Kamala Harris must be chosen through an ‘open convention’. It is the democratic way | David Sirota

The president damaged his party, but finally made the right decision. We must hope Democrats don't repeat their mistakes

Joe Biden has never been the greatest orator or had the strongest political backbone, but he has always displayed one important skill throughout his decades in office: representing the center of the Democratic party, wherever that center may be at any given time.

It explains why he followed his party's ideological journey and went from liberal Democrat in the 1980s to conservative austerian in the 1990s to Iraq war proponent in the 2000s to mildly progressive economic populist in this era. It also explains his announcement on Sunday that he is withdrawing from the 2024 presidential race.