the general electorate. Thus, if Mr. Biden’s polling is still bad enough come July that he feels the need to step aside, the most heroic thing that Ms. Harris could do to defend American democracy against Donald Trump would be to allow the convention to select another candidate with better prospects of defeating him. Justin DelacourRomeoville, Ill. The writer is an associate professor of political science at Lewis University.

Persons: Biden, Jamelle Bouie, Bouie, Kamala Harris, —, Harris, Donald Trump, Justin Delacour Romeoville Organizations: Democratic, Democratic Party, Lewis University Locations: American

☆ The Heat’s Secret Weapon? Players Who Were Snubbed on Draft Night.
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-18 | by ( Scott Cacciola | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

He was sad to see Strus go, but he also knew that Strus was ready for his next challenge. “And who’s to say if he would be where he is today if he didn’t make that move?” Trost said. On Wednesday night, seven years after he transferred to DePaul and nearly four years after he matriculated to the N.B.A. But perhaps the oddest part about his unlikely presence was that it was not odd at all — at least not for the Heat, who have a league-high nine undrafted players on their 17-man roster. On Wednesday, three of those players — Strus, Gabe Vincent and Caleb Martin — scored 15 points each while combining to shoot 16 of 27 from the field.

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